Eric Clapton - Sessions For Robert J. (CD + DVD)
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Free Music Review: Eric At His best
Hit: 5 Stars
Eric does an excellent job in this performance of Robert Johnson's songs. He could have recorded with David Edwards or Robert Lockwood Jr., but he didn't and that's O.K. Among other guitarists playing Johnson's songs, Bob Brozman does a great job on a variety of period acoustics and National Seel guitars from the 1930's.
On the day that Johnson was recorded at the Dallas hotel, the Chuck Wagon Gang, a quartet of White Southern Gospel Singers, were next to be recorded, acording to the notes included with the Robert Johnson box set. They continued to perform through the 1970's.
Finally, on Sweet Home Chicago, the "Blues Brothers", among others, changed the words from "to the land of California" to "to that same old place". Those uppity crackers didn't realize that Robert Johnson was referring to Chicago Park, California, a town in Northern California, about ten miles from Grass Valley.
Free Music Review: One of the best blues albums of all time
Hit: 5 Stars
Eric Clapton and his fellow musicians manage to capture the spirit of Robert Johnson, despite their being a band and Johnson normally playing solo.
The arrangements are first class, in other words!
The CD would only be half its value without the DVD - having watched that now seveveral times, I enjoy listening to the CD on its own even more.
My one critique is that the sequence of songs played on the CD does not match those on the DVD.
Free Music Review: Welcome back to O'Cliff... EC
Hit: 4 Stars
Interpritation... isn't that what Music is? Same with Opinions.
This Collection is full and ambient. Things do change with time, as EC has. Peter Green's Mr.J was precise, yet raw. John Hammond's was enlightening, yet masked. Clapton's touch is that of a Master playing a Legends work. Try filling the rifts on your own, if not convinced. Johnson could play Sir... Clapton has learned much through time... he couldn't do quite the RJ in the 70's, sitt'n with Freddy & me in O'Cliff, but it was good... even then. Some still like to compare... time moves on.
Mr.C, still inspires me. I'll catch that train yet.
Free Music Review: An excellent interpretation of Robert Johnson's music
Hit: 5 Stars
Having listened to Clapton for more than 30 years, I can see how he had matured in his interpretation of blues and particularly Robert Johnson's music.
I enjoyed on this CD and DVD Clapton's arrangements of his songs and surprised in the variety that Johnson built into his music.
Clapton keeps the songs true to the original yet adds life of his own to them and brings them out of the 30's into our era.
I appreciate too, him keeping the original lyrics, especially on Sweet Home Chicago and Johnson's peculiar geographic connection.
The more I have seen Clapton in the last few years, I think he has really come to be comfortable in his music and playing to a legendary level. This is a very good set to own.
Free Music Review: I love EC AND RJ
Hit: 5 Stars
But I don't confuse the two. As Sam King says above, this might be the album Robert Johnson would have recored had he had the chance.
Nuff said.