J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido (2006) [gnodde]

J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido (2006) [gnodde]



The Road to Escondido is a collaborative studio album by J. J. Cale and Eric Clapton. It was released on 7 November 2006. Contained on this album are the final recordings of keyboardist Billy Preston. The album is jointly dedicated to Preston and Brian Roylance.

In 2004, Eric Clapton held the Crossroads Guitar Festival, a three-day festival in Dallas, Texas. Among the performers was J. J. Cale, giving Clapton the opportunity to ask Cale to produce an album for him. The two started working together and eventually decided to record an album. A number of high-profile musicians also agreed to work on the album, including Billy Preston, Derek Trucks, Taj Mahal, Pino Palladino, John Mayer, Steve Jordan, and Doyle Bramhall II. In a coup, whether intended or not, the entire John Mayer Trio participated on this album in one capacity or another.

Escondido is a city in San Diego County near Cale's home at the time located in the small, unincorporated town of Valley Center, California. Eric Clapton owned a mansion in Escondido in the 1980s and early '90s. The road referenced in the album's title is named Valley Center Road. It runs from Valley Center to Escondido. Cale and Clapton thought it would be a good name for the album because it connected the two locales.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2008.

Tracks:
01 - Danger
02 - Heads in Georgia
03 - Missing Person
04 - When This War Is Over
05 - Sporting Life Blues
06 - Dead End Road
07 - It's Easy
08 - Hard to Thrill
09 - Anyway the Wind Blows
10 - Three Little Girls
11 - Don't Cry Sister
12 - Last Will and Testament
13 - Who Am I Telling You?
14 - Ride the River

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