Hi Jim,
Man, this is a tough crowd!
Not really -it is pretty lukewarm, after all. I don't even see how someone found a comparison between that and anything by BB King, but even if they did - do what? Blues players, like all musicians, steal from eachother all the time.
I won't be buying it anytime soon, but I'm not disappointed either. It's pretty much in the vein of the "acoustic direction" in which he moves from time to time, and especially lately. Clapton fans will like it - after all, what one expect him to do with it? Anybody else will take-it-or-leave-it, me thinks. If it weren't Clapton, I don't think even Clapton fans would give it a second listen - there's nothing terribly wrong with it, but there's nothing special, either.
Perhaps if he had included Willie Nelson on the track....
best,
Bobby
