Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson
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Free Music Review: me and mr. johnson, by eric clapton
Hit: 5 Stars
eric proves again why he has been at the top of his game for over 40 years. he just is simply the best guitar player and interperter of the blues of robert johnson. he has the gift despite lifes difficulties.Free Music Review: Great Concept - Poor Execution
Hit: 3 Stars
The power of Robert Johnson's music lies in his haunting lyrics, stark arrangements, and tortured delivery. Unfortunately, in reworking Johnson's songs for "Me and Mr Johnson", Eric Clapton has robbed them of their original power, substituting instead competent, but out-of-place, Chicago Blues-style arrangements and disappointingly hackneyed vocal delivery. Johnson's lyrics alone are left to carry the load and, alas, they cannot.
Clapton can do better, and, indeed, he has. Listen to "Malted Milk" from Unplugged and "Terraplane Blues" and "Ramblin' on My Mind" from
Sessions For Robert J. (CD + DVD) for proof that he can interpret Johnson's music in inspired fashion. Given the magnitude of Robert Johnson's influence on Eric Clapton, a Clapton album comprised entirely of Johnson's songs seemed a very promising undertaking. If only "Me and Mr Johnson" had lived up to that promise . . .
Free Music Review: Simply excellent...
Hit: 5 Stars
From the first note to the last, Clapton oozes out gold with this album. It's great to listen to if you love blues music. I'm a little shocked to see that so many reviewers didn't like it.
Favorite tracks:
Come On In My Kitchen
They're Red Hot
When You've Got A Good Friend
If you're driving in your car or relaxing at home, this is the perfect album for the contemporary fan of blues music. I think Mr. Johnson would be very proud of this work.
Free Music Review: Listen Again...
Hit: 4 Stars
I bought this when it first came out and was not overwhelmed because I was expecting "From the Cradle" 2. So, I put it down for a couple of years until I was spending alot of driving time between cities last year. Now, I can't get enough of it. So, listen again. Clapton goes way out on a ledge with this one in the same way he did with "From the Cradle" coming off of great success. Appreciate it for what it is, a non-compromising tribute to a great influence in his musical career. Don't expect a hard-driving blues record, rather a blend of old and new that keeps the legend alive. Thanks EC. No one else would have even tried this. I just finished his Autobiography which was more painful than I thought it would be. I give him credit for sharing this and I'm buying this for my brother's birthday who is also reading it.Free Music Review: Awful in so many ways...
Hit: 1 Stars
Right off the bat, it's pretty presumptuous for Eric Clapton to list himself first in the title. Maybe I am nit-picking, but I think "Mr. Johnson and Me" sounds better and shows props by putting the real bluesman's name first.
That said, the music on this CD is self-indulgent, pasteurized, homogenized, smoothed-over white-boy blues without a scintilla of character, emotion, soul or meaning. It is criminally bland. Clapton is arguably one of the great guitar geniuses of the last 50 years, but if he is, he doesn't show it here. Blues is supposed to sweat, moan, scream, and even mumble sometimes; Clapton just plays and sings by the numbers. This music wouldn't unsettle a postage stamp.
That whirring noise you hear is Mr. Johnson spinning in his grave.