Toronto Road Trip Includes Blue Jays & Blues With Clapton |
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 9/10/2023 - Toronto, Canada - Today, I was up early to drive north of the border heading to downtown Toronto for a Toronto Blue Jays afternoon game at Rogers Centre and some blues with Slowhand, Eric Clapton, at Scotiabank Arena in the evening. I drove into Canada via the Lewiston Queenston Bridge with no wait on the bridge, literally no one at the bridge a first. I drove to TTC Kipling Station to take the train into downtown Toronto. I exited the train and walked the Skywalk arriving just in time at Rogers Centre to watch the Blue Jays take on the Kansas City Royals. I had an excellent seat ten rows up from first base that I acquired from Stubhub the morning of the game. It was a gorgeous sunny day and the roof was open providing nice views as the Blue Jays won 5-2 helped by three consecutive wild pitches. I almost snagged a foul ball but the guy sitting next to me with the glove beat me to it. After the game, I headed to Scotiabank Arena for another night of Clapton. I purchased a shirt on the street and headed into the soldout arena to my awesome seat five rows back left center stage on the floor. The opener was Jimmie Vaughan who came out at 7:50 and did a good short set. It included D/FW, Six Strings Down and Texas Flood. A good forty minute set for Jimmie and his guitar sound was excellent on this night. After a brief intermission for setup, Clapton and his band hit the stage at nine and played a great hour and forty-five minute set. Eric opened the show with two numbers by The Band, to honor the passing of Robbie Robertson, The Shape I'm In and It Makes No Difference. Excellent covers by Eric and his band and his vocals were still very good. He then went into a typical Clapton show that included hits like Key To The Highway and the jam filled I Shot The Sheriff. He was helped by Andy Fairwether Low on guitar but Eric played almost all the lead on this night. Paul Carrack and Chris Stainton were on the keyboards, with Sonny Emory on drums and the anchor man Nathan East was on bass. He did the acoustic set that included the standards Layla, Tears In Heaven and the JJ Cale cover of Call Me The Breeze. The final electric set included Wonderful Tonight, Tearing Us Apart and closed the set with Cocaine. They came out for a single encore, joined by Jimmie Vaughan, for a cover of Joe Cocker's High Time We Went. After the show I hopped on the train back to Kipling and made it back over the border at Lewiston Queenston Bridge again with no cars. Another great day and show in lovely Toronto. Slideshow | |
<<<- <- -> ->>> Eric Clapton performs The Shape I'm In at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sep 10, 2023
Eric Clapton performs Key To The Highway at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sep 10, 2023
Eric Clapton performs It Makes No Difference at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sep 10, 2023
Jimmie Vaughan performs Texas Flood at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sep 10, 2023
Eric Clapton performs I Shot The Sheriff at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sep 10, 2023
Eric Clapton performs Cocaine at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sep 10, 2023
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