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[20 years later, that effortless laid-back groove is back! Old blues lovers are shaking their glasses night after night at the news that Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale's masterpiece "The Road to Escondido" is getting an expanded reissue] Pouring cheap bourbon into a glass late at night and listening to the ice clink, there are nights when you get an overwhelming yearning for company. Well, to be precise, it's that extremely selfish kind of night unique to single middle-aged men: "I can't be bothered dealing with actual people, but I want to bathe in the sound of someone plucking a guitar." Into that parched throat came news that acts like the ultimate, exquisite remedy. Word has it that "The Road to Escondido," the 2006 collaborative masterpiece by Eric Clapton and the late, legendary laid-back artisan J.J. Cale, will be released in November via Bushbranch/Surfdog Records as "The Road to Escondido: Enhanced Edition" to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Honestly, the moment I saw this news flash on my smartphone screen in my cramped living room, I let out an involuntary mutter of "Oh come on, you've got to be kidding..." and earned a cold stare from my pet cat. Twenty years ago, I still had a little bit of dark hair left and some baseless hope for the future. Time flies faster than a 12-bar blues, and it's enough to make you dizzy. …