Robert Cray Eric Clapton on Nightmusic

[Joe60ize]

claps a casa..

[charles2724]

fantastic

[carmenlavie]

Jadore!

[steffenbrix]

Man! Clapton has such a great voice here!!

[whatsthebigfndeal]

man, the eighties were a trip

[gstouff]

I don't know if I prefer Clapton's pink suit in Knebworth or this association of purple and green. Even the guitar is in association with the suit. By the way, it's the only time I see EC play this green strat. Do you think he played it just to have it with the shirt ?

Anyway, even with this odd looking suit, EC stil got perfect class.

[Witchicaa]

For my Cat, my only true love... I miss you every second you can't be with me.

[steffenbrix]

Clapton was a hundred times better back then!! :-) Both him and Cray is clearly in the zone with this one :)

[imogene8]

Obvious naturals, doing what they love to do and we get to savor the flavor! Enjoy WALSTIB

[vai699]

wonderfull song, but in my opinion Cray sounds better than Clapton and plays more interesting solos.

[AloneToTheSun]

that presenter scares the bejeezes out of me

[cindygibbsbarfield]

Both are astounding musicians.. Two of my very favorite guitarists,,,of course next to JG....Love me some Clapton....

[cindygibbsbarfield]

Both are astounding musicians.. I was so happy to learn that this song was written and performed by them.

[MegaSkoalBandit7195]

If you never heard Eric play before you would think wow that guys not that good until 3:50 Then your like HOLY SHIT!

Cray and Clapton both amazing!

Thanks 4 Posting this!

[MichPlacedGator]

Awesome

[enrapturevox]

So glad I found this! It's videos like these that make me so thankful for YouTube.

[kscotto8]

great performance but cray wins out as far as the guitar and tone goes

[HJR601811]

Willy wonka 4 sure

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

That's Hiram Bullock to Cray's left...

[naabjr]

Robert Cray wrote this, nothing like a song Clapton would write

[delazzuro]

absolutely masterful!!!!!!

[TLHELLYEAH]

What a great song! Gotta love Cray's guitar work here. And Clapton's hair and purple suit remind me of Willy Wonka.

[manatomicfluid]

the line at 2:53 .............. great.

[combelue]

sting in the tail!

[millypersempre]

Love it! <3

[EndlessNot1]

Great television show i used to record and watch after coming home from a gig...sadly it disappeared into television's mediocrity that is what it is today..luckily i have recordings of many of these shows

[TornikeRock]

Coool! Cray & Clapton are the best blues players ever !

[fozzyleonard]

holy God. Holy F'n God.  GoodGod GoodGod

[fozzyleonard]

Holy God. Holy F'n God. GoodGood GoodGod.

[seizetheday49]

I still submit that this is one of the greatest performances of any song in television history. I am rendered speechless every time I listen to this.

[Vgirlification]

@seizetheday49 me too baby... me too... Thank God in heaven above, for these men and their willingness to share their talents with us, the unwashed masses...............

[SantaCruzOM]

Cray is just incredible

[Lirvine40]

two of the greatest blues guitarist ever

[larrystarstruck]

Great music and two great guitarists. I always loved both artists. To those new to Cray, check out more of his music, you will love it.

[maretajean]

just go away ok????????

[meesbroersen]

who's te piano player? love the break at 1:34

[MegaSkoalBandit7195]

Best Song ever!!!!!!!

Im in love with this song!!!!!

More of a Cray fan but Clapton sure tears this up!!!

[yellolab09]

Take me home Baby

[dermeisterbob]

Who is the black one? Clapton? Cray? Perfect harmony.

[MegaSkoalBandit7195]

@dermeisterbob Omg dude LMAO!!!!! Clapton is the white guy Cray is the Black Guy!

[RacDeGekste]

Cray, Clapton, the guy on the keys, the song, FAN-TAS-TIC!

[TheGuitarjerry1126]

Great song! Great song!

[Joonyer1951]

That tasty bass run @ 4:45.....is KILLING ME!!!!!!

[sqwalker13]

fuck me ive loveed robert cray all my life and he is my favorite guitarist but eric clapton kicked his ass at the end just to let him know whos the daddy very brilliant still love rob though eric clapton stop stealing the limelight we all know your a freak

[753lol]

@sqwalker13 yeah i know what you mean but overall cray played with sooooo much feeling and right on point, eric was just randomly hitting notes at light speed from 15-20 th fret or something. crays performance here is WAAAAY better in my eyes, i think eric should've let him play longer at the end and not interrupt him in the end because that solo of cray is probably the best and most creative solo I've heard in a long time

[ChrisMagoo99]

@753lol I don't know about you, but they seem to be having a great time playing together

[myklmusic]

I Love this performance... I may cover this myself!

When they took this Show off TV I thought I'd lose it for a while.

Many talented Artists performed here.

I used to look for ward to this just to hear and see Music flow.

Great upload!

[maretajean]

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG.....PRICELESS

[freebrook]

I remember when this was aired and i was like *melt*

[vazon69]

You wouldn't get away with having your fag hanging off your headstock these days!

[maretajean]

old love... it's over move on dude......

[PELLCRAY]

organic this.

[gambit5150]

indeed but always for my ear cray has a more organic tone and feel, just my opinion

[CougarCracker]

Thankyou so much for this post. I come to my computer and play this one everytime life gets wierd. And then it all starts to make sense....and then it gets wierd, and then .....

[sonrisingpk]

Eternal!

[ocean4315]

Yeah, Cray play some smokin' guitar on this song. 5 stars!

[ragingag]

Great stuffn no doubt about it !!!!!!!

[Johnakalazyj]

asif u'd even care that eric solo was only 30 seconds long, this is one of the greatest songs in all time robert cray does solo's in this song.... why would that ever cross you mind!??

[jamthisplaceout]

3:51 looks like an ad for Fender. Call it "Strat Row".

[AdvaitSarkar]

I started this playing and minimised my browser.. then the bizarre night music song came up at the end and I was like WTF!!??!!??!

[glueforall]

@MikeyC7th....."wait'll they get a load of me!"...just needs a purple Strat...

[glueforall]

This '89 - '90 my guess...to answer the earlier question...(note the Clapton 'Journeyman' era haircut)...i think he ditched that in about '90 or '91

[skippy3840]

Cray is a BADASS.

[Johnakalazyj]

Unreal..... i really feel i was born 30 years to late sometimes! ....

[789pequignot]

great song

[mikeyC7th]

Rocking the joker suit. probably my favorite clapton tune of all time. timeless

[showgr8harls]

This was an easy 25 years ago, 2 of the best their is.....Clapton has been a Cray fan for many years, a mentor early on, anyone who isn't moved by this music, is 1/2 dead

[biokees]

woooooow robert cray is so amazing, one offthe best guitar solo,s i ever heard!!!

[southsideralph]

what year is this from. Clapton looks a little younger, Cray always looks the same.

[southsideralph]

They just don,t make em like this anymore....

[corolla666]

cray with a clapton hair =james brown

[secretmarksman]

what the fuck was with that Sting session?!

[EndlessNot1]

@secretmarksman that television show used to have the guests do little funny bits during commercial breaks..i used to watch it every week..they even had Miles Davis joke about his raspy voice during one of the breaks!!

[MrEffortless]

Holy Shit. Two styles seamlessly streaming into one. Guitar legends.

[BrunkN06]

I love Robert Cray's part during the chorus, just fits so well with the rest of the song... I wish I could find this version to download.

[LiberationArmy]

@BrunkN06 Hey mate, you can download de FreeYoutubeDownloader, try it.

[henzoni]

Smokin' is right two great players...and look at the guys backing them out...!!!!!

[GoToHalifax]

WTF Sting?

[bassplayer82]

I stopped breathing for a while during those solos....

[gruss1955]

These guys are definitely smoking these Strats, two of the greatest ever!

[owzyafava]

Mindblowing!!!!

[hammerogod]

Slow Hand and The String Stretcher on stage together ... Epic Blues

[OddsGetEven]

One of my favorite songs, two of my favorite artists

[hoganesque]

Foookin' Shreddders!!!!

Incredibly tasty!!!

[Shadofx]

got the chills as soon as Robert started playing...good stuff here

[oogaachaka]

hard to believe clapton used to lack confidence in his singing but OMG these two.............axemeisters extraordinaire and the likes of which not commonly seen.

Thanks for this - priceless perfection

[gruss1955]

Both of these guys are amazing, if only I could play like that, whoaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!

[fenderrockwood]

These two guitar players and singers are really really good. I can hardly believe I'm going to see Clapton for the second time next year. Let's hope he will make it. At my first Clapton concert, I also saw Robert Cray...there were 70.000 people there...every one of them was singing along with "Right Next Door" incredible feeling...and when "Layla" came along...everybody was dancing. There is no such thing as an Eric Clapton concert. Well...maybe Pink Floyd could top that!

[rbier]

Great, both of them masters. But let´s not forget the whole band is awesome.

[kodeejames]

wow

[MarciMoska]

Este cara é demais...parece que está transando com a música!rs

[BadNewsBrown23]

Blues monsters!

[grizpy]

Damn Cray can play.....

[corolla666]

clapton hair lol.... robert cray is great

[Matthitizidu]

I was thinking the same thing :D That do is priceless

[JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

@corolla666 Late 80's.

[112341513534134]

Sting go home and die!!!!

[rmiller9969]

Cray is a beast. I saw him in concert about 3 yrs ago and it was amazing.

[tniggz69]

Another classic performance. so good

[nantucket68]

Who is the host at the beginning of the video?

[turbokevin]

I'm pretty sure it David Sanborn..

Great clip BTW.. I love Crays style.

[hajoklar]

he invented

[chooseyourblues]

Do you think Clapton invented the Marlboro down the headstock style or did he get it from someone else?

[trapjaw84]

@ chooseyourblues:

Look at Hendrixat his Isle of Wight Gig. Track: Machine Gun!

[chooseyourblues]

Yes but Clapton was at it before Jimi. Check out the interviews from the Cream live at the Royal Albert Hall film. There is a section when Eric is talking about the Wah Wah and he has a smoke down the headstock of his 'Fool' SG, about 3 years before Isle Of White...

[trapjaw84]

Thanks Dude, didn't knew that...

[SlayerJB]

Sting at the end... hilarious.

[theshyguitarist]

If you guys are lucky...I'll put up a couple of videos from the Cray performance on the 26th. Be good everyone....

[stormyweatherblues]

Great guitar solos - but it touches me to see Don Alias on percussion in this clip. He appears on three albums of my dear friend Barbara Dennerlein and he went too early in 2006.

[SantaCruzOM]

Love em both.  Damn. Such good music. Cray's solo starting at 4:45 is mesmerizing.

[MTuck21]

Robert Cray has the best tone ever

[Savadorason1]

call me a dope but on this nite in the mid 80's, while going thru tv channels i ran across the late night show "Night Music"  this particular show,& this is how i happened 2 learn about Eric, better late than never.

[rockmonster5000]

The end of this video is bizarre...

Why is Sting singing about Fusion in the sun...?

Cray and Clapton were awesome !!!

[tessmithify]

Mystery solved: They were performing on an episode of Saturday Night Live...

Sting must of been the guest host & whoever posted this included one of his sketches.

[nowandzen7]

@tessmithify this is not SNL...this is Night music, which came on after SNL got over in the late 80's/early 90's.....and was hosted by david Sanborn.

[tessmithify]

Ignore Eric's hair lol

[rayjdragonballz]

the hairs nice. i like it

[midnighttilldawn]

It's awful..worst style he's ever had..well except for his 60's Afro tribute to Hendrix

[YourLessonsAreWeak]

Its me, Steve from the gay site. Why are you avoiding me? I thought we had a nice night together. I was hoping to do it again, you were sooo tight. Anyway, Cray and Clapton are awesome together, just like you and I. Kisses.

[helbar]

lol

[aFenderfan6]

one of my favourite songs, the guitar playing is astounding

[bigmangiff]

likin the green fender... nice;)

[georgeclooney1]

Goosebumps

[flairboy82]

I think i just creamed my pants.

Surprised the stage doesn't collapse with so much talent on it. I could listen to those two all day long, amazing.

Also people stop comparing apples and oranges as it is truly pointless. Preference is what it is about, enjoy it for what it is and get on with it.

[OddsGetEven]

Talk about two great artists and a great song. Unfortunately, I have never seen Clapton live, but I can tell you Robert Cray is one of the best, cleanest sounding shows you will ever see. Incredible and most always in a small venue where you can get as close as you want. I'm a white boy from chicago and he let me "discover" the blues. It is now and always will be my favorite style and I have been playing 13 years now.

[MTuck21]

Are there any tabs for this song? Or more accurately this VERSION? All I can find is the acoustic.

[gibsonvfender]

tabs for crays version  good luck

[robert140602]

Cray just edged it due to his more soulful playing.

[trashcanbanker]

lol! what's that song at the end?

[kzearo]

This would probably have more views if 'Old Love' was in the title.

[tjalla]

lol at trainwreck at the top.

Band: "What the...?!"

Sanborne: "Yea"

Audience: *chuckles*

[robert140602]

Clapton got played the fuck off the stage there,no messing.

[crayhead]

As usual Bobs off the end of the Phenomenal scale...New Bob should be in stores this month!!!

[Klaaaas]

Whatt the hell is that song right behind it?

rofl

[geddunn]

cray has the best phrasing ever, always plays clean, always plays really creative solos. shame about erics haircut though.shocker. no wonder he cant ever get laid. er, hang on a minute..

[atrickpay11]

geddunn: haha, I don't like his haircut here either. Looks kinda greasy.

[malkneil]

Nice cameo by Willy Wonka on rhythm guitar!!!

[headlygrange3]

Incredible!

[rockymtnguy69]

I doubt that anyone of you are guitarists. enthusiasts sure end of story

[SanjayPer]

Wow Cray rips it on this video I love him.

[ernieisthebestone]

I guess the Fender Statocaster is the weapon of choice for the blues...or so it would seem...

[emblazed]

i love strats. but watch peter green. he'll make you want to play a les paul. but i still stay loyal to the strat :)

[kwithawhat]

For everyone saying that Clapton isn't doing anything difficult or isn't putting emotion into this song, I just want to point out that there has to be a main guitar, they can't both lead, and since Eric is singing and putting his feeling into that (which is friggin' hard to do playing blues and the timing on this song is funky) it just makes more sense to give Robert the creative lead on guitar. Clapton puts plenty of emotion into his solos, here just isn't the place.

[aio193]

sometimes keeping it simple brings out the best in a song

[afoolonahill]

@kwithawhat not to mention that beautiful jacket he's wearin' lol, i suppose it's not the worst he's ever worn *recalls the days of 'cream'*

[afoolonahill]

@kwithawhat @everyone that you're talking to, this song doesn't have its soul in the lead; yes cray and clapton do let rip a few times and set the stage on fire, but the soul is in those opening chords

[shango2011]

Eric Clapton is without a doubt a legend ,for what he did with cream ,but here he s just relying on guitar phrases and standard licks he s played before while robert is displaying the true blues spirit by letting the moment feed what is coming out of his amp Great ,well done.

[crayhead]

And on the 7th day God created Robert Cray---So far ahead of anyone on the phenomenal scale of existence it's rediculous!!!

[robert140602]

And your opinion is just as valid as anyonelse's rayj !

[martinmerrywinkle]

well i'd say that most people would fall short if compared to cray on 'feel'. But while many of claptons more recent performances are stale, hes considered a legend for very good reason. Would half of us be guitarists today without him? Check the US crossroads benefit concert he did, and the version of old love there. nuts.Gets a deserved standing ovation halfway through the song (type in 'old love 1999'). Cray's a bit of a one off.... Hes very consistent in the emotion he puts into songs too.

[fitzy3194]

wow these two are like a perfect guitar duet....and clapton does have a soul for all you people out there...well he does now that he is older...lol

[scream81080]

the harmony between the souls, it is hard to find such good combination with same two instruments going hand to hand this well... Magnitude of sound...

[Bluesquest]

I wouldn't say Clapton has no soul. He just doesn't need to make a show out of it !

[robert140602]

Watching/listening to Clapton is like watching a brain surgeon operate.He has no soul,just cold perfection.Give me the heart and soul of Cray any day of the week.I have seen them both live many times too,so feel qualified to post my honest opinion.

[rayjdragonballz]

definitely not. clapton is known for all the soul he puts into his solos. he has amazing feel for the music. well that is just my opinion, but i think it applies for many others.

[mickdee06]

robert cray what a guitar tone.he is the definition of the fender twang

[MrCaribbean]

Listening to robert cray,he brings out the emotions,its not about speed,he has taste and class when he plays and you could tell he inspires clapton here,they both doing whats helps the song and NOT what helps their ego.You can feel the love from the these gentlemen,they LOVE what they do.

[lesshowerrings]

Robert is such a monster, totally underappreciated. Claptons good too but a lot of people play like him now making it seem less unique.

[robert140602]

I'll bet Eric wishes he could play like Bob.

[PostcardMonkey]

I agree.. Bob is for my money the best guitarist alive.. hugely under rated!!

[lucapasquini]

uma das mais fascinates musicas ja composta por essas 2 estrelas .... praticamente sem palavras...

[MrCaribbean]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­! listen to those men tonessssss!

[flintben]

he looks like the joker

[andystevens21]

did that ending w/the nightmusic guy freak anybody else out, or was that just me?

[ledia84k]

that freaky guy is STING lol

[andystevens21]

wow...lol....never would have guessed...YOU KNOW WHAT IS CRAZY?? i just got an email stating someone replied to my comment about the "freaky guy"...and i just searched for "old love" on my computer....twilight zone....NOOOO!!!!!

[andystevens21]

so, i had old love playing in the background for about 15 minutes on repeat and then it came to me on youtube...this was just what deepak chopra was talking about when i was reading him last night...hmmmm

[Kestrel222]

robert cray is a true genius. him and EC together is just perfection

[thedupper]

Add SRV to the mix, and it would be beyond perfect