Guest Appearances by other musicians at Eric Clapton’s Concerts

Guest Appearances by other musicians at Eric Clapton’s Concerts

Other musicians occasionally "guest star" during Eric Clapton’s concert performances, but this is a bit of a rarity. In most cases of recent vintage, the "guest" was the support act. During EC’s summer tour of 2008, Robert Randolph would regularly join in on the encore, “I’ve Got My Mojo Working” on the dates where his band served as support. Likewise, when Randolph opened for Eric during the European and US tour of 2004, he sat in for the encores, "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "Got My Mojo Working". On the three final nights of Eric Clapton’s spring 2009 tour, Doyle Bramhall II of the Arc Angels joined Eric and his band on stage.

In 2006, on many evenings of the European Tour and all nights on the U.S. / Canada Tour, tour support Robert Cray, joined Eric on stage for "Old Love" and "Crossroads". In 2007, Robert Cray stepped out for "Crossroads" on a nightly basis for the U.S. / Canada dates.

In 1998, Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan took turns opening the show and would join Eric on stage during the encore. Vaughan did the same while opening for Clapton during the blues tour of 1995 and on select dates in the US during 2004.

Other guest star appearances have included:

17 June 2009 / Buddy Guy – United Center, Chicago

20 August 2008 / Jakob Dylan – Hallenstadion, Zurich

28 June 2008 / Sheryl Crow, John Mayer & Robert Randolph – Hyde Park, London

15 March 2007 / J.J. Cale – iPay One Center, San Diego

3 March 2007 / Jimmie Vaughan – SBC Center, San Antonio

29 March 2001 / Doyle Bramhall II – Forum, Copenhagen

24 July 2001 / Buddy Guy – United Center, Chicago

15 October 1998 / B.B. King – Earls Court Arena, London

27 February 1996 / Zucchero – Royal Albert Hall, London

1 May 1990 / George Harrison – Forum, Los Angeles, CA

2 April 1990 / Darryl Hall (Hall & Oates) – Madison Square Garden, NYC

23 August 1990 / Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray – Alpine Valley Ampitheater, WI (After the show, Stevie Ray Vaughan and members of Clapton’s road crew were tragically killed. The helicopter on which they were travelling back to Chicago crashed into a hillside near the venue)

30 June 1982 / Muddy Waters – Sportatorium, Miami, FL

7 December 1978 / George Harrison, Elton John, Jerry Portnoy and Pinetop Perkins – Civic Hall, Guildford

1974 US Tour / Pete Townshend and Keith Moon – various dates. Townshend and Moon were on tour with their band, The Who, and their schedule often overlapped with Eric’s

7 July 1974 / Freddie King – Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ