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...
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Welcome too, I gave an H because of your obvious knowledge and agree with what torr below says. I am still learning with the reviews myself and take all the help I can you will see your reviews improve. I agree with waht you said about the styles coming through but the domination of the album is only in the writing, good luck on here David
torr 12.12.2006 11:53
Welcome to Ciao. This is decently written and interesting as far as it goes. The problem (and this is why you are getting lowish ratings) is that it doesn't go far enough. More background information on the two musicians and the differences between their styles (to help the uninitiated orient themselves) and more track by track detail would add a lot. Duncan
Silverback 12.12.2006 08:58
Nice writing style, and interesting taste in music too! Paul
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