Events
CLASSIC CLAPTON
Saturday 14 June 2008 to Saturday 14 June 2008
CLASSIC CLAPTON The World's No1 Eric Clapton Tribute Band, featuring Clapton clone Mike Hall will be making their first ever appearance in Ripley in June.
The band will be performing at Ripley Town Hall, Near Harrogate, North Yorkshire on Saturday 14 June. Doors open at 7.30pm. Band on stage at 8.30pm. Tickets priced £10 (members), £12 (non-members) are available from the venue - Tel: 01423 860340. More information is available on-line at www.ripleyblues.com Fans should book early.
They will perform all of EC's classic songs including Wonderful Tonight, Tears in Heaven, Crossroads, I Shot The Sheriff, Cocaine, Lay Down Sally and of course Layla! There will even be an "UNPLUGGED" segment.
NEARLY 2 HOURS OF CLASSIC CLAPTON
The band was formed in 1985 in Newcastle upon Tyne long before the term "tribute band" was invented, and named themselves ''After Midnight'' after Eric Clapton's first solo hit. In guitar/vocalist Mike Hall, they have a front man who not only looks like Eric, he sings and plays guitar like him too!
In 1999, Mike won a national look-alike competition held at Madam Tussauds in London. Mike has met Slowhand twice, and even received a message of encouragement from the guitar maestro (written on a Concorde menu).
TYNE TEES TELEVISION were so impressed, they made a programme about them, called 'COVER THEIR TRACKS'. It was shown in August 2000 and received rave reviews, leading to national recognition.
In 2001 they embarked on an extensive tour of UK Theatres. They called the tribute show "CLASSIC CLAPTON". Since then, they have performed all over the UK including The Royal Festival Hall and Glastonbury Festival. The band have toured Ireland, Scotland and Wales numerous times They headlined an international music festival in Estonia in 2004 and were invited back for another successful concert in 2007. They also appeared at the prestigious Sotogrande Blues Festival in Spain in August 2007 and were invited back to Spain to perform at The Star Café, Madrid in January 2008.
On Sunday 25 May CLASSIC CLAPTON played at The Acoustic Festival of Britain (Derbyshire). It was a great honour for them to perform straight after Fairport Convention and just before Jethro Tull.
In the past 23 years CLASSIC CLAPTON have become something of a rock institution.
CLASSIC CLAPTON comprises 4 excellent musicians:- Founder members Mike Hall (lead vocals/guitar) and
Vince Mason (drums). John Forster (bass guitar/backing vocals) played in a band with John Miles when they were both up & coming musicians. On keyboards/backing vocals is Paul Warren from Darlington.
CLASSIC CLAPTON have released three albums. Firstly "THE MUSIC OF ERIC CLAPTON" contains brilliant cover-versions of 17 Clapton Classics. Their second is a live double CD ''CLASSIC CLAPTON Unplugged'' recorded at Belfast Waterfront Hall. In 2005 they released their third album "CLASSIC CREAM" - featuring 20 songs made famous by the sixties supergroup. All three albums will be available at Ripley
Eric Clapton has been a major international star since the mid 1960's, when he revolutionised electric guitar playing, with his virtuoso performances in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. He has won an incredible 19 Grammies and is the only triple inductee into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of both The Yardbirds and Cream and also as a solo artist). In October 2007 "Clapton, The Autobiography" was released to bookstores nationwide and quickly entered the best-sellers list. Coincidentally, Eric was born in a village called Ripley. However, it was not in North Yorkshire, Eric's birthplace was in Ripley, Surrey.
Eric Clapton's recent tours unfortunately have visited only a limited number of large UK venues. If fans want to hear all of his hits performed in more intimate surroundings, they really should attend a CLASSIC CLAPTON concert. The whole of Clapton's illustrious career will be covered including The Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek & The Dominos and the solo years.
Should you require more information please do not hesitate to contact Mike Hall on:-
Telephone:- 07860 510948 Email address:- mike@classic-clapton.com
Please visit our web-site:- www.classic-clapton.com
