Concert review: Eager Oklahoma City fans followed Eric Clapton “Fifty Years Further Up On The Road”

The low-key guitar genius took the stage looking more like a college professor than a guitar god and but proceeded to give a master’s class in rock classics.

The show opened appropriately with “Hello Old Friend.” The chorus, “Hello old friend, It’s really good to see you once again” was perfect for the audience made up almost entirely of Baby Boomers here to see their hero one more time.

Clapton, fingers flying effortlessly up and down the neck of his guitars, went through “My Father’s Eyes,” “Tell the Truth,” “Got to Get Over,” “Black Cat Bone” and “Got to Get Better.”

While he might start playing lead on each song, he’d slide over to one side out of the spotlight and let other band members shine.

Greg Leisz’s pedal steel guitar on “Black Cat Bone” gave the tune it's '70s feel, while Doyle Bramhall II traded lead lines with Clapton, most of the time playing a beat-up left-handed Fender Telecaster strung upside down. It didn't stop him one bit as he matched Clapton note for note.

A nice surprise was Paul Carrack on organ and keyboards. Once the frontman for Squeeze, took over lead vocals on the Ace hit, “How Long.”

Each song’s extended jams were full of Clapton’s smooth, precise chords, the sounds that define his large catalogue of work.