Clapton Me and Robert Johnson

Muzikat

I went to the Naim Forum, only one poster out of 24 posts on this new album has listened to it?...and he liked it a lot. Odd that these people trash albums they have not even listened to don't you think?

I have not yet listened to this album.

Dave

Odd indeed, that's why I am glad to hear a good word about it.
I don't see for certain that only one person out of 24 has listened to it, only one said it for sure. Some of them trashed it on bias alone, no doubt.

It's a very good album. I picked it up the day it came out and listened to it immediately. What struck me most was EC's voice. At times in the past, particularly on blues outings, his voice struck me as that of an Englishman trying to sound like a bluesman. He was trying too hard. Here his voice is truly convincing--I have no trouble buying him as a true, genuine blues singer. Maybe it's something about the aging process. The older you get, the more you learn and experience, and the more your voice reflects those experiences. The band, as usual, is tighter than a kettledrum, and EC's playing is tasteful without being overly reverent.

I have it, and I'm lukewarm about it. For me the album says more about EC than RJ. It's nice enough in an inoffensive sort of way. I found the production a bit overdone, especially given the subject matter and the fact that it's a tribute album. It's OK, but I won't go out of my way to put it on a lot.

I'm a little biased in this, I prefer my blues straight up with an edge. EC falls in the middle - he's bluesier than yer average white boy, but he ain't no Mississippi Fred McDowell.

I haven't heard it yet, but why let that keep me from putting in my two cents?

It is either the best lousy album I have ever heard, or the worst great album I have ever heard. BUT since I haven't heard it I'll have to reserve judgement.