I changed my mind from three stars

Review Score: (8/10)
because of another reviewer who noted that he was playing a record, not a cd. So I bought the LP and wow, that terrible car radio sound was gone. The cd is the 'compress the dynamics to make everything loud' careless engineering of the computer age. Now I could really hear the fine playing of not only Clapton, but Billy Preston and Jim Keltner. As for the critics of his being a rich white boy, Clapton does not attempt to impersonate Mr. Johnson. That would truly be disrespectful folly. Instead he does a genuine and involving interpretation of the inspiration of his youth. Still, you might be moved to check out the original.

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