JJ CALE & ERIC CLAPTON - THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO

THREE LITTLE GIRLS

JJ CALE & ERIC CLAPTON

SONGWRITERS: ERIC CLAPTON

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO

LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK CLÁSSICO

YEAR: 2006

The Road to Escondido is an album by J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton. It was released on 7 November 2006. Contained on this album are the final recordings of Billy Preston, to whom the album is dedicated.

In 2004, Eric Clapton held the Crossroads Guitar Festival, a three-day festival in Dallas, Texas. Among the performers was J.J. Cale, giving Clapton the opportunity to ask Cale to produce an album for him. The two started working together and eventually decided to record an album. A number of high-profile musicians also agreed to work on the album, including Billy Preston, Derek Trucks, Taj Mahal, Pino Palladino, John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Doyle Bramhall II. In a coup, whether intended or not, the entire John Mayer Trio participated on this album in one capacity or another.

Escondido is a city near Cale's hometown of Valley Center, California, in San Diego County. Eric Clapton owned a mansion in Escondido in the 1980s and early '90s. Cale and Clapton thought it would be a good name for the album because of their dual acquaintanceship with the city.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2008.

When this world got me feeling low

I don't need nowhere else to go

Cause I get all the love I need, from

Three little girls

We're in the garden collecting snails

On the bed reading fairy tales

I get all I'll ever need from

Three little girls

Cause all my world was sad and weary

All my days were winding down

Then you showed me a better way

My three little girls

Lord, you've put me to the test

And lead me through the wilderness

Then you showed me a brighter day

With Three little girls

Julie Rose, and Ellie Mae,

Sophie Belle, You came to stay

You take my breath away

My three little girls

Cause all my world was sad and weary

All my days were winding down

You showed me a better way

My three little girls

Three little girls