Eric Clapton, Me and Mr. Johnson.

Eric Clapton, Me and Mr. Johnson (Reprise)

Mr. Johnson of course is Delta poet/singer/ songwriter Robert Johnson, whose singular power as a performer is swathed in mystery and not a few legends. Cream cut multiple Johnson covers in its short life, so Me and Mr. Johnson can be considered Clapton's sense of roots--a spiritual homecoming at the least. Clapton assembles a crack band (Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Billy Preston, Andy Fairweather Low, Jim Keltner) and revisits half of Johnson's known recorded output with reverence, awe, and a whole kettle full of serious bootie, chil'.