Notes & Personnel Info |  | Tributee: Eric Clapton. | | Tributee: Eric Clapton. | | Personnel: Pat Travers, B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Doug Doppler (guitar, drums); Martin Winch, Larry VanFleet, Chris Mahoney, Carlo Fragnito, Brian Tarquin (guitar); Howard Hart (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Andrew Crawford (nylon-string guitar); Lawrence Burdine (alto saxophone); Vernon Slater (tenor saxophone); Jerome Richardson (baritone saxophone); Chris Cubeta, Johnny Giamara, Robi Parolin, Greg Morrow, Sonny Freeman, Carmine Appice (drums). | | Audio Mixer: Tom Ware. | | Recording information: Galuminum Foil Studio, New York, NY; Jungle Room Studios, NY; Karaya6 Studio, Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Sound Asylum Studios, Canoga Park, CA; WareHouse Studios, Omaha, NE. | | The funny thing about tributes to Eric Clapton is that Clapton has done them himself, and he would be the first to tell you that his career has been built on his attempts to emulate his own blues heroes, and that would be true to a point, but Clapton was wise enough, or maybe, at times, just lucky enough, to show how those players he loved could be translated into the electric age of rock, and he did it with a tremendous amount of raw elegance and style more often than not. This tribute set doesn't stretch things too far, and while cuts here like James Ryan's version of "Badge" and Brian Tarquin's version of "Sunshine of Your Love" are big, boisterous and fun to hear, they work largely because of the original and defining riffs that Clapton devised to carry these songs in the first place. The real gem of the disc is a live, horn-filled take on "How Blue Can You Get" (listed as one of two "bonus" tracks here) by B.B. King. |
Producer: Chris Cubeta; Chris Mahoney; Howard Hart; Sid Feller; Doug Doppler; Brian Tarquin; Carmine Appice; Brian Tarquin; Brian Tarquin (Compilation) |
Engineer: Tom Ware; Nate VanFleet; Doug Doppler |
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