Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9675 in Digital Music Album
• Released on: 2004-03-23
• Running time: 0 seconds

Customer Reviews

me and mr. johnson, by eric clapton
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.

Out the window at 70 mph.....
I played it 1-1/2 times...then it became litter.

The cover showing Clapton in a stark setting, acoustic guitar in hand, lead 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'!!

Great Concept - Poor Execution
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 . . .