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Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey rocked Tulsa’s BOK Center on Tuesday night (2 March).

Roger Daltrey opened the show with an hour-long set, including classic hits from The Who catalogue, as well as solo material. He performed the following 11 songs:

I Can See For Miles The Real Me Days of Light Freedom Ride Gimme a Stone Who Are You Behind Blue Eyes I’m A Man My Generation Blues Young Man Blues Baba O’Riley.

Daltrey is varying his set slightly on this tour. The show in Nashville on March 1 did not feature “Who Are You,” “I’m a Man,” or “My Generation Blues.”

“Squeezebox” and “Ring of Fire” were Nashville tracks not featured in Tulsa.

There have been suggestions recently that Daltrey’s voice is failing, based on his performance at the Super Bowl. The evidence from this tour indicates that these critics may have spoken too soon. Sarah Hart reviewed the Tulsa show for TulsaWorld.com and said of Daltrey:

“It was a treat to see Daltrey, and he sounded much better than I’d expected. I wasn’t alone. The Super Bowl show was sub-par. I heard one fan say, “I was kinda worried after the Super Bowl, but he’s been practicing or something, because that was great!”

Her comments echo those of Scott Mervis who reviewed the opening show of the tour in Pittsburgh for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:

“Rumors of Mr. Daltrey’s vocal demise, based on the Super Bowl halftime, were greatly exaggerated. On the first night of the new tour with his solo band, The Who singer sounded 20 years younger than he did in Miami.”

Roger Daltrey opens for Clapton for five more gigs in the States (New Orleans, Raleigh, Atlanta and Orlando), before returning to London to rehearse for The Who’s performance of Quadrophenia in aid on Teenage Cancer Trust on March 30th at the Royal Albert Hall.

Clapton in fine form

Eric Clapton rocked through a 15-song set, featuring songs from Derek & The Dominos, Cream, and his solo catalogue. His full set was:

• Going Down Slow
• Key To The Highway
• Tell The Truth
• Old Love
• I Shot The Sheriff
• Driftin’ Blues
• Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
• Running On Faith
• Layla
• I’ve Got A Rock N Roll Heart
• Badge
• Little Queen Of Spades
• Before You Accuse Me
• Wonderful Tonight
• Cocaine
• Crossroads.

Sarah Hart said of Clapton’s performance:

“Clapton filled me with awe. I watched his fingers caress and pluck those strings, and the ease with which they glided. He puts on no airs. He wore his trademark glasses, an untucked black shirt, dark slouchy jeans and what appeared to be white-bottomed Top Siders.”

Here’s a taste of what the crowd witnessed at the BOK Center.

Eric Clapton – Layla

Eric Clapton – Crossroads