Eric Clapton Reptile [dvd Audio] (2001)

Eric Clapton Reptile (remastered in 5.1 surround sound) - featuring 14 audio tracks plus an Artist Biography and lyrics.
A reptile, according to Eric Clapton, is something of a bloke, as in some local character you might share a pint with down at the pub. So this 14-song collection is aptly named: If it were a barfly, it wouldn't turn heads when it entered the bar, but it wouldn't empty the place, either. Working with essentially the same team that put together '00's Riding with the King (sans, of course, B.B. King), Reptile feels like a summary of the many guises Clapton has adopted in his illustrious past…

Eric Clapton claimed in the press release for Back Home, his 14th album of original material, that "One of the earliest statements I made about myself was back in the late '80s, with Journeyman. This album completes that cycle in terms of talking about my whole journey as an itinerant musician and where I find myself now, starting a new family…

Filmed on location at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California - August 18, 2001. Like a good bottle of wine, the older Eric Clapton gets, the better he becomes. The 'One More Car One More Rider' DVD concert is a wonderful display of a legendary guitar player that continues to refine his playing, even after his magnitude of success obtained over so many years of fine playing. The Concert starts with just Eric Clapton on acoustic guitar. For me, that would be more then enough, but that's just the beginning. After his first bluesy lick on acoustic, on comes the band. That's when Eric reaches for the semi-hollow body Gibson Electric and plays something startling; a jazz riff.