Memorable. That’s one of many adjectives you could say about Tuesday night’s spectacular concert put on by rock n’ roll legends Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at a packed Madison Square Garden.

Performing many Blind Faith hits, the dynamic duo was breathtaking. Sounding timeless with the 62 year-old Clapton smoothly shredding extended jam after extended jam on the guitar as only the nicknamed Slowhand can plus former Blind Faith innovator and Traffic star Winwood putting his array of unique talent on display on the piano, bass, organ/keyboards and backup vocals, the two put on the kind of show most spectators including this fortunate one are still talking about.

They played roughly 18 songs with each getting stronger as the two-plus hour night went on. Coming out early to “Had To Cry Today (Crossroads),” they had an enthusiastic crowd behind them right from the outset.

Timeless hits such as “Forever Man,” “Cocaine,” “Presence of the Lord,” “Traffic,” “Can’t Find My Way Home,” ”Dear Mr. Fantasy“ and “After Midnight” were all effortlessly played making for a magical night.

My seats were up in 408 facing the left side of a nicely setup stage which included a cool mat which I wish was part of my room. Can’t lie.

However, I had heard from a couple of people seated next to me that it sounded much better from behind the stage over by 411. So, I moved and watched the rest from there and wow, were they dead on! Electrifying stuff.

The 58 year-old Winwood’s vocals were tip top as was his organ/keyboard and piano playing. Clapton was smooth on the mic while delivering the kind of solos an avid music fan would come to expect from one of the all-time great guitarists.

There was even a moment where the musicians smiled. It was very easy to see how much they enjoyed playing again together as the chemistry was there from the start. They had gotten favorable reviews the night prior and did nothing to change the opinion of what was easily one of the best (if not the best) concerts I’ve been to.

My father had seen the reformed Cream at MSG two-plus years ago and raved about that but concluded that this concert topped it. Fyi…I got to hear some of that one and it was pretty damn good.

As I proceeded to get lit while enjoying every song played, all around was what makes these kind of concerts so great to be at. An awesssome atmosphere with your fair share of unpredictable fans decked out and screaming louder than even me.

I was mildly entertained by a dancing young woman from Italy who seemed to be more into herself along with the music than anyone around her as a young Russian dude later found out. Haha.

I could tell that she didn’t want to be bothered but it still made for a hilarious scene watching her dance all weird. The Russian was cool and noted that he was from Bricktown New Jersey and had a brother who got traded from the Devils.

Editor’s Note: Tuesday was NHL deadline day. 

Who knows if he was telling the truth? It made for a good story regardless. He also hated the Rangers. According to him, “They suuuuuuuuckk and Tom Renney suckkkkkkkkkkss!!!!!”

Freaking classic. I also ran into another Devil fan who was much older before the show began. We were discussing the deadline and he said the Canadiens were supposed to get Nikolai Khabibulin from Chicago but it fell through. They had earlier traded Cristobal Huet to the Caps for a second round pick.

I also told the fan that I wouldn’t mind facing his team in the playoffs and got the predictable sweep reminder which didn’t bother me because that team had no chance winning that series. I think this Ranger team if they get in (which they should) matches up fairly well against the Devils. If they continue to play the kind of hockey they’ve played recently, no worries.

Back to the concert. There was a cool female fan wearing a Beatles shirt running around with her friend. And there also was some dude with a crazy tie dide shirt slapping me five nine thousand times. Hahaha.

All in all, it made for a memorable night and one hangover. I’m going to see if I can find some clips and put them up.