One More Car, One More Rider

AMG Review of One More Car, One More Rider

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Eric Clapton had a fierce testimonial to the lues with From the Cradle, but One More Car, One More Rider arrives nearly a decade later, and the difference is stunning. Though he goes through the motions of playing the lues -- a cutting version of the perennial "Key to the Highway," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Goin' Down Slow," among others here -- the heart of this album is closer to the NPR instrumental jam of "Reptile" than lues. This is mannered, "classy" playing, and the song selection favors either warhorses or recent hits.