Clapton @ Crossroads 07 - Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad

[sirronald69]

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[THENDER1000]

In this day and age for a musician to have a unique sound is incredible. Step forward Derek Trucks.

[evaninsky2]

unreal... i'm sorta speechless.

[Marcoeliasful]

This is the only video , where you listen the two guitars in the duel of Dereck and Eric, its just amazing

[MOSKII58]

epic!!!!

[DE387]

One of the all time great songs. Just incredible.

[skydogging]

Absolutely ,beautiful guitar sounds. Excuse me while i change my drawers.Skydog would approve

[suzabella68]

I'd love to know if EC and DT rehearsed the duet, or if it's just pure jammin'. Either way, it is sublime! Love how EC echoes the slide by bending notes--what a master!!

[johnjohnson510]

@suzabella68 it's just jamming

[eslmc]

Sounds like we have two gods on this tune! We can share. And I love the way Eric moves over behind Derek. Class all the way. Damn I love real music played by real musicians.

[asm1]

Oh Fuck..... the interplay betwen Clapton and Trucks........ awesome :-)

[seanieemac]

My favorite video on youtube. hands down.

[Whuteyewantdontwant]

never been the same since I met Michael, but now I am at a crossroads... forgot about derek trucks... fantastic

[snakkajak]

WHY ISNT THIS ON THE DVD?!?!?!?

[Talesofspace8]

man thats the first time i've seen Derek Trucks have that expression, i reckon him and clapton connect to the song so purely

[allanmollers]

So, God finally got the son he deserves!

This VID gets me every time, at 4:33 at the latest my eyes starts to water up. This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful interplays recorded in recent years!

[varflips]

As good as it is on Youtube, it was amazing live. I already grabbed my tickets for this year. Can't Wait!

[algrand90]

i love this song but i prefer the studio version its faster than this one

[Paulie661]

You must be from the Chicago area Var?

[Aeerobic]

makes me totally happy and want to dance

[mlc520120]

The year is at the top, 07. This is on DVD.

[metiron77]

@mlc520120 oh right, i didn't notice, thanks

[metiron77]

from what year is this footage? can anyone tell me?

[abbgt]

Final 3-4 minutes is pure bliss. Great chemistry between EC and Derek Trucks.

[mistadobalina29]

i wish those two broads would shut up, they just dont do it for me, mehh.

[jbawn]

clapton and trucks side by side solo is amazing just like derek and dominoes days with clapton and duane

[FTIBand]

is it just me or does it seem like clapton is playing his 1st solo a bit sloppy? Not saying he's a bud guitarists or anything just sounds more sloppy than Ive heard him before

[petervankan1]

Not that he's a bad guitarist ?? You mean, Eric Clapton is not a bad guitarist ?

[FTIBand]

no he's a very good guitarist but sometime's he sounds more sloppy than others i think its just about how hard he is trying at that particular moment in time.

[Aegis90]

hmm i don't know.. i personally find his on this version very nicely executed :)....but then again we all have different taste ofc xD

[strangedaysuk]

Seems like he's getting on a bit don't it, compared to how tight Trucks plays it though anyone would sound sloppy :)

[FTIBand]

yea agree'd I've only heard Derek make one mistake in my entire life and i've seen him live a bunch of times and also bought his dvd and albums

[stuagu]

i agree that eric isnt at his best in the first solo but in the second break when derek & eric are playing off eachother, it is stunning. anyone know if is this on dvd?

[amurtujur]

♥ ♥

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

Not one of Eric's best solos, but Trucks tears it up.  His playing is almost East-Indian sitar-like in places. Brilliant player.

[DanteSitwell]

What's up with the mouse cursor at the beginning?

[ryanhurst1]

Wow, Derek & Eric, what a duo.

[Zijunn]

i simply love truck's tone!!!!!

great smokey tone!!!!

[ForeverMan91]

fits in perfectly with clapton's sound.

[gb342002]

DEREK!!!!!! ur owning up with the GOD!!!! may your dreams be true!!!!

[Powderfinger07]

A major is the most beautiful scale to me...so heartfelt!

[PMPrufrock]

Gawd I hope he plays this with Winwood in June. 6th row baby!

[unthiss]

Trucks is Jesus

[Jedelshein]

Clapton is god

[Mausoleum1980]

MAY THIS VIDEOCLIP LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!!

Thank you.

[strangedaysuk]

Oh yes, this is awesome

[specialagentslowhand]

Fortunate to say I was there for this. Front row too. This duet of guitar solos was definitely one of the highlights of the entire day.

[jackcame2]

What a great performance. There's no doubt Derek is bringing something special to the Eric show: just like Duane all those years ago made the album one of the greatest ever, with this song such a highlight.

[LeifJohan]

I love the way Trucks and Doyle play this solo in their completely diffrent styles, both versions are great :D

Watch the "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad - Gdynia 2008, and you'll hear how Doyles aproach are more hardrocked than Trucks more smooth playing :D All in all a fantastic song :D

[jackcame2]

Just followed your link to the Doyle solo. I'm afraid Doyle is a total lightweight by comparison and Eric's playing suffers because he's just not being pushed. Derek is the only man for the job! (filling Duane's shoes)

[Brussellz7]

great vid

funny video lets chat iF

[Clint313]

Please keep this video up!!

[seanieemac]

Derek Trucks is so amazing here.

I just saw him live and he is just amazing. His phrasing and the tone he gets out of his guitar and are out of this world.

He is the next great guitarist. I hope everyone get to see him!

[Clint313]

Derek has such great.. great note selection

[kidcharlemange22]

Clapton uses a 57 twin fender

he said it himself and besides u can see it

[javiceres]

It's supposed to be a custom made replica of an old 58 Fender Twin that EC owns and considers to be his holy grail amp.

The wood for the cab was taken by Fender from an old chuch's floor (or may be it was the roof).

He gave one of these replicas to BB King as a gift.

But as long as I remenber the original schematics (excuse my English) wasn't really changed.Well,I can´t exaclty remember as I read this from a Fender Custom Shop guy a fair time ago.

[Oilman36]

Derek's sound rips your heart out of your rib cage and squeezes it like a f**cking lemon..!

[zakwashere]

This is beautiful! Eric and Derek's guitar lines blend to form beautiful, intertwining melodies. It's kind of funny that Derek Trucks is playing on this song, considering it was originally done by Derek and the Dominoes.

[Aegis90]

well :)...And playing Duanes solo part...He is the right one to lift that heir... if anybody

[evanguy]

Trucks was actually named after the "Derek" in Derek and the Dominos (i.e. Eric Clapton). Must be weird playing with his namesake.

[shedboysfunk]

oh, man, total bliss. I've never seen such a soulful guitar pairing, since Eric's Derek and the Dominos days with Duane.

Derek--you're a godsend.

[dougfujimoto]

the way derek trucks sounds is like a 1950s black female vocalist belting out beautiful music

[TGF87]

Say what?

[Rezn8r]

look up the vid of derek jamming with john frusciante and john mayer for rolling stone mag... this is how mayer describes derek's sound

[TGF87]

Yeah, I saw the video. I just found it a little random that this guy probably said it just because he heard it, in that video. Doesn't seem too bright.

[Rezn8r]

Heh, with you there

[orgasmoanman]

i've seen clapton 17 times and what amazes me how he is so unselfish about letting the other bandmates perform their talents.he never tries to upstage anyone.a true gifted and humble musician.e.c you're the best!

[chicagoslew]

Beautiful song,EC & Trucks rippin! Only

thing I saw better that day was JEFF BECK!!! Tim Carmen on Organ great on this tune!

[eto127]

just beautiful.

[magsterndaze]

this is a testament to rock legends , standing the test of time and derek is just getting started..

[bmack1506]

duane is sitting in heaven, listening to this and smiling, and saying hell yeah

[TXstunna777]

derek just shines

[nplateau]

This is nothing short of pure bliss.

[KochTrucks]

derek is god, nuf said, couldnt change him in anyway.

[mauirob69]

Eric & Derek sound like they are back at Criteria Studios in Miami with Tom Dowd in the control room banging out the "Layla" album all over again! Sends shivers down my spine, too bad they didn't jam for a few more minutes. Derek needs a larger amp(Soldano,maybe?)for big shows, his sound gets lost with his Fender Super Reverb. I think the two of them should do an album with just them(band) playing on it. Some nice Duane Allman style country blues dobro would add to their album. What say, Eric??

[musicplusfood]

if derek is getting lost in the mix, then thats a problem for the sound engineer rather than a need to change amps. besides, we don't want any chance of changing that tone! peace

[mauirob69]

I've seen Derek with his band and The Allman Bros. at least a dozen times live and when there are other guitarists playing with him, he does indeed seem to be "lost in the mix" as you put it. It's usually because the other players do have Marshalls or Soldano amps, etc. His old Fender just doesn't have the "balls" for a large venue that's all.(sounds kind of "thin") His tone would not change except for being more pronounced in the mix, which most folks would really dig! Cheers...

[joebrassmonkey]

Eric uses a Fender Tweed amp, and he's certainly not unheard. In Dereks case, It's very unusual to mix a Gibson Guitar with a Fender amp. His sound is quite thin for an SG though.

[JesusMuhammad]

No Eric doesn't. >_> Eric's amplifier is custom made for him. It just LOOKS like a Fender Tweed amp, but trust me, it isn't. No Fender amp ever made has rectifier tubes in it and Eric's does.

[joebrassmonkey]

Thanks for clarifying, but the attitude wasen't needed.

[jonjosephbarnes]

"no Fender amp ever made has rectifier tubes in it"

sorry man....you're completely wrong. trust me.

most fender amps have rectifier tubes in them..including the ones derek is using here(5ar4/gz34). anybody that knows anything about fender amps will tell you that. i have a 65 deluxe, 66 super reverb and 67 super reverb....all with rectifiers. even my '49 gretsch electromatic has a 5y3gt rectifier in it.

peace

[oaksee89sweden]

Yeah! Back to the 70's again! Derek Trucks on slideguitar was a very good choise. This is almost Derek & the Dominos again!

[rnrdoctor55]

Derek is the the damn reincarnation of his daddy's good buddy...amazing!!!

[rannkuru1962]

I look at skydog

[elzurdo2058]

lo maxino!!! slowhand clapton, is god.

extraordinario clapton, mano lenta, es dios

muy bueno!!!!

[stacap6]

STARR wish it would NOT keep on skipping!!!!!

[LauriRHCP]

Eric and Derek look like father and son playing together, I don't know, they look so humble with each other, specially at the end.

Beautiful!

PS: I just marked my other comment as a spam.

Idiot!

[LauriRHCP]

Gosh, this song is so cool!

[thestratlars]

That tone is fucking amazing-and produced by a STRAT! Hell the hell is it so thick?

[claptonfan54]

Part of it is probably the mid-boost Clapton's Strat has, the rest is probably fingers.

[timmy47]

probably a combination of things. i think the reason most people sound thin and weak on a strat iss beause they dont know how to set their EQ well enough and dont work with tone settings and so on. plus hes got a active mid boost in the guitar. i think he also rolls the tone knob on the guitar down to get close to the "woman tone" which can be thick sounding. the right overdrive can thicken up your tone too.

[rock5ta12]

just awesome =)

[LeifJohan]

Doyle's great with his rythemguitar playing :D

My hero :)

[thestratlars]

I absolutely love the way EC starts his solo with incredible bent note followed by his patented propulsive 16th note runs. Also did the way he precedes his phrases with a left hand brush with the open string. Just wish his solo went on longer.

[Hektor88]

yeah, that left hand brush creates a nice sorta hum thats creates some lovely tension before he goes into the 16th note riffs. Great shit, an i aint heard anyone else who can do it.

[swp9]

On the extra disc that came from Best Buy, the mix for both Got To Get Better In A Little While, and Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad,is greatly improved over the original broadcast, - except for one unforgivable flaw. Near the end of the second tune, when Eric joins in with Trucks, Eric's leads are virtually lost in the mix !!!!

[mediamkg]

EC forever....

[bmack1506]

best song to listen to when you're high, god damn these guys can play

[Hektor88]

what key is this in? is it the same as the original?

[ikbenpappe]

Aminor G

Aminor G F C E

A D

[Hektor88]

ah ok. they lowered n a half step from the original.

many thanks!

[SlowBluesInc]

During the chorus ("Why does love got to be so sad?") they actually play Amaj7 Dmaj7 rather than A D. Sounds really cool.

[PoorWillieBrown]

Why oh why do people always have to look to put Clapton down. He is far and away the best white blues guitar player and has made a fantastic contribution to blues and rock music. Just enjoy this for what it is, two fantastic guitar players having a ball. Look at Dereks face at the end, that says it all. Duane Allman brought the best out of EC and Derek gets very close. The version of this song on Layla is without doubt one of the top ten guitar solos ever recorded IMHO. Enjoy!

[thestratlars]

I'm sick of this "best white blues player" bullshit. Howabout the BEST blues guitarist EVER. Why the fuck to people have to qualify it. Just because one is black does not mean one automatically has the upper edge on blues. I got news for you all, almost all of the so-called "real" blues guitarist who picked cotton and lived in the Delta are dead.

[simonochs1]

excellent sound quality

[mb90535im]

Derek idolizes Duane, so what I hear when I close my eyes and listen to this is the same magic that came out of the Criteria Studion recordings of the original Layla albumn with Clapton playing his part and Derek masterfully tackling the Allman licks. BTW - Derek Trucks is capable of taking Duane Allman's slide guitar style into the stratosphere and beyond.

[elliotlovesfox]

the first thing hendrix asked on his visit to britain was if he could be introduced to clapton, i see y... i saw these 2 live earlier this year, fucking amazing

[guitarded03745]

Derek's freaking amazing and Clapton's just, well, Clapton. Derek is definitely as amazing without a slide as he is with one.

[GilmourFan77]

ya dude sorry i gotta disagree too, its probably more like trucks using some of claptons licks

[KochTrucks]

claptons starting to cop some of dereks signature licks. in the end where theyre improvising you can hear a lot of derek in claptons playing

[emeraldaxe]

I have to disagree. If you listen to the original version on the Layla album and the live version on the Fillmore East album, Clapton plays in that style and well before Derek was born. It could have been the influence of Duane Allman on him.

[endephor]

Derek is sure already great, but clap plays why does love with the same kind of licks he did when played it first with Duane. I think derek knows the soul in that song and has learned the song. He his the best yet to have played it so beautifully. Best to you.

[Bigbluesboy]

Doyle plays leads on other songs. Clapton is happy to let them both play....

[Apollokid4]

I dont think Doyle minds that much, because think of it, he is getting to play with a guitar God! I would do whatever he asks me to do.

[SeanmanBand]

Doyle takes plenty of solos on other songs...This one though is for Derek and Eric because its a Derek and the Dominos song..

[ssandic]

Superb!!!!

[shinigami285]

well if everybody goes to see a Clapton concert, why give away any solos to Derek Trucks? Why not just have him play rythm too?

[Hektor88]

Clapton's greatest weakness is that he gets lazy if there isn't someone really good to push him. So with Derek Trucks in the band to help push him, we get Eric in top form,.

[jazzguitar1221]

and you would know this because...

[Hektor88]

its something h has stated in his own interviews. Not only that, but (arguably) his most aggressive stuff was with Cream and then the dominoes. Cream had Jack Bruce, who played the bass like a guitar, and with the dominoes he had Duane Allman. Both bands are considered among his best. AND his latest tour with Derek was very high powered and not as laid back as a lot of his previous tours

[Bigbluesboy]

True, he needs one push from time to time, on cream reunion he sad that playing rythm and lead was a big streach for him. and Keith Richards of Rolling Stones sad that Eric Clapton was too lazy too join Rolling Stones, when Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones, but Eric was waiting for the Rolling Stones, he expected a call...

[delaneyIRA]

yah, maybe if clapton joined the stones they wouldnt have been such a shit show... what an over rate band... just fucking sloppy.they started out as a great blues/jazz rock band/ and by the mid 70's they were a useless washed up pop band... god i hate it when ppl bring up the stones...

[Hektor88]

lazy? EC is one of the few rockers form the 60's who is as valid today as he was then. I dont think he joined the Stones cause he like the idea of having his own band where he coudl do what he wanted

[Bigbluesboy]

You haven't read the history, Clapton wanted to join "The Band" and "Rolling Stones"...

[Hektor88]

i know he wanted to join The Band, but i heard that he didnt join the Stones cause a bad setting was to limiting for him. i might be wrong.

It wouldnt have worked anyway. Clapton's playing is a bit to wild for the Stones

[Bigbluesboy]

Well, Jeff Beck was on the addition, but he took a runner, he didn't feel like playing 12 bar blues all day long...

[delaneyIRA]

variety is the spice of life, son...

[timmy47]

i think he gave derek the solo because he doesnt play with him on a regular basis. doyle is in erics band and he does take solos. but actually, i would have liked to see doyle solo in there too. that might have been cool to have the three soloists.

[ddesa123]

amazing

[jazzguitar1221]

still man everyone should get a chance to solo especially at crossroads where more people come to watch then they would at a bramhall concert

[jazzguitar1221]

yea i was wondering the same thing, maybe thats what eric is using him specifically for though

[shinigami285]

This was a great performance but can somebody tell me why it is that every time I see a clip of great solos from this last tour, Doyle Bramhall is relegated to just playin rythm? He's a great solo player too!!!

[amorimfelipe]

Doyle Bramhall plays rythm for eric`s band. Andy Fairwetherlow played rythm guitar before. It`s Clapton`s band, Bramhall has his other band where each play lead guitar. And people go see clapton solo and not another guitarist.

[timmy47]

sometimes he solos. but like amorimfelipe said, people come to see clapton play so hes going to do the most soloing.

[guitarplaya9876]

Derek and Eric...WHAT A TEAM!

[ikbenpappe]

I can't believe he fully improvised this solo. It's perfect.

[salashgar]

Can't keep thinkin about you...why does love got to be so sad...what a song! tremendous!!

[ripa170]

Such a great song, with two guitar heroes.

What a Pleasure to watch this !

thank you very much.

Waiting for the DVD to come out now.

[ForeverMan91]

This is such a great version!

[ikbenpappe]

clapton pwnd. every lick is fire

[mtskier05]

YESSSSS!!!!!!!

[Hektor88]

shit thats snokin...

i remember when he played this in Phoenix, it was freakin awesome

[bluesForD]

you actually got through to watch this live Im assuming? the webcast just threw the same advert/comming soon link at me for hours. Was repeatedly trying but never got it to work. A few songs are avaliable to watch on replay at least, aswell as this. Thanks for posting.

[Handonam]

yea, you had to use IE for it. found that out a while after, haha

[daitomi]

Great!!!!!

Thank you for posting!!!!