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The digital home of music journalist Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot, the bestselling biography of Gordon Lightfoot. Includes a searchable database of current and archived work, including thousands of record reviews and feature articles.
Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson
The 29 songs that blues pioneer Robert Johnson wrote and recorded have been covered by rockers from Led Zeppelin to the White Stripes. Clapton himself delved into the songbook while a member of Cream and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. But these loving interpretations represent the first time he’s devoted an entire album to the seminal bluesman—it’s a wonder it wasn’t done before. On gritty classics like “Love in Vain” and “Come On in My Kitchen,” ol’ Slowhand has rarely sounded so inspired. 
