Clapton is incredible, a rock music god. I saw Clapton in concert for the first time this summer at Verizon Wireless Center in Noblesville, IN, with my friends Matt and Corrie and some members of Corrie's family. Verizon is such a great venue for a concert because what can beat listening to live music while lying on the grass under the stars? Clapton was a man of few words, letting the music speak for itself. He walked out onto the stage, burst into a few songs I'd never heard before getting to "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Outside Woman Blues." Most of the first set featured his band and Clapton on electric. The second set was the highlight of the show for me because Clapton took up an acoustic and sat on a chair in the middle of the stage while the band took a break. Here we were treated to what the man could really do as he launched into "Motherless Child" and "Running on Faith," two of my all-time favorite songs.
Running on Faith:
We could see ominous clouds in the distance even before the show started, but during the acoustic set, we saw lightning striking, and pretty soon it was surrounding us. We danced in the rain to "Wonderful Tonight" and a kick-butt version of "Layla" in an all-out downpour. They ended up cutting the show short, so we missed out on "Cocaine" and "Crossroads," which would surely have been Clapton's encore.
It took us at least 20 minutes to make our way back to the car. The storm was beating down full-force during the entire time, and we were shoulder-to-shoulder with people all trying to cross the bridge to the parking lot. I'm usually freaked out by storms, but for some reason this one felt awesome instead of frightening, although considering that we later found out that tornadoes touched down within 5 miles of where we were, I probably should have been more frightened than I was, but it felt more like a thrilling end to an incredible evening.
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