Clapton Celebrates 20 Years of The Road to Escondido with New Enhanced Edition and Unreleased Tracks

Clapton Celebrates 20 Years of The Road to Escondido with New Enhanced Edition and Unreleased Tracks

Release date: november 20, 2026
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​Eric Clapton is revisiting his celebrated collaboration with J.J. Cale for its 20th anniversary. The Road to Escondido: Enhanced Edition arrives November 20 via Bushbranch/Surfdog Records, expanding the original 2006 album with three previously unreleased tracks from the sessions, three live cuts from Live in San Diego, and new liner notes. The release will be available digitally, on 180‑gram Rusty Red & Sky Blue vinyl, and on CD.

The first preview, “Roll On,” one of the newly unearthed studio recordings featuring Billy Preston and John Mayer, is out now along with a new music video.
Originally released in 2006, The Road to Escondido marked the long‑awaited studio partnership between Clapton and Cale, two artists whose mutual admiration had stretched across decades. The album’s sound blended blues, rock, country, and folk into a laid‑back, unmistakably Cale‑and‑Clapton hybrid.

Reflecting on Cale’s influence, Clapton notes, “People are unaware of how important he is in the tree of musical history throughout the U.S. and the world, and the effect he’s had on people, in a very subtle way, in the way they sing, play guitar, and make records.”
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Eric Clapton The Road To Escondido: Enhanced Edition Tracklisting:

Danger
Heads In Georgia
Missing Person
When This War Is Over
Sporting Life Blues
Dead End Road
It’s Easy
Hard To Thrill
Anyway The Wind Blows
Three Little Girls
Don’t Cry Sister
Last Will And Testament
Who Am I Telling You?
Ride The River
Wrong No More (Bonus Track)
I Got To Find My Baby (Bonus Track)
Roll On (Bonus Track)
Who Am I Telling You? (Live in San Diego)
Anyway The Wind Blows (Live in San Diego)
Don’t Cry Sister (Live in San Diego)

Website:
ericclapton.com


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