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Title: Clapton and the King Go Limp
Review: Instead of conjuring the true spirit of the blues that they have both harnessed for most of their careers, Clapton and King have triumphantly succeeded in making an album more representative of the aesthetic of Leo Sayer than Muddy Waters. "Riding With the King" has real problems, namely mediocre sidemen (e.g., Andy Fairweather Low) and poor, sentimental songwriting from Doyle Bramhall. There are two sad things about this album: 1. "Riding with the King" could have been great, because it is conceptually promising; 2. That Clapton and King released this mediocre album shows that both musicians have poor taste as they reach the end of their careers (and I say this most with respect to Clapton, not King).
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