Eric Clapton has never shied away from giving credit where it’s due, and his latest project “Old Sock” is no exception. His 21st solo studio album features the guitar great’s take on 10 favorite songs from throughout his life, along with two new tunes.
Clapton stretches out on a variety of sounds and styles, pulling up the reggae undertones of Taj Mahal’s “Further on Down the Road,” taking an uncharacteristic honky-tonk turn on the country standard “Born to Lose” and dabbling in vintage show tunes on the 1937 Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein ballad “The Folks Who Live on the Hill.”
“Old Sock,” due March 12 on Bushbranch/Surfdog, has plenty of more familiar fare, too: the new song “Gotta Get Over” is a big, bluesy rocker soaked in electric guitar and soulful backing vocals, while Clapton limbers up his slide-guitar skills on a version of Leadbelly’s classic “Goodnight Irene.”
Hear those songs and more with Speakeasy’s exclusive premiere of the entire album, which is available for preorder through iTunes and Amazon. What do you think of “Old Sock?” Leave your thoughts in the comments.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/05/exclusive-hear-eric-claptons-new-album-old-sock-first/
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