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J.J. Cale – Stay Around (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:37 minutes | 542 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JJ Cale
A new JJ Cale album featuring previously unreleased material, Stay Around, will be released in April. The singer, songwriter and guitarist, who wrote “Call Me the Breeze,” a hit for Lynyrd Skynyrd, and “After Midnight” and “Cocaine,” made famous by Eric Clapton, died in July 2013 at 74. Compiled by his widow, the musician Christine Lakeland Cale, and his friend and longtime manager Mike Kappus, Stay Around is set for an April 26 release via Because Music. It’s the first new Cale album since 2009’s Roll On.
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J.J. Cale – Really (1972)
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Rock, Blues, Country | 1983 UK reissue | Mercury PRICE 26
This album captures Cale in his most creative period, and reveals why his obscure sound is so often imitated by those in the know. Really flows like an album should, with its own distinctly mellow vibe.
This is music perfect for creaky old porches, rocking chairs, and hound dogs. The band shuffles along with a grooving country-blues edge that defines Cale’s unmistakable sound. His nimble guitar playing and mumbled singing style blend soulfully together on such songs as “I’ll Kiss the World Goodbye” and “Right Down Here.”
An understated guitarist of formidable talents, Cale steps out on Muddy Water‘s “Mo Jo” and his own tasteful “Changes.” The standout track is “Soulin’,” whose name really says it all. His song writing skills shine on “Lies,” a gritty lament about a no-good, two-timing woman. All in all, Really is a totally relaxed and loosely jamming session by one of the lesser known greats of the 70s. John Ballon, musthear.com
J.J. Cale – Naturally (1972)
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Rock, Blues, Country | 1972 UK LP | A&M AMLS 68105
Naturally is the debut album by J. J. Cale. First released in 1972, it includes his song “After Midnight” which was first recorded by Eric Clapton in 1970.
Cale, who was languishing in obscurity at the time, had no knowledge of Clapton’s recording of “After Midnight” until it became a radio hit in 1970. Cale’s friend and producer, Audie Ashworth, encouraged Cale to record a full album in order to capitalize on the success of his song. Naturally was recorded independently, “on spec”, the musicians being paid demo fees. Some songs, such as “Call Me the Breeze”, were recorded with primitive drum machine accompaniment and sound almost like demos.
The album showcased Cale’s distinctive, understated style, and it successfully established his solo recording career which continues to the present day. The album was originally released on Leon Russell’s “Shelter” label, spawning the 1972 hits “Crazy Mama” (Billboard Hot 100 #22- his only Top 40 hit) and “After Midnight” (#42) as well as turntable hits “Bringing it Back” (recorded by Kansas in their first album), “Call Me the Breeze” (later recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd) and “Clyde” (later recorded by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, and a 1980 country hit for Waylon Jennings). Wikipedia