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FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24602
edited July 2014 in Music




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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24877
    edited June 2014
    Love it!

    As people can probably tell from the 'EC Retiring' thread, I love EC - and J J Cale was just fantastic.

    I really don't care how 'uncool' this may be considered.

    Thanks for posting!
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9836
    Nice tribute to JJ. Will def be buying the album when it comes out at the end of this month.
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24602
    Just listened to the whole album. It's very good .. an excellent country blues vibe going. Cool songs [by JJ Cale] and some well known artists that keep old Clapton on his toes. I will certainly buy a copy ..

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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16424
    Is this the Call Me the Breeze track? I quite like that, sounds more 1974 than 2014 and that's probably a good thing.
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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    EricTheWeary said:
    Is this the Call Me the Breeze track? I quite like that, sounds more 1974 than 2014 and that's probably a good thing.
    It is indeed. Wouldn't sound out of place on "461 Ocean Boulevard"
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24602
    The whole album's in a similar vain .. listen to it here [while you can]



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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    Nice one, I'm giving it a spin now.
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  • RichardjRichardj Frets: 1538
    edited July 2014
    Wow, like that a lot. Possibly the best stuff he has done for a while.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Frets: 89
    Gave this time to get fully listened to properly and this is the best album Clapton has put out in a long time and a fitting tribute. Glad I purchased.

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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24877
    darcym;311722" said:
    Gave this time to get fully listened to properly and this is the best album Clapton has put out in a long time and a fitting tribute. Glad I purchased.
    Agreed.
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  • AxeWieldingBastardAxeWieldingBastard Frets: 157
    That video is really cute; bought my dad the "On The Road To Escondido" album when it came out, quite enjoyed it my self, although im not a huge Clapton fan my self.

    Im officially awarding EC extra points for this song & vid. Referential, sentimental, and a wee bit of levity thrown in for good measure.

    "So, where's Escondido then?"
    "Hmm.. Somewhere in California i think."
    "Bit of a trek for me, isn't it?"

    Brilliant.
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  • sinbaadisinbaadi Frets: 1349
    Tis a tribute to JJ, but otherwise I agree.  I don't follow Clapton closely, but every time I see him he's noodling over a 12-bar blues, he's great at it, but it's a bit "meh" now.
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  • OctahedronOctahedron Frets: 400
    There's a reason Clapton's last solo studio album was called "Old Sock". Boring as an old sock. What a waste. His best stuff was the early stuff and with Cream, without a doubt. 
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Frets: 89
    this was his first album in a long time with a purpose.

    His recent albums have been about "putting an album out", this one is to pay tribute to JJ and as a result I think has proper thought and effort behind the songs, great album.
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24877
    Octahedron;313349" said:
    There's a reason Clapton's last solo studio album was called "Old Sock". Boring as an old sock. What a waste. His best stuff was the early stuff and with Cream, without a doubt. 
    Old Sock wasn't great - but the guy's nearly 70!

    The laid back feel of J J Cale's songs suit Eric well in later life.

    Knopfler's performance on the album positively reeks of early Dire Straits. Which is a good thing btw.

    The whole Cale/early DS/70s Clapton thing was a big influence on me, so for me it's great to hear a whole album of it.
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