From the Cradle

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From the Cradle
From the Cradle cover
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released Sept 13 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Blues
Length 60:10
Label Reprise Records
Producer(s) Eric Clapton & Russ Titelman
Professional reviews
Eric Clapton chronology
Unplugged
(1992)		 From the Cradle
(1994)		 Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies
(1996)


From the Cradle is a blues album by Eric Clapton released in 1994. All the songs are covers. Per the liner notes, "This is a live recording with no overdubs or edits except for dobro overdub on 'How Long Blues' and drum overdub on 'Motherless Child'." Although long associated with the blues, From the Cradle was his first attempt at an all-blues album. He had however previously recorded mostly blues albums in other bands, notably Bluesbreakers and Layla. He would subsequently record Riding with the King with B. B. King and a tribute to Robert Johnson, Me and Mr. Johnson. Both are full blues albums.

Television video footage exists of Eric and the band performing for the camera, towards the end of their practice sessions before touring with the music of this album. Although no audience is present, the performance is electric and, as Eric points out on film, the band are playing so well, it would be a shame not to record it.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Blues Before Sunrise" (Leroy Carr) – 2:58
  2. "Third Degree" (Boyd/Willie Dixon) – 5:07
  3. "Reconsider Baby" (Lowell Fulson) – 3:20
  4. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 3:16
  5. "Five Long Years" (Boyd) – 4:47
  6. "I'm Tore Down" (Thompson) – 3:02
  7. "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 3:09
  8. "Goin' Away Baby" (Lane) – 4:00
  9. "Blues Leave Me Alone" (Lane) – 3:36
  10. "Sinner's Prayer" (Fulson/Glenn) – 3:20
  11. "Motherless Child" (Traditional) – 2:57
  12. "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) – 3:17
  13. "Someday after a While" (Freddie King/Thompson) – 4:27
  14. "Standin' Round Crying" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:39
  15. "Driftin'" (Brown/Johnny Moore/Williams) (The Drifters) – 3:10
  16. "Groaning The Blues" (Willie Dixon) – 6:05

[edit] Personnel

  • Eric Clapton - Guitar and vocals
  • Dave Bronze - Bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner - Drums
  • Andy Fairweather-Low - Guitar
  • Jerry Portnoy - Harmonica
  • Chris Stainton - Keyboards
  • Roddy Lorimer - Trumpet
  • Simon Clarke - Baritone Sax
  • Tim Sanders - Tenor Sax
  • Richie Hayward - percussion on "How Long Blues"
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