Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler - White Room [San Francisco -88]

[johns78c]

@MrACDC1997 - Chuck Norris wants to be friends with Clapton...

[MrACDC1997]

Clapton seems to be friends with everyone!

[casper1918]

Is missing Jack Bruce who wrote and sang the song originally.

[roviscoyt]

Is missing some ginger in this version....

[etherknight9]

I must say respectfully, Better than the Cream version. More soulful in my most humble opinion. Thank you for sharing this!

[BenignViewer]

Nathan East on bass is also doing backing vocals (which you forgot to note in the description). He does a fantastic job of it to. It's not an easy part to sing in that high register. Great concert overall, although it was played at a slower temp than the recording - but perhaps that was intentional, to suit Knopfler who excels at slower tempo magic (like 'The telegraph Road' & 'Brothers in Arms').

Great quality vid and thanks for sharing!

[TheEnno64]

Knopfler looks a lil bit like Ry Cooder ^^

[MayChild8]

This version is not as tight as the other.

[tommy198359]

SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WW 

[Chippy215Boss]

Clapton is God

[thesunreport]

tbh i was hoping that knopfler was going to rip out a killer solo...but i guess he knew he would just blow clapton away..which would have been embarrassing for them both...so he never bothered...

.

JK!! xD

[Kommando786]

Am I the only one who presses the like button everytime he revisits these videos just in case he hasn't already?

[mythbuster1991]

@Kommando786 no,youre not alone

[DrGolfJam]

I heard this version before I heard the cream version so to me this is correct and the other seems too fast! haha

[75cammo]

classic song but not sure on the slow (hand) version. nice wah-wah effects. try searching `white room live 1986` for a live concert in birmingham or wembley (with phil collins). fantastic

[MrPerfecttommy]

My mother used to say to me, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." I wish everyone on YouTube followed that advice. No decent human being cares about a negative opinion.

[tunemunger23]

best version of this ive seen is off 24 night's ;)

[mrengftw]

Wow people, who cares about it being to slow or having the wrong effects? It's good to listen to and it's Knopfler/Clapton!! Can't get better!

[iluvbevisandbutthea1]

2 people listen to the worse music ever

[Dudestar321]

why does this only have 78 likes?

[TRZeratul]

@Dudestar321 the question is why it have 2 dislike

[BarbaricGoose]

I feel like he sings this slower version with more heart. I fuckin' love it, but I can see why some don't.

Also, why is there a thumbs down button on this video?

[ronnied828]

thats the most fucken annoying wah-wah tone i ever heard......way over the top,sounded like shit in my opinion and i like Clapton !

[dennisl2008]

Too f-ing slow...

[shw500]

CLAPTON IS GOD

[1996MariusB]

i think its played very slow, but anyway, its great!

[ehouli77]

This ain't bad, but still like the 24 Nights version better, White room begs to be played rough and fast.

[MrMakore]

its very slow buy still awsome!!

[MegaMARKRILEY]

Not a patch on 24 nights version...too slow, makes me fall asleep!

[jorima123]

amazing eric but nowhere near raw enough

[paw55]

thats my buddy gesepi on the drums

[strawer]

Did you mean STEVE FERRONE, perhaps?

Steve was in Eric's touring band from 1987 to 1993.

[smartytherebel]

kinda weird yet awesome that they count in the 5/4 section with only 4 beats

[xXChrisTheBeastXx]

loved the solo, didn't really feel the distortion that was used, oh well.

[fakeriotmonster]

Two gods

[borbottante]

Two guitar Heroes!!!!

[baronacebass]

OMG HE USED HIS PINKY!!!!

[natorama52]

who is the black guy?

[RobGordon07]

Nathan East

[strawer]

It appears that Nate had grown his beard...

[tommyboy200792]

its abit slow

[kkpgproductions]

clapton could play it at 6 bpm and it would sound godly

[danypieman]

that would be like uber slow dude...!

but ur right

[natorama52]

it doesnt matter. its clapton. he could play it at two bpm and it would still be the shit

[danypieman]

omg that would be like uber slow!

[tommyboy200792]

im just sayin its slower than it usually is i know he can play slow and will be better than ever but im just sayin its slower than it normally is

[NkamilN]

@tommyboy200792 he played it that slow because of the wah-wah effect . he couldn't play it fast with that effect

[riff88m]

fantastic

[norwayfinland]

i never heaf understand why he put that amazing gibson SG name,d the fool the paint on it whas amazing a men from holland paint it it got awsome colors:-)

[CoRRisioN2142]

Wah Wah Solo LOL good find DogSwede1

[VeniceKing1]

thanks for posting

[Knutty4Knopfler]

Clapton plays a fantastic solo here.

[strawer]

I TOTALLY AGREE, Clapton's fiery use of the wah-wah pedal is amazing, though he added a subtle early-to-mid 1980s flavor with a slight amount of chorus and flange.

Later, Eric stopped using chorus and flange as he opted for a cleaner sound.