Me and Mr. Johnson

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Me and Mr. Johnson

Tribute album by Eric Clapton
Released	March 23, 2004 (Me and Mr. Johnson) December 4, 2004 (Sessions for Robert J.)
Recorded	2003-2004
Genre	Blues rock
Length	49:31
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Eric Clapton & Simon Climie
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Eric Clapton chronology
One More Car, One More Rider (2002)	Me and Mr. Johnson (2004)	Back Home (2005)
Alternate cover

Sessions for Robert J. DVD cover

Me and Mr. Johnson is a blues album by Eric Clapton released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). The album is a tribute to legendary bluesman Robert Johnson.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Sessions for Robert J
- 3.1 Track listing
  - 3.1.1 CD
  - 3.1.2 DVD

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Robert Johnson.

"When You Got a Good Friend" – 3:20
"Little Queen of Spades" – 4:57
"They're Red Hot" – 3:25
"Me and the Devil Blues" – 2:56
"Traveling Riverside Blues" – 4:31
"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" – 2:35
"Stop Breakin' Down Blues" – 2:30
"Milkcow's Calf Blues" – 3:18
"Kind Hearted Woman Blues" – 4:06
"Come on in My Kitchen" – 3:35
"If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" – 3:27
"Love in Vain" – 4:02
"32-20 Blues" – 2:58
"Hell Hound on My Trail" – 3:51

[edit] Personnel

Eric Clapton - guitar and vocals
Lee Dickson - guitar technician
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar
Doyle Bramhall II - guitar
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
Billy Preston - keyboards
Nathan East - bass
Steve Gadd - drums

[edit] Sessions for Robert J

In late 2004, a companion project, Sessions for Robert J, was released on CD/DVD. It features Clapton and the band performing additional takes of songs from Me and Mr. Johnson, as well as others not on the album, including "From Four 'Til Late", "Terraplane Blues", "Ramblin' on my Mind", "Sweet Home Chicago", and "Stones in my Passway". Several songs are performed solo by Clapton on acoustic guitar. Between sessions, Clapton discusses Johnson's profound influence on him and other musicians. One notable segment features Clapton performing in the hotel room in Dallas, Texas, that served as a make-shift studio in 1937 for Johnson to cut his legendary recordings.