On November 7, 1989, “Duck” label released “Journeyman”, the eleventh Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Russ Tielman. Clapton won “Grammy Award” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” in 1990 for the song “Bad Love”. “Journeyman” became the first Clapton’s solo studio album to go double platinum.

Personnel:

• Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar, Dobro, design
• Robert Cray– guitar
• Phil Palmer– guitar
• John Tropea– rhythm guitar
• George Harrison– guitar, harmony vocals
• Cecil Womack– vocals, acoustic guitar
• Jerry Lynn Williams– guitar, backing and harmony vocals
• Jeff Bova– synthesizer programming, drum programming, synthesizer horns
• Alan Clark– synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
• Robbie Kondor– synthesizer, harmonica, keyboards, vocoder, drum programming
• Rob Mounsey– synthesizer
• Robby Kilgore – synthesizer
• Greg Phillinganes– synthesizer, piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Richard Tee– piano, Fender Rhodes
• Nathan East– bass, backing vocals
• Pino Palladino- bass
• Jim Keltner– percussion, drums, tambourine, drum programming
• Phil Collins– drums , backing and harmony vocals
• Carole Steele – percussion, conga, tambourine
• Gary Burton– vibraphone
• David Sanborn– alto saxophone
• Hank Crawford– alto saxophone
• Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone
• David “Fathead” Newman– tenor saxophone
• Jon Faddis– trumpet
• Lew Soloff– trumpet
• Linda Womack– vocals
• Daryl Hall– harmony vocals
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
• Lani Groves – backing vocals
• Chaka Khan– backing vocals
• Tessa Niles– backing vocals
• Vanessa Thomas – backing vocals
• Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
• Arif Mardin– arrangements, string arrangements

Track listing:

1. Pretending – Jerry Lynn Williams
2. Anything for Your Love – Jerry Lynn Williams
3. Bad Love – Eric Clapton, Mick Jones
4. Running on Faith – Jerry Lynn Williams
5. Hard Times – Ray Charles
6. Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
7. No Alibis – Jerry Lynn Williams
8. Run So Far – George Harrison
9. Old Love – Eric Clapton, Robert Cray
10. Breaking Point – Marty Grebb, Jerry Lynn Williams
11. Lead Me On – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
12. Before You Accuse Me – Ellas McDaniel