Eric Clapton

The spirit and songs of Robert Johnson have been Clapton's constant company since the mid-Sixties. In this superb, all-Johnson program, Clapton celebrates the Delta poetry that moved him to reinvent blues guitar -- the black sorrow of "Love in Vain," the hell on earth of "Me and the Devil Blues" -- with meaty solos and the deep, scarred voice of personal experience.

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