Old Sock

Old Sock
Studio album by Eric Clapton
Released	12 March 2013
Recorded	2012-2013
Genre	Rock, blues, reggae
Length	68:16
Label	Surfdog/Duck/ADA (U.S.)/Polydor (EU)
Producer	Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Simon Climie
Eric Clapton chronology
Clapton (2010) Old Sock (2013) The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (2014)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
Exclaim!	3/10[4]
The Independent	[5]
The Independent on Sunday	[6]
London Evening Standard	[7]
musicOMH	[8]
The Observer	[9]
Popmatters	5/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]

Old Sock is the twenty-first studio album by Eric Clapton.^[12] It includes the two new compositions "Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing", as well as covers. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney.

Background

It includes two new compositions ("Gotta Get Over" and "Every Little Thing"), and covers of some of his favourite songs from childhood to the current day. Several notable musicians were involved in the album, including Steve Winwood, JJ Cale and Paul McCartney.^[13] This is Cale's final major recorded contribution before his death in July 2013. It reached No. 11 in the UK Album Chart and No. 7 in the U.S. Clapton explained in an interview with the BBC that he came up with the album title after a conversation with David Bowie. The album cover is a selfie Clapton took with his iPhone while on holiday in Antigua.^[14]

Track listing

1. "Further on Down the Road" (featuring Taj Mahal) (Taj Mahal, Jesse E. Davis)
2. "Angel" (featuring J.J. Cale) (Cale)
3. "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
4. "Gotta Get Over" (featuring Chaka Khan) (Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa)
5. "Till Your Well Runs Dry" (Peter Tosh)
6. "All of Me" (Featuring Paul McCartney) (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons)
7. "Born to Lose" (Ted Daffan)
8. "Still Got the Blues" (featuring Steve Winwood) (Gary Moore)
9. "Goodnight Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Sr.)
10. "Your One and Only Man" (Otis Redding)
11. "Every Little Thing" (Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa)
12. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
13. "No Sympathy" (Bonus Track) (Tosh)

Personnel

• Eric Clapton – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, dobro, mandolin
• Doyle Bramhall II – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Willie Weeks – bass guitar, upright bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Walt Richmond – upright piano, keyboards
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel, mandolin
• Chris Stainton – clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3 organ
• Taj Mahal – harmonica, banjo
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Steve Winwood – Hammond B3 organ
• J.J. Cale – guitar, vocals on "Angel"
• Paul McCartney – upright bass, vocals
• Abe Laboriel Jr – drums
• Tim Carmon – Hammond B3 organ, chord organ
• Henry Spinetti – drums
• Justin Stanley – clavinet, mellotron, drums
• Matt Chamberlain – drums
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Simon Climie – percussion, piano
• Frank Marocco – accordion
• Gabe Witcher – fiddle
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
• Joseph Sublett – tenor saxophone
• Nicholas Lane – trombone
• Sal Cracchiolo – trumpet
• Sharon White – backing vocals
• Michelle John – backing vocals
• Chaka Khan – guest vocals on "Gotta Get Over"
• Julie Clapton – guest vocals
• Ella Clapton – guest vocals
• Sophie Clapton – guest vocals
• Nikka Costa – guest vocals
• Wendy Moten – guest vocals
• Lisa Vaughan – guest vocals
• Nick Ingman – string arrangements

Charts and certifications

References

• All information from CD booklet (Bushbranch catalogue #2-18015)