Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones guitarist and friend of Clapton): He withdrew with Alice Ormsby-Gore, and the two of them stayed stoned on heroin for two years. They became hermits. Eric Clapton: Alice and I, stoned out of our heads, turned up late [at the Rainbow], to find Pete and [Clapton’s manager Robert] Stigwood tearing their hair out. The reason for our lateness was that Alice had to let out the waist of the trousers of my white suit, because I had taken to eating so much chocolate of late that I couldn’t get them on. Pete Townshend: Eric lost two people that he based his whole life on – Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman– in fairly close succession. So there were a lot of reasons why he wasn’t working. Ronnie Wood: His [Townshend’s] answer was to put together a concert, and then to convince Steve Winwood and me that it was time to drag Eric out of his reclusion in Surrey and up to London for rehearsals. Which is exactly what we did. We literally dragged Eric out of his house and moved him into mine.

Alice Ormsby-Gore: I was desperately running around that city trying to score some heroin for Eric. And I remember thinking how stupid it was for me, even then. I did that for him, and for myself, for three years. It was probably childish to be over-protective, but I thought it helped him not to have to face the full horror, himself, of scoring his own heroin supply. The highlights came from Eric Clapton, whois in fine form for several songs. The highlight for me being a strong reading of "Stormy Monday," featuring jazz great Chris Barber. "Cocaine" is on the of the more predictable inclusions, but also present are "Lay Down Sally,""Reconsider Baby," and "Willie & the Hand Jive." Another excellent segment of the show finds Ringo Starr delivering energetic takes of a couple well known tunes. Starr can do this stuffin his sleep, as "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "Photograph" find their way into every All-Starr tour he's undertaken in the past twenty years. But for anyone who hasn't yet seen him perform them, itshould be a nice treat. THE ERIC CLAPTON CONCERT / ERIC CLAPTON & FRIENDS". Where's Eric Staff. Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine . Retrieved September 22, 2015.

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Disc 2: Wide-eyed And Legless, You Can’t Hurry Love, You Know I Love You, A Salty Dog, Inside Out, Hold On I’m Coming / Soothe Me/ You Don’t Know Like I Know, I Want To Know What Love Is, Whiter Shade Of Pale, The Night Time Is The Right Time, Cocaine, medley: Turn It On Again / Everybody Needs Somebody / Satisfaction / Midnight Hour / Turn It On Again, I Wish, fireworks

Disc 1: Celebration, Yes Indeed, Behind The Mask, Celebrate Our Love, I Missed Again, Stop, Conquistador, Throwing It All Away, Limelight, All I Need, Gin House, It’s In The Way You Use It, No One Is To Blame, Echoes In The NightFrom there, Clapton rattled off some more familiar tunes, including renditions of the Wailers “I Shot the Sheriff” and Cream’s “White Room.”