I Still Do (Eric Clapton album)

I Still Do
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)
Genre Rock · Blues · Pop rock
Label Bushbranch/Surfdog
Producer Glyn Johns
Eric Clapton chronology
Slowhand at 70
(2015)		 I Still Do
(2016)

I Still Do is the twenty-third solo studio album by the English rock musician Eric Clapton. The album will be released on May 20, 2016 through Clapton's own independent Bushbranch Records/Surfdog Records label. The album features a combination of new material written by Clapton as well as cover versions of classic songs, contemporary tunes and influences the British recording artist interpreted in his own style.[1][2]

For the album, Clapton reunited with record producer Glyn Johns and had the album's artwork painted by Sir Peter Blake who also previously worked with Clapton.[3] The album follows up to Clapton's global hit album The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale released in summer of 2014,[4] his compilation album Forever Man released in spring of 2015[5] and his also commercially successful concert film and live album Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall released in late 2015.[6]

Background

Reunion with Johns and Blake

The album I Still Do reunites Clapton with veteran record producer Glyn Johns, whose previous production credits include such classic albums as Who's Next (The Who), Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones), Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Joe Cocker) and Desperado (The Eagles). Johns also worked as the audio engineer for landmark albums by Led Zeppelin including their self-titled début album. Johns also produced releases by the Steve Miller Band, Humble Pie, The Clash and Rita Coolidge.[1] Clapton and Johns also worked together in the late 1970s on the multi-Platinum selling albums Slowhand (1977)[7] and Backless (1978) – two releases which contained Clapton favourites such as "Cocaine", "Wonderful Tonight" as well as "Lay Down Sally".[8] According to a press release, Clapton said: "This was a long and overdue opportunity to work with Glyn Johns again and also, incidentally, the 40th anniversary of Slowhand".[9]

Blake previously designed multiple pages of artwork for Clapton's 1991 million-selling live album 24 Nights as well as a photo book,[10] containing all of his drawings of Clapton, his band and the Royal Albert Hall in which the album was recorded from 1990 to 1991.[11]

Appearance of George Harrison

George Harrison (above) and son Dhani Harrison (below).

When the album was announced on February 18, 2016 both fans of Clapton and the press read the albums musicians list which contained "Angelo Mysterioso" as the bottom entry of the credit list.[12] A similar distinctive pseudonym entitled "L'Angelo Mysterioso" was only used by the former Beatle George Harrison when he recorded anonymously a couple of decades ago with other, mostly prominent musicians. The first time Harrison used the nickname was on a recording with the British first-ever Rock super-group Cream. The band and Harrison recorded the version of "Badge" which was later released as a single and on the bands Goodbye album in 1969.[13] Clapton and Harrison stayed close friends and recorded several tunes together including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for The Beatles' White Album as well as songs on Harrison's 1987 release Cloud Nine. The pair even recorded a whole live album together entitled Live in Japan (1992).[14] When the former Beatle died in 2001, Clapton organized the Concert for George the following year.

Numerous publications including Billboard magazine,[15] NME,[16] Uncut magazine,[17] Sky News,[14] The Daily Beast[18] and Contact Music[19] reported the false message. Because both the general and the music press reported the subject very quickly and belief that Harrison would be on the album spread around the world within two days, it especially effected the news reports in the United Kingdom,[18] the United States,[15] Australia,[14] continental Europe[20][21][22][23] and South America.[24][25] Only the American CBS Local Media company and Guitar World reported with a careful speculation rather than absolute conviction.[26][27]

On February 20, 2016 Eric Clapton himself announced on his official Facebook page that it is not true that George Harrison will be performing or singing on the new studio album. In his Facebook post, Clapton wrote: "There is no truth to the rumour that George Harrison plays or sings on the forthcoming album 'I Still Do'". However, Clapton deleted the post from his official page a day after he posted the comment on the then current situation.[28] Clapton's official publicist had refused to confirm or deny whether Harrison was on the album, when Clapton's management was asked about the event on Thursday, February 18, 2016. After Clapton denied any official statement, the media began to speculate whether it might be Dhani Harrison playing on the new release.[29]

A spokesman for Eric Clapton told Examiner.com on March 2, 2016 that neither Clapton himself nor his management or Clapton's record companies will be revealing the actual identity of "Angelo Mysterioso". In a brief statement, the spokesman wrote: "We aren't going to be saying who it is. Now or ever [...]". Also, it was never officially approved or denied if Dhani Harrison appears on the release.[30]

Release and promotion

I Still Do was announced on February 18, 2016.[31] The is album is available as a digital download, a gramophone record and on compact disc. Clapton's independent Bushbranch and Surfdog Records labels distribute the album to worldwide territories.[32]

Track listing

I Still Do – track listing[33]
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Alabama Woman Blues"  Leroy Carr 5:06
2. "Can't Let You Do It"  JJ Cale 3.50
3. "I Will Be There" (featuring Angelo Mysterioso)Paul Brady · John O'Kane 4.37
4. "Spiral"  Eric Clapton 5.04
5. "Catch the Blues"    4:51
6. "Cypress Grove"  Skip James 4:49
7. "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day"  Al Hoffman · Mabel Wayne · Maurice Sigler 3:11
8. "Stones in My Passway"  Robert Johnson 4:03
9. "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine"  Bob Dylan 4:02
10. "I'll Be Alright"    4:23
11. "Somebody's Knockin'"  JJ Cale 5:11
12. "I'll Be Seeing You"  Sammy Fain · Irving Kahal 5:00

Personnel

Taken from the press release.[34]

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