JJ Cale - photo courtesy of Gary Allen
I had heard through the grapevine, and now have confirmation, that the long awaited release of the CD featuring new music by the seasoned artist JJ Cale is right around the corner. So, mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 24th. My friend, and musical co-conspirator, Gary Allen (former drummer with Charlie Daniels’ band as well as studio and road musician with Cale) had actually told me about this a number of weeks ago, and I just now stumbled upon confirmation on the JJ Cale website.
For those not totally familiar with this prolific musician and singer-songwriter, Cale is a long-time fixture in the music industry, who only relatively recently began to get the attention he has long deserved. With the releases of After Midnight and Cocaine, by Eric Clapton, people began hearing about the actual author of the songs. Up until the last few years, even I wasn’t aware that Clapton himself didn’t pen those hits. Like many folks, I hadn’t been introduced to Cale’s material, due perhaps to Cale’s tendency to avoid the limelight.
On this new release Cale, the very talented artist that he is, plays most of the instruments himself; something that Gary Allen says that he urged Cale to do years ago. The title track Roll On, is a previously unreleased collaboration with Eric Clapton, who Cale recorded with on the Grammy winning, gold selling (platinum overseas) The Road To Escondido. This will be Cale’s first solo album in over four years. Personally, I can hardly wait.
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