Nobody knows you when you’re down and out, but everyone knows Eric Clapton.
He has rightfully earned his way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not once, but three times. He has been inducted as a solo artist and for his early work with the Yardbirds and Cream.
My favorite Clapton band was Derek and the Dominos, the short-lived iteration that produced the classic, “Layla.”
Clapton, 65, still rolls out “Layla” among his dozens of other classic hit songs during his shows. It has been a standard number on his set lists from earlier this month as his tour made stops in the Middle East and Asia. He jumped the pond earlier this week, made a stop in Vancouver, B.C., and will roll into Seattle’s KeyArena on Saturday.
It’s a rare opportunity to see one of the living legends of blues and rock. The original Slowhand, he was last in Seattle three years ago.
The great L.A. band Los Lobos opens. The show had been sold out, but about 1,000 extra seats recently went on sale.
7:30 p.m. Saturday; KeyArena, 305 Harrison St., Seattle.
Tickets are $65 to $95, through ticketmaster.com or at 800-745-3000.
Another music great, perhaps not quite as well known as Clapton, will play just up the street Saturday. Folk legend Tom Rush, who practically invented the ’60s-era singer-songwriter phenomenon, is scheduled to play a live set at The Triple Door.
His influence has seeped into the fabric of American music making. He helped Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin gain recognition, both by recording and singing their songs, and by giving them a stage at his coffee house, Club 47, in Massachusetts.
The 70-year-old is still recording and is said to still sound great. He plays with Seattle guitarist Jim Page, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday; The Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle; $25 in advance, $30 day of, thetripledoor.net or 206-838-4333.
Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3447; jholtz@heraldnet.com.
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