All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton has drawn so much from the blues -- a position he has admitted, endorsed, and never denied -- that it seems just a bit odd to see his songs (including songs he covered, like Robert Johnson's “Crossroads,” that have become Clapton songs in many people’s minds) translated back into a blues format when most of them were never far removed from the blues in the first place. Here we have it, though, versions of Clapton-associated songs done by blues veterans, including Carl Weathersby (“Lay Down Sally”), Buddy Guy (“Strange Brew”), Bo Diddley (he offers his own take on his own composition “Before You Accuse Me,” a song Clapton has played frequently in concert), and Honeyboy Edwards and James Cotton (they team up for a nice version of Johnson's “Crossroads”), and if it seems like one has heard all this before, well, that’s because Clapton did them.

All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton album was released May 17, 2011 on the Intersound label. Eric Clapton has drawn so much from the blues -- a position he has admitted, endorsed, and never denied -- that it seems just a bit odd to see his songs (including songs he covered, like Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," that have become Clapton songs in many people's minds) translated back into a blues format when most of them were never far removed from the blues in the first place. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton music CDs Here we have it, though, versions of Clapton-associated songs done by blues veterans, including Carl Weathersby ("Lay Down Sally"), Buddy Guy ("Strange Brew"), Bo Diddley (he offers his own take on his own composition "Before You Accuse Me," a song Clapton has played frequently in concert), and Honeyboy Edwards and James Cotton (they team up for a nice version of Johnson's "Crossroads"), and if it seems like one has heard all this before, well, that's because Clapton did them. ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: Eric Clapton. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton CD music contains a single disc with 12 songs. 

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Eric Clapton

01. Miss You - Larry McCray 

02. Blues Power  - Koko Taylor  

03. Wonderful Tonight  - Otis Clay  

04. Lay Down Sally  - Carl Weathersby 

05. Strange Brew  - Buddy Guy 

06. Before You Accuse Me  - Bo Diddley 

07. Roll It Over  - Joe Louis Walker (Feat. James Cotton) 

08. Crossroads  - Honeyboy Edwards (Feat. James Cotton) 

09. Old Love  - Otis Rush 

10. Too Bad  - Pinetop Perkins (Feat. John Hammond & Bob Margolin) 

11. Tears In Heaven  - Ann Peebles 

12. Layla - Eric Gales (Feat. Derek Trucks)