Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson
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Free Music Review: MAKE HIM STOP!!!
Hit: 1 Stars
Hasn't the guy made enough money hamming up the blues for some time now? This takes the cake and is about as silly as Bush dressing up like a cowboy on his Texas ranch...actually this is worse. He should be smacked across the face for this stupid suit. If he's going to keep reliving the past why can't he just relive his own past and go back to Cream. That was the only time he did anything worth a crap-the new dvd is about as painful as this so I guess he should just stop recording period.
This guy ONLY cares about a paycheck, or his manager is just shoving him into these stupid recording sessions. Either way it's still his fault for doing this cheesy blues-zak.
This album should make the whitest man sick to his stomach.
Free Music Review: If You Get This, You Better Have The Originals
Hit: 3 Stars
Ok, it's Clapton, so if you're mildly a rock 'n roll fan, Clapton is hard to ignore. But, Clapton doesn't sound hungry or earnest on these brilliant RJ cuts. Quite frankly, he hasn't in a long while either. If these weren't Robert Johnson songs, this would be a generic lullaby set from one lazy dude. Start by getting the original Johnson cuts, then if you're an EC fan, might as well get this. Otherwise, flip a coin on this one.Free Music Review: Will send your feets a tappin . . .
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this Cd. I am also an avid fan of Mr. Johnson and have studied his music extensivly, and I have always wondered what he would sound like with a full band. Let me tell you, Eric Clapton sure hit this one on the head. Each song is a gem, and has every musical nuance that the originals had. I highly recommend this to any blues fan!!Free Music Review: A Natural Fit
Hit: 5 Stars
Eric Clapton for years has recorded song by Robert Johnson. The two together seem like a natural fit.
If you study Clapton over the years he does fragments of Robert Johnson songs.
Crossroads for instance is made up of lyrics from Crossroads Blues and Traveling Riverside Blues.
Now you are able to hear Clapton sing the lyrics they way they were originally written.
This is Claptons intrepreation of Robert Johnsons' music.
Many of the guitar riffs are taken from songs already recorded by Clapton. What appeals to me is the "Down Home" atmosphere this album has.
You feel like Clapton is on the porch playing blues guitar for you.
This is Mississippi Delta Blues the way Robert Johnson intended it.
Clapton along with Billy Preston are a lethal combination.
They're Red Hot shows Billy Preston playing the way we all know he can. Clapton appears to be very relaxed.
The next song of note is Me and the Devil Blues. I think that back then blues players called their women devils. With the legand of the Crossroads you wonder though.
The version of Travelin Riverside Blues is much more interesting than the version Led Zeppelin did.
Stop Breaking Down which was also covered by the Rolling Stones is very strong also.
Kindhearted Woman has been released before, this version is not new, in my mind its recycled.
The best three songs on the CD are Come On In My Kitchen, If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day which Clapton recorded before as Rollin and Tumblin. This is the entire song though.
Love in vain also appears here and is entirely different than the version by the Rolling Stones, Claptons version is much more like Johnsons'
Hell Hound on My Trail I guess is about the torment he feels and is one of the "Gems" on the CD.
Clapton plays a lot of blues slide guitar and Billy Preston is phenominal on keyboards.
This CD is one of Claptons career albums and a must for any blues fan or any Robert Johnson fan. This is Mississippi Delta Blues at its very best........ENJOY
Free Music Review: Blues 101
Hit: 4 Stars
No,its not angry, rough, "soulful," rockin', "inspired," haunting, tormented, etc. It's not going to make you sit bolt upright or, for that matter, think much about Robert Johnson and his weird and haunted life.
So why should you buy a cd of Clapton covering 14 songs, ie., 1/2 of the legendary Robert Johnson's output?
Its just good straight pop product, that's all. And Clapton's rich singing voice has never sounded finer, happier, than in his idea of delivering a quite respectful tribute to his continuing inspiration. It's very cleanly recorded with mature yet fresh guitar, a very professional and straight up job. Clapton wisely refrains from "acting" Robert Johnson or putting on any other stagehand show of blackface -- perhaps the subtlest and most genuine tribute. If you want to hear Clapton when he was haunted in this manner, yeah, you've got to go way back to his own "White Room," his youthful spooky attempt to embody in his own person the cryptic world of the blues. Truth is, this may well be an album for older folk and Clapton might even admit as much. Certainly there are better covers anywhere of any individual song.
Fact is, the album is not boring or dull and rewards repeated listening. Its not the sometimes seen lazy Clapton, either. He's obviously involved in what he's doing even if it sounds a tad academic, like a serious Blues 101 lesson from a professor. The record gains from being understudied and while not something you will want to replay every day, will be a welcome relief when you need to slide something authentic into your cd changer.