JJ Cale-Roll On-2009-RVP

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Artist : JJ Cale

Album : Roll On

Bitrate : VBR kbps

Label : Rounder

Year : 2009

Genre : Rock

Rip date : Feb-19-2009

Store date : Feb-24-2009

Size : 56,7 MB



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Track Listing:



01 - Who Knew 03:31

02 - Former Me 02:49

03 - Where The Sun Don't Shine 03:08

04 - Down To Memphis 03:06

05 - Strange Days 03:11

06 - Cherry Street 03:44

07 - Fonda-Lina 03:22

08 - Leaving In The Morning 02:38

09 - Oh Mary 03:35

10 - Old Friend 03:57

11 - Roll On 04:44

12 - Bring Down The Curtain 02:54





40:39 min



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Notorious for his laid-back, rootsy style, J.J. Cale is best known for

writing "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," songs that Eric Clapton later

made into hits. But Cale's influence wasn't only through songwriting

his distinctly loping sense of rhythm and shuffling boogie became the

blueprint for the adult-oriented roots rock of Clapton and Mark

Knopfler, among others. Cale's refusal to vary the sound of his music

over the course of his career caused some critics to label him as a one

-trick pony, but he managed to build a dedicated cult following with his

sporadically released recordings.



Born in Oklahoma City but raised in Tulsa, OK, Cale played in a variety

of rock & roll bands and Western swing groups as a teenager, including

one outfit that also featured Leon Russell. In 1959, at the age of 21,

he moved to Nashville, where he was hired by the Grand Ole Opry's

touring company. After a few years, he returned to Tulsa, where he

reunited with Russell and began playing local clubs. In 1964, Cale and

Russell moved to Los Angeles with another local Oklahoma musician, Carl

Radle.



Shortly after he arrived in Los Angeles, Cale began playing with Delaney

and Bonnie. He only played with the duo for a brief time, beginning a

solo career in 1965. That year, he cut the first version of "After

Midnight," which would become his most famous song. Around 1966, Cale

formed the Leathercoated Minds with songwriter Roger Tillison. The group

released a psychedelic album called A Trip Down Sunset Strip the same

year.



Deciding that he wouldn't be able to forge a career in Los Angeles, Cale

returned to Tulsa in 1967. Upon his return, he set about playing local

clubs. Within a year, he had recorded a set of demos. Radle obtained a

copy of the demos and forwarded it to Denny Cordell, who was founding a

record label called Shelter with Leon Russell. Shelter signed Cale in

1969. The following year, Eric Clapton recorded "After Midnight," taking

it to the American Top 20 and thereby providing Cale with needed

exposure and royalties. In December 1971, Cale released his debut album,

Naturally, on Shelter Records; the album featured the Top 40 hit "Crazy

Mama," as well as a re-recorded version of "After Midnight," which

nearly reached the Top 40, and "Call Me the Breeze," which Lynyrd

Skynyrd later covered. Cale followed Naturally with Really, which

featured the minor hit "Lies," later that same year.



Following the release of Really, J.J. Cale adopted a slow work schedule,

releasing an album every other year or so. Okie, his third album,

appeared in 1974. Two years later, he released Troubadour, which yielded

"Hey Baby," his last minor hit, as well as the original version of

"Cocaine," a song that Clapton would later cover. By this point, Cale

had settled into a comfortable career as a cult artist and he rarely

made any attempt to break into the mainstream. One more album on Shelter

Records, 5, appeared in 1979 and then he switched labels, signing with

MCA in 1981. MCA only released one album (1981's Shades) and Cale moved

to Mercury Records the following year, releasing Grasshopper.



In 1983, Cale released his eighth album, 8. The album became his first

not to chart. Following its release, Cale left Mercury and entered a

long period of seclusion, reappearing in late 1990 with Travel Log,

which was released on the British independent label Silvertone; the

album appeared in America the following year. 10 was released in 1992.

The album failed to chart, but it re-established his power as a cult

artist. He moved to the major label Virgin in 1994, releasing Close to

You the same year. It was followed by Guitar Man in 1996. Cale returned

to recording in 2003, releasing To Tulsa and Back in 2004 on the

Sanctuary label and The Road to Escondido, a collaborative effort with

Clapton, in 2006 on Reprise.













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