"Riding with the King" (CD)
Two generations' greatest blues guitarists didn't go into the studio together until 2000, 52 years into B.B.'s career and 38 years into Clapton's. What came out of those studio sessions is a glossy, well-packaged romp through several blues standards.
Underwhelmed is the word I'll use for this album. In theory, it should have been crazy nuts, but it feels tamed, middle-aged and overly produced. It sounds very nice on my stereo, but there a parts of me that feel it shouldn't sound quite so nice. There's no grit. No dirt under the fingernails.
It's not a bad album, but it's not great.
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