Track Listing

1. Who Knew
2. Former Me
3. Where the Sun Don't Shine
4. Down to Memphis
5. Strange Days
6. Cherry Street
7. Fonda-Lina
8. Leaving in the Morrning
9. Oh Mary
10. Old Friend
11. Roll On
12. Bring Down the Curtain

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3876 in Music
• Released on: 2009-03-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: CD

Customer Reviews

...Feel the quality...
JJ Cale is back with his first solo album in five years. It follows on from his collaboration with Eric Clapton on "Road To Escondido", and sounds exactly like every other JJ Cale album.

However, it's a remarkably good sound, so why fiddle around with drum'n'bass experiments when you can just get on with writing good songs and creating loping, swamp infused grooves. To be fair, he's had a wee bash at jazz this time around. You'll find him scatting on the opening track 'Who Knew' and there's some jazz piano on 'Former Me'.

Elsewhere, the Cale template is in fine form with tunes like 'Down to Memphis' and 'Cherry Street' as good an anything he's done before. He also gets downright smutty on 'Fonda-Lina', something unbecoming in a septuagenarian. Eric Clapton, who ,largely appropriated Cales sound in the early seventies, pops up on the title track, but this is largely a return to basics (and form) for the elder statesman.

It's a testament to Cales talents, that he wrote and produced all twelve songs, plays all the instruments on most of the tunes as well, including guitars, pedal steel, bass, drums, piano and synthesizers, and even recorded most of the album at his home studio in California. Feel the quality.

J J CALE A MUSICAL TREASURE..oh! a good album as well.
How does he do it? JJC seems to produce albums as another reviewer said sound a bit the same,but they are just so good.His shuffling boogies always get the feet moving,he never draws out a song anymore than is necessary,but always leaves you satisfied.This is another intoxicating set of classic JJC,well crafted songs,superbly played,rhythms as I say get your feet moving,He always has some top class musicians on board to add a richness to his sound,although he plays a whole range of them himself.One track has Eric Clapton playing some flowing guitar chops on it,but as every track is a standout of top JJC material it's just one more track to enjoy.At 42 mins.its short by some standards but when the tracks are so good your doing OK.Take one listen and you'll buy this latest album of the wonderfully enjoyable Mr. Cale.

Swinging masterpiece
Having discovered JJ Cale again a couple of years ago, this CD really is a masterpiece. Though a bit too short it is worth every penny.