Zee Cafe is featuring one of Clapton's best performances on The GIG this Saturday (June 23rd). For viewers who want to know a few facts before they sit down to watch the legend perform, here are a few interesting ones.
Unplugged is an album by Eric Clapton released in 1992. It was recorded live at Bray Studios in London for the the 'Unplugged' series.
The album includes an acoustic version of the hit single "Tears in Heaven" and a heavily reworked acoustic version of "Layla". Clapton earned two Grammy Awards for the album: Album of the Year and Rock Male Vocal.
Clapton performed the show in front of a small audience on January 16, 1992 at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England.
Clapton was both critically praised and criticized for reworking many of his famous songs into an acoustic context. Critics contended that some of the tracks were almost unrecognizable, most notably with his version of "Layla" (before he performed it, he commented "see if you can spot this one").
In 2000 Q magazine placed Clapton's Unplugged at number 71 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
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