If only because of his imitators-he's the man who gave Dire Straits their guitar sound, for example-J.J. Cale ought to have a higher profile than he does. Of course if he did, dusting off his old releases and giving them a spin wouldn't seem such a treat, now would it.This tune is a perfect evocation of it's title.
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Coincidence or not, the phrase "laid back" crept into common use right around the time of J.J. Cale's first album. Nearly everyone but Cale missed the point. "Laid back" wasn't a synonym for "slow"; it was a frame of mind that applied to any tempo. A fast song could be "laid back" as easily as a slow one. It all hinged on the approach. Cale arrived at a time when entire sides of LP's were consu...
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Buried near the end of his 1972 Release "Naturally" I had forgotten about this little ditty until it popped up on my ipod while I was out jogging today
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J.J. Cale is back with his 14th solo CD and it's a good listen."Roll On is JJ Cale's first batch of new solo material since 2004's To Tulsa and Back and comes on the heels of his gold selling 2006 collaboration with Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido, which also earned him his first Grammy. Comprised of 12 new songs, including the previously unreleased title track recorded with Eric Clapton, R...
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A friend of mine who works for Eric Clapton just called me all exited because he got word that The Road to Escondido had won the Grammy for best contemporary blues album. Eric's won plenty of Grammies but what they're all stoked about is that this'll be the first Grammy win for Eric's partner on the record, J.J. Cale. Most people just know his work because of songs he wrote that other people ha...
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It was recently announced a collection of rare J.J. Cale (not to be confused with Velvet Underground's John Cale) tracks from his early years will be released October 2nd, according to his publicist.The compilation, entitled ??Rewind: Unreleased Recordings??, showcases Cale as one of the originators of not just the "Tulsa Sound":TS, but of modern rock as we know it.??J.J. Cale??The tracks had ...
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Ever since I got the JJ Cale/Clapton collaboration, I've been listening to A LOT of JJ Cale - I've always liked his music and I own a number of his albums, but I had gotten into rather a rut in that when I wanted to listen to him I'd cue up _Guitar Man_(a great album in its own right) by default. Over the past couple of weeks, though, I have rediscovered _5_ and I can't tell you how glad I am ...
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this guy rocks. he's from tulsa, oklahoma, my home town and probably gets less credit than he deserves. although, some greats have recongnized his talent like eric clapton, neil young, widespread panic, yonder mountain string band, and who knows how many others. if you recognize the songs cocaine, after midnight, and ride me high then you've heard his tunes. check him outwikipedia has a nic...
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“Same Old Blues” by J.J. Cale & Leon Russell.Economically funky.As always, it’s the same old click pause on the music player located in the side before playing the YouTube again.Copyright 2009 Pribek. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you [...]
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