Live from Madison Square Garden is a double CD and DVD live album by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, which was released on 19 May 2009 by Duck / Reprise Records. The album is made up of recordings from Clapton and Winwood's performances at Madison Square Garden in February 2008. It is Clapton's ninth live album and Winwood's first live album as a solo artist.

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Live from Madison Square Garden
Live album by Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Released	19 May 2009
Recorded	25–28 February 2008
Venue	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Genre	Blues rock rock blues
Length	129:09
Label	Duck / Reprise
Producer	James Pluta, John McDermott, Scooter Weintraub[1]
Eric Clapton chronology
Complete Clapton (2007) Live from Madison Square Garden (2009) Clapton (2010)
Steve Winwood chronology
Nine Lives (2008) Live from Madison Square Garden (2009) Revolutions (2010)

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The duo performed songs from their time in the band Blind Faith as well as selections from Traffic, Derek and the Dominos, Clapton's and Winwood's solo careers and some rock and blues covers. Their band consisted of Willie Weeks on bass, Ian Thomas on drums and Chris Stainton on keyboards.

Winwood and Clapton first crossed musical paths as members of the one-off group Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse in March 1966. They recorded songs issued on the Elektra Records compilation album What's Shakin'. Later they teamed up again in 1969 with the formation of Blind Faith, shortly after Clapton had left Cream. Blind Faith pioneered the fusion of rock and blues into tremendous studio and stage success. Despite critical and popular acclaim, the band was short-lived with only one album and a brief 1969 tour that debuted 12 July at Madison Square Garden and ended 24 August in Hawaii. Since then, Winwood and Clapton have remained friends but had only performed together a few times over the years; an occasional song at a charity event. In 1998, they both appeared in the movie Blues Brothers 2000 as members of the fictional blues group, the Louisiana Gator Boys (Willie Weeks was also a member). During Clapton's 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival, Clapton and Winwood played six songs together including a few Blind Faith songs. After that successful experience, the two decided to collaborate again. The 2008 Madison Square Garden shows were the first full Winwood-Clapton concerts in almost 40 years.

The night before Buddy Miles died, a friend called him on his cell phone so he could hear Winwood and Clapton perform his best known song "Them Changes". When they found out the next day that Miles had died, they dedicated the performance of the song to him.^[3]

On 11 February 2009, the pair announced a 14-city US tour that kicked off on 10 June 2009 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They were joined on stage by Chris Stainton (keyboards), Willie Weeks (bass), Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums), as well as backing vocalists Sharon White and Michelle John.^{[citation needed]}

Live from Madison Square Garden was recorded from 25 to 28 February. The shows were recorded and mixed by James Towler, while the production was handled by James Pluta, John McDermott, and Scooter Weintraub with executive production by John Beug, Michael Eaton, Peter Jackson, and Tom Whalley.^[1] Most of the production staff were also involved in the recordings for Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festivals.^{[citation needed]}

The art direction for the album and DVD was Ellen Wakayama with the design handled by Donny Phillips of the Tehachapi hardcore bands The Warriors and Machines, and photography by Danny Clinch.^[1] Phillips is one of the lead graphic designers at Warner Bros. Records, which the other two people mentioned also work for. The artwork was based on the taijitu, although the colours on the packaging were red and blue instead of black and white.

Some issues ^[which?] have an incorrect track listing for CD 1, in the booklet, as "Low Down," which is not listed, should be Track 2. The track listing for CD 2 is correct, as are the track listings for both CDs as they appear on the back of the CD case. Also, the booklet does not include the recording dates (25–28 February 2008) or the timings for each track. The track listings and the timings, for both CDs in the set, shown below are correct.

The Blu-ray release carries the same material as the DVD release on a single disc. Video format is 1080p; audio is provided in LPCM 2.0 and DTS 5.1 formats.

• Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
• Steve Winwood – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Chris Stainton – keyboards
• Willie Weeks – bass
• Ian Thomas – drums