Several video/audio samples from Eric Clapton's new album, Old Sock, are now available on YouTube, including this one — his cover of Gary Moore's "Still Got the Blues."
Eric Clapton is streaming the entire album online at at this location. Old Sock will be released March 12 on Clapton's Bushbranch label. It will be his first studio album since 2010's Clapton.
Of the album's 12 tracks, 10 are covers, including "Angel" (featuring JJ Cale), "Get On Over" (featuring Chaka Khan) and Moore's "Still Got the Blues" (featuring Steve Winwood, Clapton's former Blind Faith bandmate). The album's two new original tunes are "Every Little" and "Gotta Get Over."
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