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Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson

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Me and Mr. Johnson
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Artist(s)Eric Clapton
StudioReprise / Wea
Release DateMarch 30, 2004
UPC Code093624842323
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Tracks

  1. When You Got A Good Friend
  2. Little Queen Of Spades
  3. They're Red Hot
  4. Me And The Devil Blues
  5. Traveling Riverside Blues
  6. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
  7. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
  8. Milkcow's Calf Blues
  9. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
  10. Come On In My Kitchen
  11. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
  12. Love In Vain
  13. 32-20 Blues
  14. Hell Hound On My Trail

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User Reviews

Average user review: 3.5 (254 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteMe and Mr. Johnson: a great blues collectionQuote
Mr. Clapton does a wonderful job on Mr. Johnson's songs. A top notch band as always, this time with Billy Preston on organ. Just a really great album. October 18, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteR. Johnson must have come back as Eric Claton.Quote
To most people Robert Johnson's legacy will live on forever. But with Eric Clapton taking ahold of these songs he has pushed Johnsons's legacy even further. I had goose bumbs from the first song to the last. September 14, 2008

rating: 5 Quoteme and mr. johnson, by eric claptonQuote
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. June 24, 2008

rating: 1 QuoteOut the window at 70 mph.....Quote
I played it 1-1/2 times...then it became litter.

The cover showing Clapton in a stark setting, acoustic guitar in hand, led me to believe this would be an " solo acoustic blues" album, befitting a "tribute" to RJ.

WRONG.

Slick, over produced, over-blown, and most especially, over-instrumented, this disc sounds like a "Chicago Blues" session...

Yes, I disliked this take on Robert Johnson very much.

To Eric Clapton:

Listen to Rory Block doing Johnson....

The Lady and Mr. Johnson

That's how to show tribute...Smokin'!!
March 13, 2008

rating: 3 QuoteGreat Concept - Poor ExecutionQuote
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 . . . February 11, 2008

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