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This broadcast continues on our journey to the rocking seventies….

Eric Clapton – 1976-11-15 – Convention Ctr, Dallas, TX, KBFH [FM]

Eric Clapton is an English blues rock guitarist, singer and song writer.  He is the only three time inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream.  This bootleg is from Eric Clapton‘s  No Reason to Cry tour. In August 1976, Eric Clapton released the album No Reason to Cry, which featured contributions from all 5 members of The Band, as well as Bob Dylan.  The album went to #15 on the Billboard charts in the US.  Clapton launched his US tour in November, in support of that album.  Fittingly, the last stop on the tour was at The Band‘s farewell concert, the Last Waltz, on 26 November, 1976.  This soundboard recording captures Eric Clapton about halfway through that tour, on 15 November, 1976.  Eric Clapton has been ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and fourth in Gibson’s “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time” as well as fifth in Time magazines list of “The 100 Best Electric Guitar Players”.  Among other awards, he is the recipient of 18 Grammys.

Jefferson Starship – 1976-07-14 – Colt Park, Hartford, CT [SBD]

Jefferson Starship was an American rock band that rose from the ashes of the psychedelic rock group, Jefferson Airplane.  It is not to be confused with Starship, a spin off of Jefferson Starship featuring co-lead singer Mickey Thomas.  The latter group is usually identified with the ‘pop’ tunes of Jefferson Starship in the 80’s.  In 1975, Jefferson Starship released the album Red Octopus, which climbed to #1 on the Billboard charts.  The group also had a smash hit with the single Miracles, which reached #3 on the charts.  Expectations were high, therefore, when the band released its follow up album, Spitfire, in June 1976.  While not quite as successful as its predecessor, Spitfire did spend 6 consecutive weeks at #3 on the charts and went platinum.  The band was so disappointed with that performance, however, that they requested a sales audit from RCA records.  To settle the matter, RCA agreed to invest $500,000 into the next Jefferson Starship project.  The band went on tour in support of Spitfire, including this show on  July 14, 1976.  Check out this great soundboard recording to hear the Starship when they could still rock, long before the disaster entitled “We Built This City“.