"On, I'm Comin', although she did add that Clapton's vocals are not of the same calibre as King's. ""Riding with the King"" peaked at number one on the ""Billboard"" Top Blues Albums in 2000, and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the United States. The album also won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 2000. Source: Discogs Source: Discogs Riding with the King (B.B. King and Eric Clapton album) Riding with the King is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2000"
"and Eric Clapton on their album of the same name. Hiatt reworked the lyrics for the King and Clapton collaboration. All songs written by John Hiatt, except as indicated Riding with the King Riding with the King was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's sixth album, released in 1983. It was his second of three albums with Geffen Records. Ron Nagle and Scott Mathews (credited as ""Scott Matthews"") produced side one of the album at The Pen in San Francisco, with Mathews himself playing all instruments (except guitar) and providing all the background vocals. The second side of the album was produced by"
"On Tour with Eric Clapton On Tour with Eric Clapton is a 1970 album by Delaney & Bonnie with Eric Clapton, recorded live at the Fairfield Halls, England. Released on Atco Records, it peaked at No. 29 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in April 1970, at #39 on the British album chart, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA. The album features Delaney and Bonnie's best-known touring band, including Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, and Dave Mason. Many of the players on this album would later go on to work with George Harrison on his post-Beatles"
"of roots rock'n'roll"". On Tour with Eric Clapton On Tour with Eric Clapton is a 1970 album by Delaney & Bonnie with Eric Clapton, recorded live at the Fairfield Halls, England. Released on Atco Records, it peaked at No. 29 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in April 1970, at #39 on the British album chart, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA. The album features Delaney and Bonnie's best-known touring band, including Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, and Dave Mason. Many of the players on this album would later go on to work with George Harrison"
"the project often, and added: ""I admire the man. I think he's No. 1 in rock 'n' roll as a guitarist and No. 1 as a great person."" At the time of recording ""Riding with the King"", Clapton was 55 and King 74. Clapton initiated the recording sessions for ""Riding with the King"" and included some of his regular session musicians on the album. He also chose the songs and co-produced the album with Simon Climie, who had previously worked on several of Clapton's albums. While this would appear to be a Clapton album recorded with King, Clapton gave center-stage"
"Latifah, Marcus Miller, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Gladys Knight, B.B. King, Jamie Foxx, Earth Wind and Fire, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Michael McDonald, Mary J. Blige, David Sanborn and more. In addition to playing keyboards, Carmon is a drummer, singer and music producer. He is an alumnus of the Duke Ellington School of Arts. Carmon worked with Eric Clapton on MTV's Babyface Unplugged and joined Clapton's touring band for the 1998 Pilgrim Tour. Additionally, he joined Clapton and B.B. King in the studio for the ""Riding With The King"" sessions in February 2000. Carmon continues to be in demand. Most"
"McDonald, Michel Petrucciani, Kate Bush, David Sanborn, Kurt Baebi, and Blicher Hemmer Gadd. Gadd recorded and toured with Eric Clapton in 1994/1996 and again from 1997 to 2004. 1997 also saw him on a world tour in a trio with the French jazz great Michel Petrucciani and his long time band colleague, bassist Anthony Jackson (captured on the ""Trio in Tokyo"" CD and ""Live in Stuttgart"" DVD/VHS). He also continued his long-time collaboration with artist Paul Simon, joining him in concert on numerous occasions, often alongside Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira. Gadd played on the blues album ""Riding with the King"""
"One More Car, One More Rider One More Car, One More Rider is the eighth live album by Eric Clapton, released on 5 November 2002 on Duck / Reprise Records. It is also the third double live album. The album contains songs performed during Clapton's 2001 world tour. The recordings on this album are from two nights at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, 18 & 19 August 2001. Accompanying Clapton on this album are Andy Fairweather-Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Billy Preston, Greg Phillinganes, and David Sancious. Eric Clapton himself said that this would be his last world tour,"
"Clapton (2010 album) Clapton is the eighteenth solo studio album by English rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton. It was released on 27 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. The album is Clapton's first studio album in four years following his duet with J.J. Cale in ""The Road to Escondido"" (2006), and is made up of a mix of new material and cover songs. Clapton has played tracks off this album such as ""Rocking Chair"" and ""When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful"" live on tour. Clapton has said, ""This album wasn’t what it"
"From the Cradle From the Cradle is the twelfth solo studio album by Eric Clapton released on 13 September 1994 by Warner Bros. Records. It is a blues cover album. The album was Clapton's follow-up to his successful 1992 live album, ""Unplugged"". Although he had long been associated with the blues, ""From the Cradle"" was Clapton's first attempt at an all-blues album. He would subsequently record ""Riding with the King"" with B.B. King; a tribute to Robert Johnson, ""Me and Mr. Johnson""; and a collaboration with J. J. Cale, ""The Road to Escondido"". ""From the Cradle"" has prompted a wide"
"between King and the Irish band U2 on their ""Rattle and Hum"" album. In December 1997, he performed in the Vatican's fifth annual Christmas concert and presented his trademark guitar ""Lucille"" to Pope John Paul II. In 1998, he appeared in ""The Blues Brothers 2000"", playing the part of the lead singer of the Louisiana Gator Boys, along with Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Koko Taylor and Bo Diddley. In 2000, he and Clapton teamed up again to record ""Riding With the King"", which won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. Discussing where he took the Blues, from ""dirt"
"World"" placed ""From the Cradle"" on their list ""Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994"". From the Cradle From the Cradle is the twelfth solo studio album by Eric Clapton released on 13 September 1994 by Warner Bros. Records. It is a blues cover album. The album was Clapton's follow-up to his successful 1992 live album, ""Unplugged"". Although he had long been associated with the blues, ""From the Cradle"" was Clapton's first attempt at an all-blues album. He would subsequently record ""Riding with the King"" with B.B. King; a tribute to Robert Johnson, ""Me and Mr. Johnson""; and a collaboration"
"throughout 1987–95. In addition to his music appearing in media, Clapton has contributed to several movies by writing or co-writing the musical scores or contributing original songs. These movies include ""Lethal Weapon"" (co-written with Michael Kamen), ""Communion"", ""Rush"", ""Phenomenon"" (""Change the World""), and ""Lethal Weapon 3"" (co-wrote and co-performed ""It's Probably Me"" with Sting and ""Runaway Train"" with Elton John). Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a"
"Reptile (album) </ref> Reptile is the fourteenth solo studio album by Eric Clapton. The album was produced by Eric Clapton with Simon Climie and is Clapton's first album to include keyboard work by Billy Preston and background vocals by the Impressions. The album reached the Top 10 in 20 countries, topping the national album charts in three of them. In total, the album sold more than 2.5 million copies and gained several certification awards around the globe. To help promote album sales, music network VH1 streamed the album in full on TV. Clapton presented the album on his Reptile World"
"Clapton for the ""Riding with the King"" album. Lowell Fulson recorded ""Three O'Clock Blues"" during his first recording session for Oakland, California-based record producer Bob Geddins in 1946. Fulson, who sang and played guitar, was accompanied by his brother Martin on second guitar. The duo produced several country blues-style songs after World War II. According to music historian Ted Gioia, the song lyrics start out ""as an insomniac's lament, but end up with a weepy farewell more suited to a suicide note"": By the time of the record's release two years later in 1948, Fulson's style had already evolved into"
"Pilgrim (Eric Clapton album) Pilgrim is the thirteenth solo studio album by the British rock musician Eric Clapton, released on March 10, 1998 for Reprise Records. The album features all-new studio-recorded material since Clapton's 1989 hit album ""Journeyman"" and was nominated for several music awards. Although most of the critics responded negatively to the 1998 studio effort, it was one of Clapton's most commercially successful albums, reaching the Top 10 in twenty-two countries, selling more than 4,500,000 copies worldwide. The album was recorded from 1996 to 1997 in both Ocean Way and the Olympic Studios. The release of ""Pilgrim"" marked"
"Eric Clapton used an L-5 to record ""Reptile"" (2001) and also used one on his 2002 live CD/DVD ""One More Car, One More Rider"" during the songs ""Reptile"", and ""Somewhere Over the Rainbow"". Early players of the L-5 include Eddie Lang, and Maybelle Carter from The Carter Family, who played her now-famous 1928 model for the majority of her career. Maybelle Carter's L-5 is now kept in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. Django Reinhardt played an L-5 fitted with a DeArmond pickup during his tour with Duke Ellington November 1946. Groucho Marx is seen playing his"
"on chart. It was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). In Scotland, the album peaked at number 22. Overall, the album reached number two on the European albums chart in 2001. Reptile (album) </ref> Reptile is the fourteenth solo studio album by Eric Clapton. The album was produced by Eric Clapton with Simon Climie and is Clapton's first album to include keyboard work by Billy Preston and background vocals by the Impressions. The album reached the Top 10 in 20 countries, topping the national album charts in three of them. In total, the album sold more than 2.5"
"to him, with him on it. And I liked the song a lot"". The song was never released by Cale in 1981 and was not released on the 2010 ""Clapton"" studio album. Editor's from the official Clapton fan club ""Where's Eric!"" do believe, that the first recording was made in late 2005 or early 2006, when Clapton and Cale began to work on their collaborative effort ""The Road to Escondido"". Clapton, however, did explain in the ""Old Sock"" interview, that he recorded the song with Cale in 2009 or 2010. The promotional single ""Angel"" was released as a digital download"
"on bass guitar (both members of krautrock group Agitation Free). Clapton emerged in the early 1970s as a singer-songwriter in the ""troubadour"" style of Neil Young and Jackson Browne. In 1972, Clapton returned to Australia and signed a publishing deal with Essex Music and a recording deal with Infinity Records, a subsidiary of Festival Records. His debut single, ""Last Train to Marseilles"", was released in October. Clapton was backed by Red McKelvie (guitar, ex-The Flying Circus), Kenny Kitching (pedal steel), John Capek (piano, ex-Carson) and John Bois (bass guitar) and Tony Bolton (drums), both from Country Radio (see Greg Quill)."
"an album released in July 1970. After a lengthy career hiatus kicking a heroin addiction he returned to the studio to record the album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, released July 1974. Following six more solo albums Clapton released two solo albums with Phil Collins in the 1980s. Clapton also briefly formed a four-man band which recorded two concert videos ""Eric Clapton Live from Montreux"" and ""Eric Clapton and Friends"". Clapton won two Grammy's at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards for his single 'Tears in Heaven' and for his Unplugged album. In 1999 a compilation album about Eric Clapton, , was released."
"Years"") to ""mid-tempo stomps"" (""Help the Poor""). William Ruhlmann at AllMusic noted that ""Riding with the King"" is more about King than Clapton, and that Clapton's role on the album is more of a ""supportive"" one. He also noted that aside from King and Clapton's guitar, there are often two or three additional guitarists on each track. Ruhlmann said that the result is ""effective"", but ""never really stunning"". Dan Moos at PopMatters described the album as a ""strong blues cocktail [...] with one part Mr. Clapton slickness mixed with three parts of Mr. King’s blues stature."" Steve Futterman at Entertainment"
"live appearances over the next two years. Some tracks were recorded for the album, but not included: August (Eric Clapton album) August is the tenth solo studio album by Eric Clapton, released in 1986 by Duck Records/Warner Bros. Records. Primarily produced by Phil Collins, in association with longtime Clapton associate Tom Dowd, ""August"" became Clapton's biggest-selling album to date. Among the songs on the album are the Dowd/Clapton-produced signature tune ""It's in the Way That You Use It"" (co-written with Robbie Robertson, and featured in the Paul Newman-Tom Cruise film ""The Color of Money"" in October 1986, a month before"
"August (Eric Clapton album) August is the tenth solo studio album by Eric Clapton, released in 1986 by Duck Records/Warner Bros. Records. Primarily produced by Phil Collins, in association with longtime Clapton associate Tom Dowd, ""August"" became Clapton's biggest-selling album to date. Among the songs on the album are the Dowd/Clapton-produced signature tune ""It's in the Way That You Use It"" (co-written with Robbie Robertson, and featured in the Paul Newman-Tom Cruise film ""The Color of Money"" in October 1986, a month before the album's release, subsequently reaching No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week) and"
"Journeyman (album) Journeyman is the eleventh solo studio album by Eric Clapton. Heralded as a return to form for Clapton, who had struggled with alcohol addiction and had recently found sobriety, the album has a 1980s electronic sound, but it also includes blues songs like ""Before You Accuse Me"", ""Running on Faith"", and ""Hard Times."" ""Bad Love"" was released as a single, reaching the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart, and being awarded a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1990. ""Pretending"" had also reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart the"
"the Royal Albert Hall, London, performing ""Layla"" and ""Same Old Blues"" before finishing with ""Hey Jude"" alongside fellow English artists Paul McCartney, Elton John, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler and Sting. That autumn, Clapton released the album ""Pilgrim"", the first record featuring new material for almost a decade. In 1996 Clapton had a relationship with singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. They remain friends, and Clapton appeared as a guest on Crow's Central Park Concert. The duo performed a Cream hit single, ""White Room"". Later, Clapton and Crow performed an alternate version of ""Tulsa Time"" with other guitar legends at the Crossroads Guitar Festival"
"working on their self-titled double album (also known as ""the White Album"") for over three months. This period was one of disharmony within the band, following their mixed experiences while attending an advanced course in Transcendental Meditation in India early in the year, a group activity that had been led by Harrison's commitment to Eastern spirituality. Away from his work with the Beatles in 1968, Harrison increasingly spent time with Eric Clapton, leading to occasional musical collaborations between the two guitarists and a lifelong friendship. Having contributed to Harrison's solo album ""Wonderwall Music"", Clapton was invited to play on his"
"Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds, or simply Having a Rave Up, is the second American album by English rock group the Yardbirds. It was released in November 1965, eight months after Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton on guitar. It includes songs with both guitarists and reflects the group's blues rock roots and their early experimentations with psychedelic and hard rock. The title refers to the driving ""rave up"" arrangement the band used in several of their songs. The album contains some of the earliest live recordings with Clapton. Recorded in March"
"would often appear on stage with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends during this period, and he continued to record and tour with them following Blind Faith's August 1969 breakup. Clapton helped broker a new record deal for Delaney and Bonnie with his then-US label, Atco (Atlantic) Records, and performed (with Harrison, Dave Mason, and others) on Delaney and Bonnie's third album, the live ""On Tour with Eric Clapton"" (Atco; recorded in the UK, 7 December 1969, and released in North America in March 1970). This album would be their most successful, reaching number 29 on the ""Billboard"" album chart and"
"Eric Clapton (album) Eric Clapton is the debut solo studio album by British rock musician Eric Clapton, released in August 1970 under Atco and Polydor Records. After being successful with bands including The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith, Clapton recorded an album under his own name in late 1969 and early 1970. The album cover shows Clapton sitting in a room which is going to be decorated and in which a ladder, a chair and some carpets are placed. Clapton holds a cigarette in his right hand and has his Fender Stratocaster Brownie electric guitar"
"tour. In 2001, Fairweather Low accompanied Eric Clapton on his world tour and is featured on the 2002 album ""One More Car, One More Rider"", which also features accompaniment by Billy Preston, Steve Gadd, Nathan East and David Sancious. In 2002, Fairweather Low featured on ""From Clarksdale To Heaven – Remembering John Lee Hooker"" with, amongst others, Jeff Beck, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Peter Green. By 2005, he toured extensively with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. Some of the concerts were recorded for UK television, as part of their ""50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll"" tribute. In April 2005 he"
"British rock group Cream recorded ""Born Under a Bad Sign"" for their third album, ""Wheels of Fire"". The group's record company, which also distributed Stax records, requested that they record it, according to guitarist Eric Clapton. Cream's rendition follows Albert King's, except for bassist and singer Jack Bruce combining two verses into ""I've been down ever since I was ten"" and an extended guitar solo by Clapton. Musicologist Robert Palmer described Clapton's playing as ""practically Albert King parodies"". Cream recorded a live version for the BBC October 24, 1967, which was released on ""BBC Sessions"" in 2003. Another live version"
"she renewed her association with Steve Marriott, recording and touring with his new band Humble Pie (""Rock On""), as well as contributing session musician backing vocals for many notable UK and US recordings including the original 1970 album recording of the rock musical ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", Nick Drake's ""Poor Boy"", and recordings by Dr. John, Graham Nash, Gary Wright, Manassas, Nektar, Jimmy Witherspoon, Nils Lofgren and Eric Burdon. She toured with Eric Clapton, who also produced a number of unreleased sessions with her; during these sessions she met American bassist Fuzzy Samuels of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and they"