Eric Clapton's new cd "Me and Mr. Johnson" is coming out on March 30th. I can not wait until I get my hands on this. I heard a preview of it Sunday along with parts of an exclusive interview on The House Of Blues radio hour. Next Sunday the second part of the series will be broadcasted.
Eric is sounding fantastic as always. He happens to be one of my favorite vocalists and guitarist (which he is better known for). One can never overlook his vocals though. He always seems to have such desperation, tenacity, and hurt in his voice all at once and packaged into something beyond breathtaking especially when singing such songs as Layla, Cocaine, Ain't That Loving You, Have You Ever Loved A Woman, After Midnight, etc. He and the band are melding great music on the album from what I've heard so far.
The cd consists of all covers of the quinsessential blues man singer/songwriter/guitarist Robert Johnson. Anyone who knows anything about Eric knows how much influence Johnson has had on him. Since Eric was around 15 years old he has been listening to Johnson, and always goes back to him as that well of inspiration. Eric being no slouch always has amazing renditions of Johnson's songs. One of his best covers would be Crossroad which was always blistering especially while with Cream. On The House of Blues I've already heard amazing covers of They're Red Hot which is a fun, upbeat song, Last Fair Deal Gone Down just blues rock at its best, Kind Hearted Woman Blues which Eric covers again and does a fine job on, and besides those there are 11 other songs.
If you like Robert Johnson I would suggest picking this up. If you like Eric Clapton I would suggest picking this up. If you like bluesy-rock I would suggest picking this up. If you don't know much about any of the above mentioned I would suggest picking this up. If you love any of the three you'll be so happy to have this like me.
Hmm, seems this review is also a lot about how much I love Eric Clapton's music. lol If any Eric fans would like to post on here regardless if it's about the cd that would be fine with me.
