Eric Clapton - No Reason To Cry CD used

Zugegeben, ich bin kein riesiger Clapton Fan. Ein paar Sachen mag ich, Derek & The Dominoes zum Beispiel, wahrscheinlich wegen Duane Allman. Und ganz besonders diese hier von 1976. Und warum? Weil hier Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko und Richard Manuel von The Band entscheidend mitwirken. Und The Band sind eben meine absolute Lieblingsband.

Als Clapton Music From Big Pink hörte, wollte er alles stehen und liegen lassen und bei The Band als Gitarrist einsteigen. Aber die waren mit Robertson ja gut versorgt und da war wohl mehr der Wunsch der Vater des Gedanken.

Egal, ich liebe diese CD so sehr, weil sie den Band-Vibe hat. Durchweg relaxt und ganz wundervoll. Bob Dylan soll wohl dabei sein, Ron Wood auch, Marcy Levy singt einen gospeligen Track und hier mag ich sogar den Slow Blues Double Trouble aus der Feder von Otis Rush.

Die CD hat zudem einen unveröffentlichten Bonustrack.
Auch als Vinyl am Lager.

 

„When he gave a speech inducting the Band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Eric Clapton said that after he heard their debut album, Music from Big Pink, he wanted to join the group, the fact that they already had a guitarist in Robbie Robertson notwithstanding. In the winter of 1975-1976, when he cut No Reason to Cry at the Band's Shangri-La Studio in Malibu, California, he came as close as he ever would to realizing that desire. Clapton is a musical chameleon; though some of No Reason to Cry is identifiable as the kind of pop/rock Clapton had been making since the start of his solo career (the best of it being "Hello Old Friend," which became his first Top 40 single in two years), the most memorable music on the album occurs when Clapton is collaborating with members of the Band and other guests. He duets with Band bassist Rick Danko on Danko's "All Our Past Times," and with Bob Dylan on Dylan's "Sign Language," as Robertson's distinctive lead guitar is heard rather than Clapton's. As a result, the album is a good purchase for fans of Bob Dylan and the Band, but not necessarily for those of Eric Clapton.“ (Allmusic Guide)