Who is Eric Clapton?

Review Score: (2/10)
This is a question I've been asking myself since the demise of Blind Faith. Where is the hot-riffed kid I saw on stage at the Filmore East when I was far too young to get in who blew me away with riffs that - to this day - no one has been able to match? The solos in Crossroads are some of the very best in rock history. So I go back to my original question. Who is Clapton? A guy who died 30 years ago with the old gang, including Winwood, Bruce, Baker, Mayal and the rest of the late 60's greats? Where did that unbelievably inspired young guitarist who set the world on fire go? To this day, I have never quite understood his path, with the the exception that heroine was kicked...along with the riffs. This tribute album is yet another in a series of attempts to recapture the essence of a past that continues to eluded him.

More Reviews:

• "Bloo-zak" is right.
• What would Muddy say...
• Listen good children...
• Wasted Money
• Is This Release Necessary?
• For Clapton superfans and completists only
• Boring
• Fair...
• Not bad for a skinny English white boy
• Can there be too much respect?
• An Impeccably Academic Approach to Classic Blues
• I changed my mind from three stars
• Give Me A break
• A tribute to the blues master....
• Eric Crapton!
• Lighten Up
• Am I alone here?
• How to make the blues sound - mauve.
• Straight Clapton not finding the roots
• Focus Eric, focus
• Mildly Tepid, Yet Bland
• Mixed Reviews For This Blues Master..??
• Milk cow it is - and a great one
• Is it just me?
• Doesn't Do Robert Johnson Much Justice
• Me and Mr. Johnson: Eric's overdue tribute
• Two stars for the song writing of Robert Johnson.
• Come On In My Kitchen
• Where god came from...
• 36 HOURS OF DRIVING, WORTH IT
• BAD RECORD
• Very disappointed...
• You must see the live versions to fully appreciate
• a bad blues album
• There'll Be Time Enough for Countin' When the Deal is Done
• Do We Really Need This?
• Include me
• Only Clapton could pull this off
• GREAT EFFORT
• Blooz-zak
• If you like blues you'll LOVE....
• Pretty Uninspiring
• Niiiice!
• Get it Right!
• Don't listen to these jackasses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Eric is God!
• Pretty weak effort
• Historical Blues
• Me & Mr. Johnson is not great, but very serviceable
• Faithfull to Robert Johnson but Disappointed Nevertheless
• Do you all have Robert Johnson's versions?
• Good Effort, Not Enough...
• Synthetic recording...
• Clapton's Heartfelt Failure
• great clapton cd
• great clapton album
• **3/4 - proceed with caution
• Essential Clapton and essential blues
• A bitter disappoinment
• Got Dem English White Boy Millionaire... Blues?
• Not Exactly FROM THE CRADLE 2
• Light, pale, watery blues...
• I'll never tire of it
• Mr. Johnson's Rollin' & Tumblin' In His Grave
• slowhand has done it again
• Slowhand At His Best!
• ANOTHER BLUES COVER CD - WHAT A SURPRISE!!!!
• Extremely mediocre
• Not a very good job
• So-so
• Gets one star, because I can't give it a black hole
• Incompatible with many CD players
• About as much fun as the bubonic plague
• EC
• Blues Ancient and Modern
• don't bother
• bloodless blues
• A good Eric Clapton album
• Too Slick = Boring
• Pathetic
• Is it Good, is it Bad ?
• Bland and Misguided
• Excellent stuff!
• what's missing?
• pitiful, sad and a total waste of money
• Huge Clapton Fan!
• Disappointed
• An earnest effort that modestly succeeds
• too polished&too Predictable
• I have to agree with the other poor reviews.
• Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!
• EC does Robert Johnson WRONG!
• hot tamales and a red hots
• HIS GREATEST ALBUM BESIDES FROM THE CRADLE AND UNPLUGGED
• I love both Clapton and Johnson, but ...
• Blues Aficionados
• A genuinely good album
• How about listening to Clapton before rating him?
• Robert Johnson's band
• To the roots with honesty