Artist: ERIC CLAPTON
Album: JOURNEYMAN (CD)

Release date: 1989
EAN/UPS: 0075992607421
Media type: CD

Released immediately following the elaborate Crossroads box set, Journeyman is EC's way of feigning humility while cranking out the blues for his attentive audience. Featuring the help of famous sidemen George Harrison, Phil Collins, Robert Cray, Chaka Khan, and David Sanborn, Journeyman is less a superstar romp than a moderate collection of songs tastefully produced and economically performed. Flashes of Clapton's lead work burst through while his singing remains modest. The cover of "Before You Accuse Me" is heartfelt and while Clapton may at this point be incapable of delivering the down and dirty power of jukejoint blues, he still manages to find a little bit o' soul among the pickings.

TRACKLIST CD:


    "Pretending" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:48
    "Anything for Your Love" (Williams) – 4:16
    "Bad Love" (Eric Clapton, Mick Jones) – 5:11
    "Running on Faith" (Williams) – 5:27
    "Hard Times" (Ray Charles) – 3:00
    "Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:26
    "No Alibis" (Williams) – 5:32
    "Run So Far" (George Harrison) – 4:06
    "Old Love" (Clapton, Robert Cray) – 6:25
    "Breaking Point" (Marty Grebb, Williams) – 5:37
    "Lead Me On" (Cecil Womack, Linda Womack) – 5:52
    "Before You Accuse Me" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:55

LINE-UP:

    Eric Clapton – guitar, lead vocals
    Nathan East – bass guitar (1, 2, 4-7, 9-12), backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
    Pino Palladino – bass guitar (3)
    Darryl Jones – bass guitar (8)
    Jimmy Bralower – drum programming (1, 7, 8)
    Jim Keltner – drums (2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), percussion (6), tambourine (9), drum programming (8, 10)
    Phil Collins – drums, backing & harmony vocals (3)
    Steve Ferrone – drums (4, 5, 11), hi-hat (10)
    Carole Steele – congas (1), tambourine (4), percussion (7, 10, 11)
    Gary Burton – vibraphone (9)
    Jerry Lynn Williams – guitar, backing & harmony vocals (1)
    Robert Cray – guitar (2, 6, 9, 12), guitar solo (9, 12)
    Phil Palmer – guitar (3)
    John Tropea – rhythm guitar (5)
    George Harrison – guitar & harmony vocals (8)
    Cecil Womack – acoustic guitar & vocals (11)
    Jeff Bova – synth horns (1), synth organ (1), synth programming (2, 10), drum programming (10), sequenced bass (10), sequenced organ (10)
    Alan Clark – synth horns (1), Hammond organ (1, 4), sequenced bass (1), keyboards (3), synthesizer (8), synth strings (9)
    Robbie Kondor – harmonica (2), keyboards (2), vocoder (2), drum programming (2), synthesizer (6, 12), synth programming (7, 8), synth piano (9)
    Rob Mounsey – synthesizer (8)
    Robby Kilgore – synthesizer (11)
    Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (1, 4, 5), keyboards (2, 10), backing vocals (4, 7), synthesizer (8)
    Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 6, 7, 9, 12), Fender Rhodes (11)
    David Sanborn – alto saxophone (10)
    Arif Mardin – horn arrangement (5), string arrangements (11)
    Hank Crawford – alto saxophone (5)
    Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (5)
    David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (5)
    Jon Faddis – trumpet (5)
    Lew Soloff – trumpet (5)
    Chaka Khan – backing vocals (1, 7)
    Tessa Niles – backing vocals (3)
    Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (3)
    Lani Groves – backing vocals (4, 7)
    Daryl Hall – harmony vocals (7)
    Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (10)
    Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals (10)
    Linda Womack – vocals (11)
    Rev. Timothy Wright Washington Temple Concert Choir – choir (4)
    Roger Forrester & Friends – dog barking (6)