VARIOUS ARTISTS
''BLUES POWER: SONGS OF ERIC CLAPTON - THIS AIN'T NO TRIBUTE''
JUNE 22 1999
59:54
1 - Larry McCray - Miss You 4:25
2 - Koko Taylor - Blues Power 4:29
3 - Otis Clay - Wonderful Tonight 4:22
4 - Carl Weathersby - Lay Down Sally 6:03
5 - Buddy Guy - Strange Brew 4:52
6 - Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me 3:51
7 - Joe Louis Walker with James Cotton - Roll It Over 4:11
8 - Honeyboy Edwards with James Cotton - Crossroads 3:40
09 - Otis Rush - Old Love 6:43
10 - Pinetop Perkins with John Hammond & Bob Margolin - Too Bad 4:22
11 - Ann Peebles - Tears In Heaven 4:27
12 - Eric Gales with Derek Trucks - Layla 7:48
REVIEW
by Steve Huey
Although Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton contains a couple versions of blues standards recorded at one time or another by Clapton, it's mostly devoted to covers of Clapton compositions by blues veterans and relative newcomers alike (i.e., either influences on Clapton or artists who have been influenced by him). The performances are generally spot-on, but that's to be expected from an artist roster that includes Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Larry McCray, and Eric Gales, among others.
''BLUES POWER: SONGS OF ERIC CLAPTON - THIS AIN'T NO TRIBUTE''
JUNE 22 1999
59:54
1 - Larry McCray - Miss You 4:25
2 - Koko Taylor - Blues Power 4:29
3 - Otis Clay - Wonderful Tonight 4:22
4 - Carl Weathersby - Lay Down Sally 6:03
5 - Buddy Guy - Strange Brew 4:52
6 - Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me 3:51
7 - Joe Louis Walker with James Cotton - Roll It Over 4:11
8 - Honeyboy Edwards with James Cotton - Crossroads 3:40
09 - Otis Rush - Old Love 6:43
10 - Pinetop Perkins with John Hammond & Bob Margolin - Too Bad 4:22
11 - Ann Peebles - Tears In Heaven 4:27
12 - Eric Gales with Derek Trucks - Layla 7:48
REVIEW
by Steve Huey
Although Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton contains a couple versions of blues standards recorded at one time or another by Clapton, it's mostly devoted to covers of Clapton compositions by blues veterans and relative newcomers alike (i.e., either influences on Clapton or artists who have been influenced by him). The performances are generally spot-on, but that's to be expected from an artist roster that includes Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Larry McCray, and Eric Gales, among others.
