Sold Date: July 16, 2016
Start Date: August 5, 2013
Final Price: $15.99 (USD)
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J.J. Cale
Troubadour
On Shelter Records SRL-52002



Condition: Cover is VG+. Record is VG+
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ABOUT:

John Weldon Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013), known as JJ Cale or J.J. Cale, was a -winning American and musician. Cale was one of the originators of the , a loose genre drawing on , , , and influences. Cale's personal style has often been described as "laid back".

Songs written by Cale that have been by other musicians include "" and "" by , "" by and , and "" by .

Cale was born on December 5, 1938, in . He was raised in , and graduated from in 1956. Along with a number of other young Tulsa musicians, Cale moved to in the early 1960s, where he first worked as a studio engineer. Finding little success as a recording artist, he later returned to Tulsa and was considering giving up the music business until Clapton recorded Cale's "After Midnight" in 1970. His first album, , established his style, described by writer Richard Cromelin as a "unique hybrid of blues, folk and jazz, marked by relaxed grooves and Cale's fluid guitar and laconic vocals. His early use of and his unconventional mixes lend a distinctive and timeless quality to his work and set him apart from the pack of Americana roots-music purists." In 2013 remarked that of all the musicians he had ever heard, J.J. Cale and were the two best electric guitar players.

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