Eric Clapton – Riding With The King [CD]

Description

Two guitar legends – Eric Clapton and B.B. King – first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the album will be expanded and remastered by Bob Ludwig will be released on June 26th. Two additional previously unreleased tracks have been added to the album: The blues standard Rollin and Tumblin and a cover of Willie Dixons Let Me Love You Baby. Both tracks were recorded during the original sessions and were produced and mixed especially for this release by Simon Climie, who produced the original album with Clapton.

The album features five Dixon originals, plus a selection of covers from writers as diverse as Isaac Hayes (Hold On Im Coming), Johnny Mercer (Come Rain Or Come Shine) and Big Bill Broonzy (Key To The Highway). John Hiatt wrote the albums title track.

The album features an all-star line-up of musicians: Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Joe Sample, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, and Jim Keltner. The celebrated producer and arranger Arif Martin contributed string arrangements and orchestration to two tracks.

Tracklist:

1. Riding with the King
2. Ten Long Years
3. Key To The Highway
4. Marry You
5. Three OClock Blues
6. Help The Poor
7. I Wanna Be
8. Worried Life Blues
9. Days of Old
10. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
11. Hold On Im Coming
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine
13. Rollin and Tumblin [20th Anniversary Bonus Track]
14. Let Me Love You Baby [20th Anniversary Bonus Track]

UPC: 093624895213
Label: Surfdog Records
Release Date: 6.26.20
Format: CD