EC was here - Sydney March 8, 2009
Setlist:
Tell The Truth
Key To The Highway
Hoochie Coochie Man
I Shot The Sheriff
Isn't It A Pity
Little Wing
Driftin'
Travellin' Alone
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out
Motherless Child
Running On Faith
Motherless Children (yes, two different songs with a similar title)
Little Queen Of Spades
Before You Accuse Me
Wonderful Tonight
Layla
Cocaine
Crossroads
Very heavy on blues, as you can see. The second guitarist, Doyle Bramhall II, sang some verses and played very well. Familiar faces were Willie Weeks (bass - he played on the But Seriously, Folks album) and Chirs Stainton of Joe Cocker fame.
I expected a huge array of guitars, which is what John Fogerty did, but we only had a pale blue Strat and a black Strat plus a Martin acoustic during the acoustic blues set. I suppose the biggest surprise was Isn't It A Pity, the George Harrison song from All Things Must Pass. During I Shot The Sheriff he included Marley's line 'If I am guilty I will pay'! which isn't on his own recording.
The man is a master and he is a great singer too. What a pleasure to see him after 22 years (the last time he was here in 1987 he still had 'substance abuse' problems and he says the shows were a mess).