If Mr. Slowhand Eric Clapton hits the forefather of electric guitar blues, then this must be a super CD. I thought when I saw the advertisement. A must for every blues fan and now it spins in the player. No doubt: The two Guitarreros mastered their instruments. 12 perfectly played blues numbers and still does not quite skip the spark. At no point you can feel the playful mood that usually prevails at Blues sessions. All a bit too perfect? The accompanying musicians (some of Clapton) voices also at Wurlitzer, the background choir is not bad, but Clapton's usual girls are better. And to all the gnawing drum programming by Paul Waller, obviously a must when Simon Climie sits at the controls. That would have the doyen not necessary, and it was too remarkable to "Pilgrim" negative. Nevertheless, one can not only find fault. In "Key To The Highway" and Worried Life Blues "may Clapton almost" unplugged "on" Days Of Old "is meant sometimes to hear blissful Cream times. BB King harmonizes fantastic, are usually the E-tone, but should leave the singing to stay. In the faster numbers duel the two on the strings, that it is a pleasure, but to slow passages, such as the "Three O'Clock Blues", which stretched with sleepy Solis at 8:36 min is, you want to turn the most. The conclusion of "Come Rain Or Come Shine" is one of the best blues, played the EC in recent years, and at this point you can feel a little real blues feeling. A real blues earwig is at least not on the (despite all the criticism good) CD on it. And certainly a live performance would have brought more character in a small club.
