| Eric Clapton - Sessions For Robert J
(2004)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Artist/Composer |
Eric Clapton |
| Format |
CD audio |
| Genre |
General Blues |
| Label |
Reprise/Duck |
| Index |
579 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Packaging |
Jewel Case |
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| Musicians |
| Drums and Percussion |
Steve Gadd |
| Bass Guitar |
Nathan East |
| Guitar-Electric |
Doyle Bramhall II |
| Guitar-Electric |
Eric Clapton |
| Organ |
Billy Preston |
| Piano |
Chris Stainton |
| Vocals |
Eric Clapton |
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| Credits |
| Songwriter |
Robert Johnson |
| Engineer |
Tom Bender |
| Engineer |
Alan Douglas |
| Engineer |
Joel Evenden |
| Producer |
Eric Clapton |
| Producer |
Simon Climie |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Sweet Home Chicago |
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| 02 |
Milkcow's Calf Blues |
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| 03 |
Terraplane Blues |
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| 04 |
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day |
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| 05 |
Stop Breakin' Down Blues |
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| 06 |
Little Queen Of Spades |
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| 07 |
Traveling Riverside Blues |
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| 08 |
Me And The Devil Blues |
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| 09 |
From Four Until Late |
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| 10 |
Kind Hearted Woman Blues |
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| 11 |
Ramblin' On My Mind |
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| Personal Details |
| Album Lookup1 |
C |
| Links |
Amazon UK
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| Details |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Rare |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
| UPC |
075993863123 |
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| Notes |
| Review by Thom Jurek It appears that Eric Clapton had more Robert Johnson in his blood than he thought - or perhaps it was planned this way. This DVD/CD set (and really, it's not the other way around despite the packaging), showcases Clapton mining the Robert Johnson vein ever more deeply in no less than four different settings. The DVD features 19 acoustic and electric performances recorded in rehearsal spaces in Dallas and in England, as well as in the 508 Park Ave. in Dallas, a studio Johnson himself recorded in, in 1937. There is one more segment, a recorded solo acoustic in a hotel room in California. The band that joins Clapton in the rehearsal studios is comprised of guitar master Doyle Bramhall, organist Billy Preston, Steve Gadd on drums, pianist Chris Stainton and Nathan East on bass. The electric performances, particularly "Milkcow's Calf 's Blues," "Stop Breakin' Down Blues," and especially "I Wish I Had Possession Over Judgment Day," have some real life and stomp in them. Of the acoustic tracks, "Terraplane Blues" works best. The DVD also contains a selection of behind-the-scenes footage that will be of interest only to those fans who need to see everything. The CD contains 11 cuts culled from the DVD and the sequencing is in some ways preferable. |
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