Eric Clapton: From The Cradle - 1994
The tracks are all copper-bottomed blues covers and are delivered in unsurprisingly convincing manner.
The musicianship from Clapton and his band is superb, although Eric's voice can't replicate that of Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters, but then it never could. Not that that really matters, however, because Eric is singing here as a blues fan, paying homage to the music he has always loved.
Highlights are many, particularly the much-covered Hoochie Coochie Man, Reconsider Baby, I'm Tore Down, How Long Blues, Motherless Child, Driftin' Blues and Groaning The Blues. As with many albums from this era, though, it is probably fifteen minutes too long.