Concert - Eric Clapton

Wow, we certainly enjoyed going to the Eric Clapton concert last night.  I had gotten tickets for this concert back at the end of November to give to Marty as a special present last Christmas.  I also got him an Eric Clapton CD and attached the tickets to the back of it, it was an extra added surprise when he unwrapped the CD gift.  The concert was at the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth, GA.  Located just minutes from us.  It's a smaller, or shall I say, more intimate Arena that holds about 13,000.  We had great seats with a nice view of the stage!  The Wallflowers were the opening performers, lead by guitarist Jakob Dylan(Bob Dylan's son) and they were good.  I enjoyed their time on stage, especially seeing them do "Sixth avenue heartache" and "One head light" live.

Let me tell you the Eric Clapton performance was totally fantastic!  He opened with "Hello old friend", then from there played a variety of his collections and thoroughly entertained the crowd with some awesome rockin' and bluesy sounds!  He is quite the guitarist, and there he was guitar in hand, always playing one type or other.  He played some songs from the unplugged album too, "Layla" and "Tears in Heaven", I must admit during this one I got a little teary eyed myself, and saw that a few others had as well! In light of what the song is about(the death of his son) and a recent personal family loss in my family.  Paul Carrack of the band Squeeze, was on piano for Clapton and performed his '80s hit "Tempted" and also sang lead on a couple others, "How long" and "Ain't it high time we went."  One of our favorite -Our song's- is "Wonderful tonight", and it was a pure joy to be there seeing and hearing it live!

We really enjoyed the concert, and this may have been one of the best we've ever seen, or at least the best we've seen in a long time!  Eric Clapton is a very impressive performer, especially at the age of sixty-seven, well actually he'll be sixty-eight in just a couple of days since he was born on March 30th, 1945.  A Happy 68th Birthday wish to Eric Clapton!  Again, like I said before, very impressive!

Eric Clapton

The Wallflowers

We're ready for the Show!

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Local News - Article about the event.

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link to this Gwinnett Daily Post on Eric Clapton

I'm so glad I got to see Eric Clapton perform live, and will always remember what a great show it was!...
~ Tammy ~

My Love of Purple

For my love of PURPLE

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When the deep purple falls 

over sleepy garden walls

And the stars begin to twinkle in the sky...

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In the mist of a memory 

you wander back to me

Breathing my name with a sigh...


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In the still of the night once again I hold you tight

Though you're gone

Your love lives on when moonlight beams...

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And as long as my heart will beat

Sweet lovers we'll always meet

Here in my deep purple dreams... 

I happened upon a link while on a search for deep purple.  I remember hearing this song

a long time ago.  It was actually written a very, very long time ago.

Enjoy! 

Interesting read on the song "Deep Purple"   wikipedia - Deep_Purple_(song)

A Night At The Opera - Don Giovanni

We attended an Opera performance of Don Giovanni at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Saturday evening!   It was a great performance and very interesting.  The stage was well set, with a few changes occasionally, and the costumes were beautiful.  The music along with the singing was very moving, emotional and captivating.   The story well played out on the stage and I felt that it draws you into another time and place.   A memorable experience indeed!