Eric Clapton: Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica CA
Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 25 February 1978
IN A GESTURE distinctly un God-like, Eric Clapton spurned the arena-sized venues of his last few tours to favour 6,000 Los Angelenos in a two-night stand at the small Santa Monica Civic.
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