J.J. Cale - The Very Best Of J.J. Cale, (a,k.a. The Definitive Colleciton)
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Free Music Review: The Very Best of JJ Cale
Hit: 5 Stars
If you used to have all the JJ Cale on vinal, this is the CD you need to start replenishing your collection!Free Music Review: Definitive collection
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The artist who inspired Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler sure has the stuff delivered on this. A Must buyFree Music Review: JJ Cale
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Loved the cd, bought it for one song and got a full cd that I enjoy.Free Music Review: Happiness came into my heart
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The CD brings much pleasure and happiness. The music is splendid.Free Music Review: Relaxing in the groove! A fine introduction to J.J. Cale
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No ordinary pop singer, John Not-Associated-With-The-Velvet-Undeground Cale of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is something of an acquired taste. He has maintained a solid cult following for forty years, but most people probably associate "After Midnight", "I'll Make Love To You Anytime" and "Cocaine" with Eric Clapton, "They Call Me The Breeze" with Lynyrd Skynyrd or Johnny Cash, and "Cajun Moon" with Randy Crawford, rather than with Cale.
Here they are, though, played and sung by Cale himself in his (very!) laid-back style which emphasises the songs and their rhythm over fancy solos.
J.J. Cale is an idiosyncratic vocalist, and some people may be turned off by his singing voice, or lack thereof, but Cale's loping sense of rhythm and shuffling boogie patterns became a blueprint for the adult-oriented roots-rock of men like Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler, and if you are into that kind of music you really owe it to yourself to at least give Cale a chance. You might come away preferring Clapton's covers over Cale's originals, but then again you might not.
Me? I'll take Cale's "Cocaine" and "I'll Make Love To You Anytime" and Clapton's "After Midnight". But one thing is for sure: J.J. Cale grows on you.