Slowhand in St Louis

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I traveled to see Eric Clapton in St Louis. One of five shows in North America. As expected, large venue, which I am not a fan of but wanted to see EC. Set was 16 songs with encore. Only three of the 16 songs were EC songs. He opened with two The Band songs to honor Robbie Robertson. Two electric sets, one acoustic set. He looked tired but at 78 who wouldn’t be. Voice was not as strong. The band was great; Andy Fairweather Low - guitar, Paul Carrack - keyboards, Sonny Emor - drums, Chris Staunton - piano, Nathan East - bass, Katie Kasoon - vocals and one other lady vocalist, Sharon Wilson. Encore was a song by Joe Cocker sung by Paul C. Opening act was Jimmie Vaughan. In retrospect, I was a bit disappointed but I got to see him. Set list was almost identical to previous shows. Why not mix it up some with all the great choices from his repitoire? I give it a 3.5 out of 5 for effort. Not GOAT, not God, just good.