Gitaarmannen met Chuck Leavell Clapton Special
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I already published this interview on my YouTube channel, but I thought you might be interested to hear this one on the podcast. In this bonus episode I talked to Eric Clapton’s pianoplayer Chuck Leavell about his memories regarding Eric Clapton’s legendary Unplugged album.
This fall I’m playing in Dutch theaters with an hommage to the iconic Eric Clapton MTV Unplugged album. In my preparations for this tour, I’m making a series about this legendary album by talking to the people involved. What was it that made that album so special and the best selling live album of all times? For this episode I’ve talked to Chuck Leavell, Clapton’s pianoplayer about his time in Eric’s band and his memories about the unplugged tour. Also we talk about the last Rolling Stones tour and touch on some more subjects. Enjoy this episode with Chuck Leavell!
Chapters
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:30 Mick Jagger caught COVID in Amsterdam
- 2:19 When will the Rolling Stones retire?
- 3:29 Eric Clapton's Unplugged album 30th anniversary
- 4:29 How Chuck Leavell got asked for the Unplugged recording
- 8:19 Rehearsing for Clapton's Unplugged album
- 9:22 Eric's vision about the unplugged setlist
- 11:26 About the band backing up Eric on the unplugged performance
- 13:58 The day Unplugged got recorded
- 16:45 Clapton smoking on stage
- 17:17 Walking on the edge of a cliff (musically)
- 18:05 Old Love was not supposed to be on Unplugged
- 19:35 About the iconic Old Love solo
- 21:12 Alberta - 'Chocolate Milk' (mamaappelsap)
- 23:03 Chemistry in the band during Old Love solo
- 23:48 Was the success of Unplugged expected?
- 26:09 Chuck talks about Layla
- 27:55 30 years, a landmark!
- 28:35 Why it's necessary to keep playing these songs!