Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton, Various Artists - Blues - Modern/Electric | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 22, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: House of Blues
• ASIN: B00000J83W
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Miss You - Larry McCray

2. Blues Power - Koko Taylor

3. Wonderful Tonight - Otis Clay

4. Lay Down Sally - Carl Weathersby

5. Strange Brew - Buddy Guy

6. Before You Accuse Me - Bo Diddley

7. Roll It Over - Joe Louis Walker

8. Crossroads - Honeyboy Edwards

9. Old Love - Otis Rush

10. Too Bad - Pinetop Perkins

11. Tears In Heaven - Ann Peebles

12. Layla - Eric Gales/Derek Trucks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Many of Eric's greatest tunes performed superbly., July 19, 1999

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D. Isaacson (Weston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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I love this album! Many of Eric's greatest tunes performed superbely (and mostly creatively) by other excellent artists. There's great guitar work here, even if it isn't Eric himself. My favorite Clapton tune, "Old Love", is done beautifully by Otis Rush. I was so happy to see this lovely, too often neglected, song on the album. Koko Taylor rocks on "Blues Power" and the guitar work by Chriss Johnson and Rico McFarland is fabulous. "Layla" closes the album! Eric Gales sticks very close to the original arrangement but without the fire ... until, just before the coda, Derek Trucks flies in and knocks you off your feet - I would have liked more of that. Personally, I could have done without "Lay Down Sally" and "Tears in Heaven" in favor of a killer "After Midnight". All-in-all, this is a wonderful album - excellent artists performing great songs. If you are an EC fan, buy it - you'll love it. And, it will hold you until July 27th when Eric releases a double CD Blues album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not A Tribute, But A Celebration -- And A Very Fun One, February 15, 2001

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J. Keenley (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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As it proclaims on the cover, "This ain't no tribute," and it ain't. In fact, it's the exact opposite. Clapton purists, and blues purists, will probably reject this with disdain. If so, they're missing out on a great CD. You're basic "tribute" album has lesser known artists doing note for note, unoriginal covers of a famous artist's work. Here, Blues legends (like Koko Taylor, Otis Clay, Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, James Cotton, Otis Rush, and Pinetop Perkins), along with up and coming blues artists, celebrate Clapton's legacy by putting their own, special stamp on his songs. Bo Diddley's take on "Before You Accuse Me" (which is, of course, a cover of a Clapton song which itself was a cover of a Bo Diddley song), alone makes this CD worth buying. Other highlights include Koko Taylor's rendition of "Blues Power," Buddy Guy's take on "Stange Brew," and Eric Gales' surpsingly good cover of "Layla" (yes, "Layla"). There are a few throw-aways, and a little too much influence of the Blues Brothers (which seems to permeate everything put out by "House of Blues"), but in general it's very much worth the price of admission. Don't miss it.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy the real stuff instead, September 9, 1999

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This review is from: Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton (Audio CD)

The comment above is right on. A mildy entertaining CD that I think Ill trade in for the much better Eric Clapton "Blues" double CD.