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Title: Very disappointing
Review: Most songs on this CD are rather good, especially those which are sung solely by B.B. King. Real blues songs are songs where melancholy and the struggle with life are eminent and B.B. King is one of the best performers in the genre. Eric Clapton is a most exquisite guitarist, but I am sorry to say it, he can't sing (at least not the blues). In the songs on which he features next to B.B. King the magic of the blues is gone and annoyance and anger take their place. The final track Come rain or come shine is a pinnacle of musical poverty.Moreover, the sound quality of this record is rather poor. All instruments are taken on one line, there is hardly any subtlety, there's no stage, the voices are explicitely coming from the right or from the left, the songs where the voice of B.B. King is nicely centered are rare.
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