Eric Clapton and the blues have been inextricably linked dating back to his mid-1960s stint as a string-bending phenomenon in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. A decade after the release of his blues homage FROM THE CRADLE, Clapton's ME AND MR. JOHNSON pays tribute to his hero Robert Johnson. Rounding up a stellar backing crew, including Andy Fairweather-Low and Jerry Portnoy (both of whom appeared on CRADLE), Slowhand approaches the Johnson canon with a relaxed and confident touch. Applying liberal amounts of slide and fuzz guitar, this English rock legend saunters along fare such as "Traveling Riverside Blues" and "Love in Vain," time-honored Johnson classics better known through renditions by Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, respectively. Portnoy's unobtrusive harp provides subtle accompaniment to Clapton's heartfelt playing, be it the swirling dirge "Hell Hound on My Trail" or the harmony-soaked "Come on in My Kitchen." The proceedings are also enhanced by the Hammond organ and piano work of sideman Billy Preston, whose trips up and down the eighty-eights give added punch to songs like the rollicking "32-20 Blues" and the barrelhouse "They're Red Hot."
Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Andy Fairweather-Low, Doyle Bramhall II (guitar); Jerry Portnoy (harmonica); Billy Preston (keyboards); Nathan East (bass); Steve Gadd (drums).
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Blues, Rock
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TRACKS
A1 When You Got A Good Friend 3:19
A2 Little Queen Of Spades 4:56
A3 They're Red Hot 3:24
A4 Me And The Devil Blues 2:55
A5 Traveling Riverside Blues 4:30
A6 Last Fair Deal Gone Down 2:35
A7 Stop Breakin' Down Blues 2:29
B1 Milkcow's Calf Blues 3:18
B2 Kind Hearted Woman Blues 4:06
B3 Come On In My Kitchen 3:34
B4 If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day 3:26
B5 Love In Vain 4:02
B6 32-20 Blues 2:58
B7 Hell Hound On My Trail 3:52
