Álbum Me and Mr. Johnson (Eric Clapton)

Me and Mr. Johnson de Eric Clapton

Álbum de Eric Clapton

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 22 de Marzo de 2004
  • Compositores: Robert Johnson
  • Productores: Eric Clapton, Simon Climie

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Me and Mr. Johnson es un álbum de Eric Clapton, publicado en 2001. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «When you got a good friend», «Little queen of spades», «They're red hot» y «Me and the devil blues».

Introducción: un tributo al maestro

"Me and Mr. Johnson" es un proyecto apasionado de Eric Clapton, un álbum de estudio dedicado por completo a la música de su mayor héroe e inspiración: el legendario bluesman del Delta, Robert Johnson. Lanzado en 2004, el disco presenta a Clapton interpretando 14 canciones del escaso pero inmensamente influyente catálogo de Johnson. Lejos de ser un mero ejercicio de imitación, Clapton y su banda reinterpretan estas canciones clásicas con un sonido de blues eléctrico moderno, rindiendo homenaje al espíritu del original mientras le inyectan su propio estilo.

Contexto y grabación

Clapton había estado interpretando canciones de Robert Johnson durante toda su carrera, desde sus días con Cream. La idea de un álbum tributo completo surgió durante las sesiones de grabación de lo que se convertiría en "Back Home". Clapton decidió hacer una pausa en ese proyecto para grabar este álbum, sintiendo una urgencia por conectar con la música que lo formó. La grabación se llevó a cabo con su banda de gira, incluyendo a músicos como Billy Preston y Doyle Bramhall II, con un enfoque en capturar la energía de una banda de blues en directo.

Recorrido por el repertorio

"Love in Vain": Una de las baladas más famosas de Johnson, conocida por la versión de The Rolling Stones. La interpretación de Clapton es melancólica y conmovedora, con un exquisito trabajo de guitarra slide.

"Hellhound on My Trail": Una de las canciones más oscuras y paranoicas de Johnson. La versión de Clapton captura la atmósfera inquietante del original con una producción moderna y un solo de guitarra atormentado.

Resultados y acogida

"Me and Mr. Johnson" fue un éxito comercial, debutando en el puesto 6 en Estados Unidos y en el número 10 en el Reino Unido. La crítica lo elogió por su sinceridad y la calidad de las interpretaciones, aunque algunos puristas del blues sintieron que la producción pulida restaba algo de la crudeza de los originales. Fue ampliamente celebrado como un tributo sincero y bien ejecutado de un maestro a otro.

Listado de Canciones

  1. When you got a good friend

    Letra

    When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, Give her all your spare time, Love and treat her right. I mistreated my baby And I can't see no reason why. I mistreated my baby And I can't see no reason why. Any time I think about it I just wring my hands and cry. Wonder could I ever apologize Or would she sympathize with me? Would she sympathize with me? She's a brown-skin woman, Just as sweet as a girlfriend can be. Babe, I may be right or wrong. Babe, it's your opinion, Well, I may be right or wrong. Watch your close friend, baby, Then your enemies can't do you no harm. When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, When you got a good friend That will stay right by your side, Give her all your spare time, Love and treat her right.
  2. Little queen of spades

    Letra

    She is a little queen of spades And the men will not let her be. Said she is a little queen of spades And the men will not let her be. Everytime she make a spread, Oh fair brown, cold chills run all over me. Gonna get me a gambling woman If it's the last thing that I do. Gonna get me a gambling woman If it's the last thing that I do. A man don't need a woman, Oh fair brown, that he got to give all of his money to. Everybody said you got a mojo, 'Cause baby, you've been using that stuff. Everybody said you got a mojo Baby, you've been using that stuff. Got a way trimming down, Oh fair brown, and I mean it's most too tough. Little girl, since I am the king, Baby, and you is the queen, Little girl, since I am the king, Baby, and you is the queen, Let us put our heads together, Oh fair brown, and we can make our money green.
  3. They're red hot
  4. Me and the devil blues

    Letra

    Early this morning, You knocked upon my door, Early this morning, You knocked upon my door, And I said, "Hello, Satan, I believe it's time to go." Me and the devil Were walking side by side. Me and the devil Were walking side by side. I'm gonna beat my woman Until I get satisfied. She said she don't see why, That I will dog her 'round. (Now baby, you know you ain't doing me right.) She said she don't see why, That I will dog her 'round. Well, it must be that old evil spirit So deep down in the ground. You may bury my body Down by the highway side. (I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone.) You may bury my body Down by the highway side. Oh, my old evil spirit Can take a Greyhound bus and ride.
  5. Traveling riverside blues

    Letra

    If your man gets personal, Want you to have your fun. If your man gets personal, Want you to have your fun. Well, come on back to Friar's Point, mama, Barrelhouse all night long. I got womens in Vicksburg, Clean on into Tennessee. I got womens in Vicksburg, Clean on into Tennessee. But my Friar's Point rider, now, Hops all over me. I ain't gonna state no color but Her front teeth is crowned with gold. I ain't gonna state no color but Her front teeth is crowned with gold. She got a mortgage on my body, Lord, A lien on my soul. Well, I'm going down to Rosedale, Rider by my side. Lord, I'm going down to Rosedale, Rider by my side. Well, we can still barrelhouse, babe, On the riverside. You can squeeze my lemon till Juice run down my leg. You can squeeze my lemon till Juice run down my leg. That's what I'm talking about! But I'll be going back to Friar's Point, mama, Rocking to my head.
  6. Last fair deal gone down

    Letra

    It's the last fair deal goin' down, last fair deal goin' down It's the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord, on that Gulfport Island Road1 Please, Ida Belle, don't cry this time Ida Belle, don't cry this time If you cry about a nickel, you'll die 'bout a dime She wouldn't cry, but the money won't2 mine I love the way you do, I love the way you do I love the way you do, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road1 My captain's so mean on me, my captain's so mean on me My captain's so mean on me, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road Take camp tain he and see, camp ain't he and see At scal ain't be at seen3, good Lord, on that Gulfport Island Road Ah, this last fair deal goin' down, it's the last fair deal goin' down This' the last fair deal goin' down, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road1 I'm workin' my way back home, I'm working my way back home I'm workin' my way back home, good Lord, on this Gulfport Island Road And that thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon That thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon And that thing don't keep-a ringin' so soon, good Lord, on that Gulfed-and-Port Island Road
  7. Stop breakin'down blues
  8. Milkcow's calf blues
  9. Kindhearted woman blues
  10. Come on in my kitchen

    Letra

    You better come on In my kitchen It's going to be rainin' outdoors The woman I love stole my best friend Some joker got lucky, stole her back again Uh huh, she gone, know she won't come back I take the last nickel out of her nation sack When a woman get in trouble, everybody throws her down Looking for her good friend, they can't be found Any time you've coming, it's gonna be so You can't make the winter, baby, just drive on slow
  11. If I had possession over judgement day

    Letra

    If I had possession over judgment day, If I had possession over judgment day, Lord, the women I'm lovin' would have no right to pray. And I went to the mountain, far as my eye could see. Lord, I went to the mountain, far as my eye could see. Some other man got my woman and the lonesome blues got me. And I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long. Lord, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long. And I woke up this morning, my biscuit rollin' on. Had to fold my arms and slowly walked away. (I didn't like the way she done.) Lord, I fold my arms and I slowly walked away. Well, I said in my mind, "Your trouble gonna come some day." Well, now run here baby, get down on bended knee. Lord, now run here baby, get down on bended knee. I wanna tell you all about the way they treated me.
  12. Love in vain

    Letra

    Well, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand. Lord, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand. Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell, When all your love's in vain. All my love is in vain. When the train pulled up to the station, I looked her in the eye. When the train pulled up to the station, I looked her in the eye. I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome, And I could not help but cry. All my love is in vain. Well, the train it left the station With two lights on behind. Well, the train it left the station With two lights on behind. Well, the blue light was my blues, The red light was my mind. All my love is in vain. Oh oh, Oh, Willie Mae. Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh, Willie Mae. Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh vee oh woe. All my love is in vain.
  13. 32-20 Blues

    Letra

    If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come, Send for my baby, man, and she don't come, All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none. If she gets unruly, thinks she don't wanna do, She gets unruly, thinks she don't wanna do, Take my 32-20, boy, cut her half in two. She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light. .38 special but I believe it's most too light. I got a 32-20 to make the camps all right. If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come, Send for my baby, man, and she don't come, Them doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none. Gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun. Gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun. You made me love you, now your man have come. Ow, baby, where you stay last night? Ow, baby, where'd you stay last night? You got your hair all tangled and you ain't talking right. Got a .38 special, boy, it do very well. Got a .38 special and it do very well. Got a 32-20 now, it's a burning hell. If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come, I send for my baby, man, and she don't come, All the doctors in West Point sure can't help her none. Ow, baby, where'd you stay last night? Ow, baby, where'd you stay last night? You didn't come home till the sun was shining bright. Ow, boy, I just can't take my rest, Ow, boy, I just can't take my rest, With this 32-20 laying up and down my breast.
  14. Hellhound on my trail

    Letra

    I got to keep moving, I got to keep moving Blues falling down like hail, blues falling down like hail Mmm, blues falling down like hail, blues falling down like hail And the day keeps on remindin' me, there's a hellhound on my trail Hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail If today was Christmas eve, if today was Christmas eve And tomorrow was Christmas day If today was Christmas eve and tomorrow was Christmas day All I would need is my little sweet rider Just to pass the time away, to pass the time away You sprinkled hot foot powder, mmm, around my door All around my door You sprinkled hot foot powder, all around your daddy's door It keeps me with ramblin' mind rider Every old place I go, every old place I go I can tell the wind is risin', the leaves tremblin' on the tree Tremblin' on the tree I can tell the wind is risin', leaves tremblin' on the tree All I need is my little sweet woman And to keep my company, hey, hey, hey, hey, my company