Concert Details
31 December 2012 – Happy Destiny
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
Andy Fairweather Low – guitar, vocals
Steve Winwood – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Gary Brooker – keyboards, vocals
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Dave Bronze – bass
Henry Spinetti – drums
Michelle John – backing vocals
Sharon White – backing vocals
Show Notes:
During this year’s party, Eric announced it would be the final New Year’s Eve Dance.
The dances were private sober and substance free events for people in recovery and their family and friends hosted by Eric 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):
Sylvia Clapp (Eric’s aunt) – vocals
Judy Blair – keyboards
Set List:
01. I’ll Walk Beside You (with Sylvia Clapp)
02. Knock On Wood
03. Reconsider Baby
04. Unchain My Heart
05. Can’t Judge A Book
06. Lay My Burden Down
07. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
08. Fannie May
09. Willie And The Hand Jive
10. Shake, Rattle & Roll
11. Gimme Some Lovin’
– INTERMISSION –
12. In The Midnight Hour
13. Hoochie Coochie Man
14. Poison Ivy
15. Kansas City (with Judy Blair)
16. Gin House
17. Can’t Find My Way Home
18. Five Long Years
19. Whiter Shade Of Pale
20. Cocaine
21. Dear Mr Fantasy
22. Little Queenie