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Eric Clapton (6/13/1979)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page


Artist(s): Eric Clapton w/ Muddy Waters Blues Band
Date: 13 June 1979
Tickets: $8.00/$9.00 (reserved seating)
Attendance: 5,400
Notes: Clapton’s second appearance at Wings Stadium
Setlist (Eric Clapton*): Badge, If I Don’t Be There by Morning, Worried Life Blues, Cross Road Blues, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Tulsa Time, Early in the Morning, Watch Out for Lucy, Setting Me Up, Double Trouble, Fool’s Paradise, Lay Down Sally, Wonderful Tonight, Cocaine, Layla, Long Distance Call, Kansas City

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on performances around the same time (Chicago, IL).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 5 April 1979, (middle left) 20 May 1979, (bottom left) 23 May 1979, (center) 26 May 1979, (right) 16 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 2 June 1979, (bottom left) 10 June 1979, (left center) 9 June 1979, (right center) 12 June 1979, (right) 13 June 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 June 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

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Eric Clapton at Wings Stadium, 13 June 1979. Photos by Keith Howard

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Muddy Waters at Wings Stadium, 13 June 1979. Photos by Keith Howard

Sources

Articles

“Clapton returning”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 5 April 1979, page 26

“Allman Brothers, Rick James on Wings agenda”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 May 1979, page 25

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 20 May 1979, page 44

“Allman tickets”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 May 1979, page 65

“Schedule of events”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 May 1979, page 48

“Schedule of events”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 June 1979, page 36

“Schedule of events”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 June 1979, page 41

“Pop, rock, jazz and folk”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 June 1979, page 20

“No slowing down”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 12 June 1979, page 35

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 June 1979, page 44

“Muddy Waters: greatest blues singer”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 June 1979, page 3

“Relaxed but commanding artist”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 June 1979, page 40