ric Clapton went down to the crossroads—yet again. Following the disbanding of Cream in 1968, E.C. ping-ponged between a number of projects, including his joining the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith, forging an alternate identity with Derek and The Dominos, and touring as a sideman with Delaney & Bonnie & Friends among them. Amidst all this A-list activity, E.C.’s first solo album with his own name atop the marquee, August 1970’s simply self-titled , seems to have gotten somewhat lost in the blues shuffle over the years, despite housing
