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Old Sock is the twenty-first studio album by Eric Clapton .[ 12] It includes the two new compositions "Gotta Get Over " and "Every Little Thing ", as well as covers. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood , JJ Cale and Paul McCartney .
Background
It includes two new compositions ("Gotta Get Over " and "Every Little Thing "), and covers of some of his favourite songs from childhood to the current day. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood , JJ Cale and Paul McCartney .[ 13] This is Cale's final major recorded contribution before his death in July 2013. It reached No. 11 in the UK Album Chart and No. 7 in the U.S. Clapton explained in an interview with the BBC that he came up with the album title after a conversation with David Bowie . The album cover is a selfie Clapton took with his iPhone while on holiday in Antigua.[ 14]
Track listing
"Further on Down the Road" (featuring Taj Mahal ) (Taj Mahal, Jesse E. Davis)
"Angel " (featuring J.J. Cale ) (Cale)
"The Folks Who Live on the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern )
"Gotta Get Over " (featuring Chaka Khan ) (Doyle Bramhall II , Justin Stanley , Nikka Costa )
"Till Your Well Runs Dry" (Peter Tosh )
"All of Me " (Featuring Paul McCartney ) (Gerald Marks , Seymour Simons )
"Born to Lose" (Ted Daffan )
"Still Got the Blues " (featuring Steve Winwood ) (Gary Moore )
"Goodnight Irene " (Huddie Ledbetter , John A. Lomax, Sr. )
"Your One and Only Man " (Otis Redding )
"Every Little Thing " (Doyle Bramhall II , Justin Stanley , Nikka Costa )
"Our Love Is Here to Stay " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin )
"No Sympathy " (Bonus Track) (Tosh)
Personnel
Eric Clapton – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar , 12-string guitar , dobro , mandolin
Doyle Bramhall II – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar , mandolin, backing vocals
Willie Weeks – bass guitar, upright bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Walt Richmond – upright piano , keyboards
Greg Leisz – pedal steel , mandolin
Chris Stainton – clavinet , Fender Rhodes , Wurlitzer , Hammond B3 organ
Taj Mahal – harmonica, banjo
Jim Keltner – drums
Steve Winwood – Hammond B3 organ
J.J. Cale – guitar, vocals on "Angel"
Paul McCartney – upright bass, vocals
Abe Laboriel Jr – drums
Tim Carmon – Hammond B3 organ, chord organ
Henry Spinetti – drums
Justin Stanley – clavinet, mellotron , drums
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Matt Rollings – keyboards
Simon Climie – percussion, piano
Frank Marocco – accordion
Gabe Witcher – fiddle
Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
Joseph Sublett – tenor saxophone
Nicholas Lane – trombone
Sal Cracchiolo – trumpet
Sharon White – backing vocals
Michelle John – backing vocals
Chaka Khan – guest vocals on "Gotta Get Over"
Julie Clapton – guest vocals
Ella Clapton – guest vocals
Sophie Clapton – guest vocals
Nikka Costa – guest vocals
Wendy Moten – guest vocals
Lisa Vaughan – guest vocals
Nick Ingman – string arrangements
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
All information from CD booklet (Bushbranch catalogue #2-18015)
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