Review
While no one would deny that music can affect people, it's not often that it can make them question their religious convictions. But listening to this album, one can't help but wonder: If Eric Clapton is God, and he's inspired and influenced by B.B. King, what does that make King? It's worth pondering as one listens to this engaging album, on which the two blues masters trade licks on a couple of B.B.'s originals as well as such covers as Bill Broonzy's "Key to the Highway" and Isaac Hayes' "Hold on I'm Coming." As with Clapton's equally impressive From the Cradle collection, some tunes are a bit upbeat and overly slick, but there are some truly inspired moments -- most notably the aforementioned covers -- when the dynamic duo strips things down to an almost Robert Johnson level of rawness. Granted, it may not answer the religious question, but it will make the pondering that much sweeter.

-- Paul Semel, CDNOW