Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson
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Artist: Eric ClaptonBrand: Clapton,Eric
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Soundtracks:
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Little Queen Of Spades
- They're Red Hot
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Love In Vain
- 32-20 Blues
- Hell Hound On My Trail
Music reviews of Me and Mr. Johnson
Music Review: Love it.
Rating: 5 Stars
One of my favorite Clapton albums. Couldn't stand to hear "Wonderful Tonight" one more time but love the way he plays the blues. While purist Robert Johnson fans may object to anyone, anywhere reinterpreting the master, Clapton knows what he is doing. He just does it his way. Can't blame an artist for that and fortunately for us fans, we love him for it. This album is a different, more polished version than the DVD. I like them both for what they are. I try to listen to every version recorded of "C'mon in My Kitchen" and this album contains my second favorite version. Unfortunately Bonnie Raitt has never recorded her version. My only wish is that Clapton would record more albums like this one.
Description of Me and Mr. Johnson
On Me And Mr.Johnson, Eric Clapton covers 14 of the 29 songs Robert Johnson, the most mythic figure of the blues, wrote and recorded in his lifetime. For fans of deep blues,it doesn 't get any better than this. After the success of Clapton 's first two traditional blues albums -1994 's Gram- my-winning triple-platinum, #1 pop From The Cradle, and 2000 's Grammy-winning, double-platinum,#3-charting Riding With The King collaboration with B.B.King -Me And Mr.Johnson finds Clapton once more at the crossroads of blues and rock.The cover illustration by Peter Blake includes both published photographs of Robert Johnson: a rendering of the Robert Johnson Studio Portrait / Hooks Bros., Memphis c. 1935 / ? 1989 Delta Haze Corporation / the Robert Johnson photo booth self-portrait, early 1930s / ? 1986 Delta Haze Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
It's impossible to overemphasize the importance of singer-guitarist-songwriter Robert Johnson's contribution to blues music. The same can be said of Eric Clapton, one of Mr. Johnson's most dedicated interpreters. From his work with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to Cream and beyond, Clapton has arguably attracted more widespread attention to Johnson's music than any other living musician. A decade after his all-blues From the Cradle (which included no Johnson material), Clapton jumps into the icon's catalog with both feet by covering 14 Johnson tunes. With a stripped-down veteran band that includes such longtime associates as drummer Steve Gadd, keyboardist Billy Preston, and harmonica ace Jerry Portnoy, the guitarist attacks these songs with passion, intelligence, and a refreshing lack of blues-rock pretense. From the upbeat jump of "32-20 Blues" and "They're Red Hot" to the slower, grinding "Little Queen of Spades" and "Milkcow's Calf Blues," Clapton acquits himself well, eschewing his slicker inclinations with arrangements that underscore Johnson's rawest tendencies--although perhaps he doesn't seem sufficiently terrified when walking with Lucifer on "Me and the Devil Blues." Still, this is a successful and admirable return to his roots, one that will hopefully introduce an even larger audience to Johnson's seminal work. --Hal Horowitz
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