Money And Cigarettes [Remaster]

Performer: Eric Clapton
Artist: Ry Cooder; Donald "Duck" Dunn; Albert Lee
Engineer: Michael Carnevale
Producer: Eric Clapton; Tom Dowd
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, electric & slide guitar); Ry Cooder (electric & slide guitar); Albert Lee (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Roger Hawkins (drums); John Sambataro, Chuck Kirkpatrick (background vocals). Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas. Digitally remastered by Keith Blake. Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar); Albert Lee (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards); Chuck Kirkpatrick, John Sambataro (vocals, background vocals); Ry Cooder (guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass guitar); Roger Hawkins (drums). Audio Remasterer: Gregg Geller. Recording information: Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas. Photographer: Graham Hughes. After releasing ANOTHER TICKET and scoring a top 10 hit with "I Can't Stand It," Clapton switched labels and released MONEY AND CIGARETTES. This time out, Clapton's back-up band included Ry Cooder, Brit country-picker Albert Lee and Duck Dunn of Booker T. & The MGs. Continuing the trend of his last album, Clapton wrote most of the songs with the exception of a few covers. Blues icons Sleepy John Estes ("Everybody Oughta Make A Change") and R.G. Ford ("Crosscut Saw") get their due, as does early rock'n'roll pioneer Johnny Otis ("Crazy Country Hop"), whose "Willie & The Hand Jive" Clapton had previously covered. With two technically skilled guitarists like Cooder and Lee to keep him on his toes, Clapton flexes his fretwork considerably more than he had during his mellower '70s singer-songwriter phase. Some of E.C's more nimble-fingered exchanges come on "The Shape You're In" along with "Ain't Going Down," a number that's a barely concealed reworking of "All Along The Watchtower."

Q (5/95, p.124) - 2 Stars - Average - "...a particularly weak set of Clapton originals..."

Over the course of four decades, Eric Clapton has carried the British blues legacy into the mainstream of pop music. From his mid-1960s days with the Yardbirds and John Mayall, through his years as guitar god with Cream and Blind Faith, and eventually to his more laid-back solo albums, Clapton has remained one of rock's most successful musicians. Given his guitar-superstar status, Clapton has played alongside the biggest musical acts of the 20th century, from soloing on the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," to performing at the Band's LAST WALTZ, to recording an album with B.B. King. Overcoming numerous setbacks and tragedies, old Slowhand has settled nicely into a long and prolific career.

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