Eric Clapton
I Still Do
Bushbranch/Surfdog
2016
What the F’ are you supposed to do when you’re an artist, who’s aging, regarded a legend and you’re not dead yet… put out another album I s’posse is a semi-valid option, in most cases, if you feel you can do your own legacy justice, first and foremost.
Iconic guitarist Eric Clapton enlists Hall-of-famer producer Glyn Johns (of Rolling Stones fame among others) once more, to produce his twenty third album, almost some 40 years after his triumphant commercial breakthrough “Slowhand” was given shape by the very same fella. He chooses to cover an interesting array of fellow musicians of from the late Robert Johnson on “Stones in My Passway”, to folk Icon Bob Dylan on “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” and famous blues singer Leroy Carr on “Alabama Woman Blues” and he even throws in a few originals, like “Spiral” and “Catch the Blues”… he’s paying his respects to also his friend and collaborator JJ Cale to whom his previous album was completely dedicated (pretty much covering all his career)…
All in all, it’s nothing too new or too out of the ordinary, but Clapton here certainly feels a lot surer in himself and that reflects in the performances. He’s still around and he still does what he does very well, so if you’re into this bluesy stuff, I’m guessing here’s one of the greatest guitarists the genre had to offer, adding and not detracting from his ever growing legacy.
Iconic guitarist Eric Clapton enlists Hall-of-famer producer Glyn Johns (of Rolling Stones fame among others) once more, to produce his twenty third album, almost some 40 years after his triumphant commercial breakthrough “Slowhand” was given shape by the very same fella. He chooses to cover an interesting array of fellow musicians of from the late Robert Johnson on “Stones in My Passway”, to folk Icon Bob Dylan on “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” and famous blues singer Leroy Carr on “Alabama Woman Blues” and he even throws in a few originals, like “Spiral” and “Catch the Blues”… he’s paying his respects to also his friend and collaborator JJ Cale to whom his previous album was completely dedicated (pretty much covering all his career)…
All in all, it’s nothing too new or too out of the ordinary, but Clapton here certainly feels a lot surer in himself and that reflects in the performances. He’s still around and he still does what he does very well, so if you’re into this bluesy stuff, I’m guessing here’s one of the greatest guitarists the genre had to offer, adding and not detracting from his ever growing legacy.