Eric Clapton "Old Sock"

 

Man, it smells like it, too.  You know, the sweaty one hidden in the bottom of your gym locker for a week or two.   

This is just awful.  Waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too much reggae.  Ten covers, two originals, neither written by EC.  Doyle Bramhall II (Sheryl Crow, Tedeschi & Trucks, Michael McDonald) was one of the co-writers and I generally enjoy what he does, but half way through the first original was as far as I could get.  Second one?  Approximately 35 seconds before I dumped it.  Thought I'd at least keep the version of Gary Moore's "Still Got The Blues" but nope.  Horrible. 

He's going to sell records no matter what he does and this will prove it.  Debuted at #7 but I expect a steep nosedive back down the charts.  He performed the first original at a recent Nashville concert but nothing else from "Smelly Hosiery," and another show didn't have the first tune from it. 

Maybe EC knows it's a contractual turd as well...