I grew up listening to Eric Clapton and JJ Cale as totally different singers and always wondered what they would sound like if they came together and made music combining the two styles and I was delighted to find this compact disc in my favourite music shop.
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JJ Cale penned two of Eric Clapton's career-defining solo hits, "Cocaine" and "After ... more
Midnight." And since Clapton has often fashioned his persona in a WWJD manner (what would JJ do?), this collaboration is long overdue. But despite the rather slick pro...
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JJ Cale penned two of Eric Clapton's career-defining solo hits, "Cocaine" and "After ... more
Midnight." And since Clapton has often fashioned his persona in a WWJD manner (what would JJ do?), this collaboration is long overdue. But despite the rather slick production and long list of guest backing musicians (including four bassists, four drummers, five other guitarists, and three percussionists), The Road to Escondido is still dominated more by Cale than Clapton. The relatively reticent Okie wrote 11 of the 14 tracks, and it's his low-key soufflé of blues, jazz, and country that shapes and directs the disc's tone, with Clapton along for the ride. The opening "Danger" sets the dusky mood as the duo rides a typical Cale swamp groove that gives way to a tightly wound Slowhand solo. They trade lead vocals on a lovely version of the after-hours jazz blues classic "Sporting Life Blues," and the ubiquitous John Mayer makes an impressive appearance on the subtle blues of "Hard to Thrill." Clapton hasn't sounded this relaxed or involved in his own material for years. The traditionally laidback, if not quite snoozy, Cale responds with a comparatively energized performance, likely due to the high-profile company. When the two harmonize on the mid-tempo foot tapper "Anyway the Wind Blows," the result is so natural and spontaneous it's a shame these two didn't join forces earlier. On paper, it appears that Cale has the most to gain from partnering with an established superstar, but the fact is this collaboration yields Eric Clapton's most engaging and contagious roots-rock release in a long time. --Hal Horowitz
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JJ Cale penned two of Eric Clapton's career-defining solo hits, "Cocaine" and "After ... more
Midnight." And since Clapton has often fashioned his persona in a WWJD manner (what would JJ do?), this collaboration is long overdue. But despite the rather slick production and long list of guest backing musicians (including four bassists, four drummers, five other guitarists, and three percussionists), The Road to Escondido is still dominated more by Cale than Clapton. The relatively reticent Okie wrote 11 of the 14 tracks, and it's his low-key soufflé of blues, jazz, and country that shapes and directs the disc's tone, with Clapton along for the ride. The opening "Danger" sets the dusky mood as the duo rides a typical Cale swamp groove that gives way to a tightly wound Slowhand solo. They trade lead vocals on a lovely version of the after-hours jazz blues classic "Sporting Life Blues," and the ubiquitous John Mayer makes an impressive appearance on the subtle blues of "Hard to Thrill." Clapton hasn't sounded this relaxed or involved in his own material for years. The traditionally laidback, if not quite snoozy, Cale responds with a comparatively energized performance, likely due to the high-profile company. When the two harmonize on the mid-tempo foot tapper "Anyway the Wind Blows," the result is so natural and spontaneous it's a shame these two didn't join forces earlier. On paper, it appears that Cale has the most to gain from partnering with an established superstar, but the fact is this collaboration yields Eric Clapton's most engaging and contagious roots-rock release in a long time. --Hal Horowitz
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JJ Cale penned two of Eric Clapton's career-defining solo hits, "Cocaine" and "After ... more
Midnight." And since Clapton has often fashioned his persona in a WWJD manner (what would JJ do?), this collaboration is long overdue. But despite the rather slick production and long list of guest backing musicians (including four bassists, four drummers, five other guitarists, and three percussionists),The Road to Escondidois still dominated more by Cale than Clapton. The relatively reticent Okie wrote 11 of the 14 tracks, and it's his low-key soufflé of blues, jazz, and country that shapes and directs the disc's tone, with Clapton along for the ride. The opening "Danger" sets the dusky mood as the duo rides a typical Cale swamp groove that gives way to a tightly wound Slowhand solo. They trade lead vocals on a lovely version of the after-hours jazz blues classic "Sporting Life Blues," and the ubiquitous John Mayer makes an impressive appearance on the subtle blues of "Hard to Thrill."Clapton hasn't sounded this relaxed or involved in his own material for years. The traditionally laidback, if not quite snoozy, Cale responds with a comparatively energized performance, likely due to the high-profile company. When the two harmonize on the mid-tempo foot tapper "Anyway the Wind Blows," the result is so natural and spontaneous it's a shame these two didn't join forces earlier. On paper, it appears that Cale has the most to gain from partnering with an established superstar, but the fact is this collaboration yields Eric Clapton's most engaging and contagious roots-rock release in a long time.--Hal Horowitz
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JJ Cale penned two of Eric Clapton's career-defining solo hits, "Cocaine" and "After ... more
Midnight." And since Clapton has often fashioned his persona in a WWJD manner (what would JJ do?), this collaboration is long overdue. But despite the rather slick production and long list of guest backing musicians (including four bassists, four drummers, five other guitarists, and three percussionists),The Road to Escondidois still dominated more by Cale than Clapton. The relatively reticent Okie wrote 11 of the 14 tracks, and it's his low-key soufflé of blues, jazz, and country that shapes and directs the disc's tone, with Clapton along for the ride. The opening "Danger" sets the dusky mood as the duo rides a typical Cale swamp groove that gives way to a tightly wound Slowhand solo. They trade lead vocals on a lovely version of the after-hours jazz blues classic "Sporting Life Blues," and the ubiquitous John Mayer makes an impressive appearance on the subtle blues of "Hard to Thrill."Clapton hasn't sounded this relaxed or involved in his own material for years. The traditionally laidback, if not quite snoozy, Cale responds with a comparatively energized performance, likely due to the high-profile company. When the two harmonize on the mid-tempo foot tapper "Anyway the Wind Blows," the result is so natural and spontaneous it's a shame these two didn't join forces earlier. On paper, it appears that Cale has the most to gain from partnering with an established superstar, but the fact is this collaboration yields Eric Clapton's most engaging and contagious roots-rock release in a long time.--Hal Horowitz
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I grew up listening to Eric Clapton and JJ Cale as totally different singers and always wondered what they would sound like if they came together and made music combining the two styles and I was delighted to find this compact disc in my favourite music shop.
This long overdue result is champagne in the veins, absolutely mind-blowing music. It's a bluesy; slow burning and twangy album and old slow hand gets even slower. It is however ... ...of the 14 tracks. This is a hybrid sound that I find unique but I can still hear the Cale and Clapton styles.
These songs are affectionate and powerful but they use very little vocabulary to articulate so much. The pleasant-sounding connection between these two veterans of rock and the blues is flawless. Their subtle, rumbling voices and elegant guitar playing blends effortlessly in this wonderful miscellany of words.
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I grew up listening to Eric Clapton and JJ Cale as totally different singers and always wondered what they would sound like if they came together and made music combining the two styles and I was delighted to find this compact disc in my favourite music shop.
This long overdue result is champagne in the veins, absolutely mind-blowing music. It's a bluesy; slow burning and twangy album and old slow hand gets even slower. It is however Cale who dominates most of the album by writing 11 of the 14 tracks. This is a hybrid sound that I find unique but I can still hear the Cale and Clapton styles.
These songs are affectionate and powerful but they use very little vocabulary to articulate so much. The pleasant-sounding connection between these two veterans of rock and the blues is flawless. Their subtle, rumbling voices and elegant guitar playing blends effortlessly in this wonderful miscellany of words.
A magical compilation and I'm sure it'll be a collectors item in the not too distant future...
hewholaughslast 12.12.2006 (12.12.2006)
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Product details
Title
Road To Escondido, The
Performer
J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton
Genre
Rock & Pop
Release Date
06/11/2006
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2006
Label / Distributor
Warner Bros. / Cinram Logistics
Guest Artist(s)
Cale, J.J. & Eric Clapton
Engineer
Alan Douglas; Mick Guzauski
Producer
J.J. Cale; Eric Clapton; Simon Clim
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
93624441823
Catalogue Number
9362444182
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Eric Clapton; Dennis Caplinger, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, James Cruce, Abe Laboriel Jr., Jimmy Karstein, John Mayer , Albert Lee , Marty Grebb, Pino Palladino, Simon Climie, Steve Madaio, Walt Richmond, Billy Preston, Gary Gilmore, David Teegarden, Jerry Peterson, Bruce Fowler, J.J.Cale. Recording information: 2006. J.J. Cale is perhaps best known for penning hits for Eric Clapton, including "Cocaine" and "Midnight Hour," yet he's also an accomplished and extremely talented songwriter and guitarist. While no one ever declared, "Cale is God," Clapton clearly has always thought highly of him, and in 2006, the Clapton/Cale mutual admiration society finally made its way into the studio. The result is 14 songs' worth of the relaxed blues hybrid that Cale built his career around and that earned Clapton the nickname '"Slowhand." The duo produced all the tracks and wrote the majority of them, with some help from guests such as Taj Mahal, Derek Trucks, the late Billy Preston, and John Mayer, who wrote the song "Hard to Thrill" for the album. THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO is a mellow musical good time between friends, and for fans of the two musicians, it's a front-row seat to a rare and scintillating collaboration.
Album Reviews
Q (p.144) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[V]ery much Cale's record....[He] simply does what he always does, rocking out in his infinitely mellow, less-is-more kind of way."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Danger
2.
Heads In Georgia
3.
Missing Person
4.
When The War Is Over
5.
Sporting Life Blues
6.
Dead End Road
7.
It's Easy
8.
Hard To Thrill
9.
Anyway The Wind Blows
10.
Three Little Girls
11.
Don't Cry Sister
12.
Last Will And Testament
13.
Who Am I Telling You
14.
Ride The River
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