How was Slowhand’s only Italian date of the summer, last night in the Tuscan city: more than 20,000 spectators, a lineup of great hits, and a Stratocaster painted red, green, black and white
by Rolling Stone
The statement it was there, it lasted the whole concert, and it came from under the hands of the guitarist who made a name and a legend out of his touch: last night Eric Clapton opened the Lucca Summer Festival with an hour and a half of concert non-stop, playing a Stratocaster colored red, green, black and white, the colors of the Palestinian flag.
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For him (and for his only Italian date of the season) more than 20,000 people attended in the stands of the Historic Walls of the Tuscan city. Slowhand had been missing from the festival par excellence of the Lucca summer for 18 years.
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In the setlist some of the greatest and best-known hits of the former Cream guitarist, from I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man until Cocainepassing through Tears in Heaven. Here is the complete set list (which featured an acoustic middle section enclosed by two electric parts):
Blue Dust
Key to the Highway
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Badges
Prayer of a Child
Driftin’ Blues
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Back Home
Tears in Heaven
Got to Get Better in a Little While
Holy Mother
Cross Road Blues
Little Queen of Spades
Cocaine
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On stage with him Nathan East (bass), Doyle Bramhall II (guitar), Sonny Emory (drums), Chris Stainton (keyboards), Tim Carmon (Hammond organ and keyboards), Sharon White and Katie Kisson (backing vocals) .
