THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO

'''The Road to Escondido''' is an album by J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton. It was released on November 7, 2006. Contained on this album are the final recordings of Billy Preston, to whom the album is dedicated.
In 2004 Eric Clapton held a three day festival in Dallas, Texas, called The Crossroads Guitar Festival, which featured J.J. Cale. This gave Clapton the opportunity to ask Cale to produce an album for him. The two started working together and eventually decided to record together. A number of high profile musicians also agreed to work on the album, including Billy Preston, Pino Palladino, Derek Trucks, Taj Mahal, John Mayer, and Doyle Bramhall II.
Escondido is a city in California's San Diego County and abuts Cale's hometown of Valley Center, California.

Contents

Track listing

Background

Personnel

Production

External links

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" (Eric 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

Background

Personnel

★ J.J. Cale: Guitars, keyboards, vocals.

★ Eric Clapton: Guitars, vocals.

★ Jim Karstein: Drums, percussion.

★ James Cruce: Drums, Percussion.

★ Steve Jordan: Drums.

★ Abraham Laboriel Jr.: Drums.

★ Gary Gilmore: Bass guitar.

★ Willie Weeks: Bass guitar.

★ Nathan East: Bass guitar.

★ Pino Palladino: Bass guitar.

★ Billy Preston: Hammond Organ, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer.

★ Walt Richmond: Piano.

★ Doyle Bramhall II: Guitar.

★ Derek Trucks: Guitar. (Track 3)

★ John Mayer: Guitar.

★ Albert Lee: 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.

External links

★ J.J. Cale official website

★ Eric Clapton official website

★ Review on ''Modern Guitars'' Magazine