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A heartfelt tribute that's among Clapton's most purely enjoyable albums.
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[He] attacks these songs with passion, intelligence, and a refreshing lack of blues-rock pretense.
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The originals are still the best, but this is pretty fly for a white guy.
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Entertainment WeeklyClapton sounds reinvigorated in these 14 songs. [2 Apr 2004, p.65]
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MojoInnovative? No. Impeccable? Yes. [Apr 2004, p.114]
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Clapton pays broad tribute to Johnson as a composer and public-domain synthesist.
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UncutHe doesn't have that doomed, hellhound-on-my-trail intensity that makes Johnson's recordings so spooky. But, at 58, he sounds like a man who has faced down more than a few canine devils of his own. [Apr 2004, p.102]
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JonHJun 5, 2004I'm so tired of these blues tributes that take out all the soul of the originals, pass on this.
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DonSJun 3, 2004