Live, intimate, and raw, Sessions For Robert J is the essential audio/video companion to Eric Clapton's 2004 gold, Top 10 Me And Mr. Johnson, tribute to blues legend Robert Johnson. Filmed during tour rehearsals in London and Dallas plus a Los Angeles hotel room and the Dallas warehouse where Johnson made some of his final recordings, Sessions for Robert J finds Clapton performing all Robert Johnson songs with his touring band, acoustically with Doyle Bramhall II and solo-as well as discussing Johnson and his influence. A performance/documentary DVD with 14 tracks (from which the 11 CD selections are taken), Sessions for Robert J is blues heaven.
Direction
Filmed where Johnson recorded—locations as characters.
Sound
Raw acoustic spaces, no studio polish.
Acting
Clapton's vulnerable reverence for his invisible mentor.
Director
Chris Hilson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Johnson recorded only 29 songs before dying at 27, yet became the phantom father of rock guitar—Clapton literally built his career on 'Crossroads'.
The Dallas warehouse location was so unmarked that crew initially passed it three times; Clapton insisted on authenticity over convenience.
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