Eric Clapton has become one of the kings of the six string. His guitar work still leaves in awe today many who try to tap into just a taste of that bedazzling blues work.
Clapton has dedicated Reptile to his uncle, and for that he has gone back to his roots once again. “Got You On My Mind” brings you back like home cooking. Ray Charles would be impressed by Clapton’s cover of the deep down “Come Back Baby”. Stevie Wonder gets a revamp as Clapton soars through “I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It”. “I Want A Little Girl” finds Clapton doing what Louis Armstrong perhaps perfected half a decade or so ago.
“Believe In Life” is one of the Clapton originals and quite airy in a line of lots of blues numbers. “Find Myself” has a little ragtime lick. “Son & Sylvia” is a direct dedication to his uncle and his wife. The guitar work is often beautiful, but nothing exemplary considering the legend behind it.
Reptile is at its best when Clapton is putting his touch on old standards. His interpretations may not be the greatest ever done, but they are always genuine. Though Reptile is cut down the middle with covers, the rest being newer Clapton tracks, I have to admit I still enjoyed it, but the new Clapton tracks didn’t always seem up to par with the covers.
+ rae gun
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