Concert Details
31 December 1992 – The Character Defects
Event:
Private New Year's Eve Dance (Sober & Substance Free)Location:
Venue: Woking Leisure Centre
City: Woking, Surrey
Country: United Kingdom
Band Lineup:
Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Alan Darby – guitar / vocals
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Gary Brooker – keyboards
Dave Bronze – bass
Henry Spinetti – drums
Show Notes:
The first New Year’s Eve Dance hosted by Eric Clapton and friends. In 1998, Alan Darby would tour with EC’s band during the Pilgrim Tour. Maggie Ryder was one of EC’s backing vocalists in 1993/1994.
The New Year’s Eve Dances were private sober and substance free events for people in recovery and their family and friends hosted by Eric Clapton and friends between 1992 and 2012. There was no dance in 1998. Tickets were not available to the general public. Each year, Eric and the other musicians billed themselves under a creative band name.
In 2022, Eric and his friends hosted a New Year’s Eve show in the spirit of recovery at the same location that was open to the public. It was held in memory of Gary Brooker (Procul Harum), who joined Eric on stage at many of the New Year’s Eve dances.
Special Guest(s):
Jackie – vocals
Maggie Ryder – vocals
Set List:
01. I Feel So Good
02. Knock On Wood
03. Sweet Home Chicago
04. Five Long Years
05. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – vocals by Jackie
06. Little Queenie
07. Every Day I Have The Blues
08. I Drink The Wine – vocals by Alan Darby
09. Stormy Monday
10. Love Letter – vocals by Maggie Ryder
– INTERVAL –
11. In The Midnight Hour
12. Auld Lang Syne
13. Lay Down Sally
14. Wonderful Tonight
15. Cocaine
16. Layla
17. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
18. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
19. Good Golly Miss Molly