The Mr Johnson in the title is Robert Johnson, early blues legend and an inspiration for Clapton and a host of others including Fleetwood Mac, the Blues Brothers, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.
Robert Johnson was born May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, and died of poisoned whiskey, ... Read review
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Me and Mr. Johnson
Amazingly, given his weighty reputation as a blues guitarist, Eric Clapton has previously
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released only one all-blues collection in a solo career spanning 30 years. That album, 1994's From the Cradle, may have topped the charts on both sides of the Atl...
released only one all-blues collection in a solo career spanning 30 years. That album, 1994's From the Cradle, may have topped the charts on both sides of the Atl...
released only one all-blues collection in a solo career spanning 30 years. That album, 1994's From the Cradle, may have topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, but Clapton certainly betters it with this interpretation of 14 Robert Johnson classics. The reason for this is primarily in the vocals. Clapton's voice has always been too soft, too undamaged to convincingly tell such tales of woe. Now though, veteran of various personal catastrophes, he can give a fair impression of a man who has seen too much. Surrounded by an impressive musical team including Andy Fairweather Low and Billy Preston, with Jerry Portnoy playing a blinder on blues harp, Clapton delivers a deep, pulsing "When You Got a Friend", a searing "Little Queen of Spades", a boogilicious "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" and a bucking "They're Red Hot". "Come on in My Kitchen" and "Me and the Devil Blues", meanwhile, are tough acoustic efforts, more in keeping with the legend of Johnson at the crossroads at midnight. Clapton fans will love this--it's his best in ages. --Dominic Wills
Advantages: It's Clapton - What else can I say????? Disadvantages: Tracks may be a bit samey for some.
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A disappointment for me was If I had Possession Over Judgement Day (track 11) If you think you have heard it before, you have, on Unplugged under its alternate title, Rolling and Tumbling, which was a much better version. This would have been better left off in my opinion, giving Clapton the opportunity to record one of Johnson's lesser known numbers. So - a modern day blues legend pays homage to one of the origional blues greats, perfect!!!! ...
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Album Notes: Blues-rock guitar legend follows his 2002 live album 'One More Car One More Rider' with this tribute to the seminal bluesman Robert Johnson, who allegedly sold his soul to the Devil and whose music, Clapton says, has influenced his entire life and career. Produced by Clapton and Simon Climie of Climie Fisher fame, the album features fourteen all-time Johnson classics.
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