The Road to Escondido
The Road to Escondido | |||||||||||||||
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Studio album by J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton | |||||||||||||||
Released | 7 November 2006 | ||||||||||||||
Recorded | August 2005 | ||||||||||||||
Genre | Blues, blues rock, the Tulsa Sound | ||||||||||||||
Length | 57:05 | ||||||||||||||
Label | Duck / Reprise | ||||||||||||||
Producer | J.J. Cale, Eric Clapton | ||||||||||||||
J.J. Cale chronology | |||||||||||||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
All About Jazz | [1] |
AllMusic | [2] |
Classic Rock | [3] |
Contactmusic | [4] |
Glide Magazine | [5] |
The Music Box | [6] |
Paste | (favourable)[7] |
Slant Magazine | [8] |
Twisted Ear | [9] |
The Road to Escondido is an album by J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton. It was released on 7 November 2006. Contained on this album are the final recordings of Billy Preston, to whom the album is dedicated.
In 2004, Eric Clapton held the Crossroads Guitar Festival, a three-day festival in Dallas, Texas. Among the performers was J.J. Cale, giving Clapton the opportunity to ask Cale to produce an album for him. The two started working together and eventually decided to record an album. A number of high-profile musicians also agreed to work on the album, including Billy Preston, Derek Trucks, Taj Mahal, Pino Palladino, John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Doyle Bramhall II. In a coup, whether intended or not, the entire John Mayer Trio participated on this album in one capacity or another.
Escondido is a city near Cale's hometown of Valley Center, California, in San Diego County. Eric Clapton owned a mansion in Escondido in the 1980s and early '90s. Cale and Clapton thought it would be a good name for the album because of their dual acquaintanceship with the city.
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2008.
Contents
Track listing
All songs by J.J. Cale except where noted.
- "Danger" – 5:34
- "Heads in Georgia" – 4:12
- "Missing Person" – 4:26
- "When This War Is Over" – 3:49
- "Sporting Life Blues" (Brownie McGhee) – 3:31
- "Dead End Road" – 3:30
- "It's Easy" – 4:19
- "Hard to Thrill" (Eric Clapton, John Mayer) – 5:11
- "Anyway the Wind Blows" – 3:56
- "Three Little Girls" (Clapton) – 2:44
- "Don't Cry Sister" – 3:10
- "Last Will and Testament" – 3:57
- "Who Am I Telling You?" – 4:08
- "Ride the River" – 4:35
Personnel
Musicians
- JJ Cale: Guitars, keyboards, vocals.
- Eric Clapton: Guitars, vocals.
- Derek Trucks: Guitar.
- Jim Karstein: Drums, percussion.
- James Cruce: Drums, Percussion.
- Pino Palladino: Bass guitar
- Steve Jordan: Drums.
- Abe Laboriel, Jr: Drums.
- Gary Gilmore: Bass guitar.
- Willie Weeks: Bass guitar.
- John Mayer: Guitar.
- Albert Lee: Guitar.
- Billy Preston: Hammond Organ, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer.
- Walt Richmond: Piano.
- Doyle Bramhall II: Guitar.
- Nathan East: Bass guitar.
- Christine Lakeland: Guitar, vocals.
- Simon Climie: Percussion.
- David Teegarden: Percussion.
- Taj Mahal: Harmonica.
- Dennis Caplinger: Fiddle.
- Bruce Fowler: Horns.
- Marty Grebb: Horns.
- Steve Madaio: Horns.
- Jerry Peterson: Horns.
Production
- Eric Clapton: Producer, Concept.
- Simon Climie: Programming, Producer, Digital Editing.
- Alan Douglas: Engineer.
- Bob Ludwig: Mastering.
- Mike Kappus: Management.
- Lee Dickson: Guitar Technician.
- Catherine Roylance: Art Direction.
- Joel Evenden: Digital Editing.
- Nigel Carroll: Personal Assistant.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Austria (IFPI Austria)[49] | Gold | 15,000 |
Croatia (HDU)[50] | Platinum | 15,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[51] | Platinum | 40,000 |
Germany (BVMI)[52] | Platinum | 200,000 |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[53] | Platinum | 15,000 |
Italy (FIMI)[54] | Platinum | 80,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] | 2× Platinum | 30,000 |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[56] | Platinum | 80,000 |
Sweden (GLF)[57] | Platinum | 40,000 |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[58] | Gold | 15,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI)[59] | Silver | 60,000 |
United States (RIAA)[60] | Gold | 892,254[61] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[62] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
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External links
- EngvarB from September 2013
- Use dmy dates from September 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Music infoboxes with malformed table placement
- Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters
- Certification Table Entry usages for Austria
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- Certification Table Entry usages for Denmark
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- Certification Table Entry usages for Greece
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- Certification Table Entry usages for United States
- Certification Table Entry usages for Europe
- 2006 albums
- Eric Clapton albums
- Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
- JJ Cale albums
- Reprise Records albums