tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post5417654167591598708..comments2024-03-27T03:28:24.204-07:00Comments on Peromyscus: A lien on my soulLyle Hopwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-12651383348740958882008-11-17T05:54:00.000-08:002008-11-17T05:54:00.000-08:00Thanks, Steve! I think it was Cream's Crossroads t...Thanks, Steve! I think it was Cream's Crossroads that made me pick up the RJ discs. And when I got them, I couldn't figure out how Clapton had got from there to his. I still can't, but now I know that's why they used to write "Clapton is God" grafitti, and it doesn't bother me so much. <BR/><BR/>I haven't heard all of Me and Mr. Johnson, but I really should pick that up. (I still like the rockist versions of the sixties and seventies, though!)Lyle Hopwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-28270274977930592802008-11-16T14:13:00.000-08:002008-11-16T14:13:00.000-08:00This was very fun to read, Lyle. I don't know how ...This was very fun to read, Lyle. I don't know how old you are, but I turned 29 this past week. Similar story with my discovery of Robert Johnson. I was probably around 15 or 16 when I decided to buy the 2-CD box set Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings. I was probably into the liner notes more than I was into the recordings themselves. I knew these songs were inspirational to the artists I liked the best and recordings made, like you point out so well, pretty much 30-32 years after Johnson recorded them. But for me, I never really got what was so great about the recordings. I did appreciate the man's guitar work and the fluidity with which he could sing, but I preferred to hear "Sweet Home Chicago" by the Blues Brothers or "Train in Vain" by the Rolling Stones or "Crossroads" by Cream or "Travelling Riverside Blues" by Led Zeppelin (nice catch on the title's spelling, by the way) than listen to the originals I'd scoped out. But I like those recordings more now, probably ever since Clapton released his "Me and Mr. Johnson" album in 2004 with full-band renditions of 14 RJ compositions in their proper keys and tempos and sung almost faithfully like the man himself did. It was a renaissance and rediscovery for me, and I have to credit Mr. Clapton.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and thanks for the link in your post!Steve Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823992972037781146noreply@blogger.com