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J. J. Cale              Naturally Released              USA - October 25, 1971 Published             Italy - 1980 Recorded             September 29, 1970–June 9, 1971 Studio                  Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee and Moss Rose Studio, Nashville, Tennessee Length                  31:41
Label                    UK: A&M                              USA: Shelter                              Italy: Ariston Producer               Audie Ashworth
Naturally is the debut studio album by J. J. Cale released on October 25, 1971. This LP was printed in Italy in 1980 by Ariston Music.
Cale, who was raised in Oklahoma, first tasted success in 1964 when singer Mel McDaniel scored a regional hit with Cale's composition "Lazy Me". From there Cale moved to California and worked at Leon Russell's home studio as a chief engineer and began performing at places like the Whisky a Go Go. In 1966, Cale cut an unsuccessful single for Liberty Records called "Slow Motion", but it was the B-side, "After Midnight", that would have long-term ramifications for Cale's career when Eric Clapton recorded the song and had a Top 20 hit. Cale, who was languishing in obscurity at the time, had no knowledge of Clapton's recording of "After Midnight" until it became a radio hit in 1970.
Naturally was recorded independently, "on spec," the musicians being paid demo fees. The ingredients that went into that project, with subtle drum rhythms, murky vocals sung in a narrow range, and a guitar style that merged country, blues and jazz, established the template for the "Tulsa sound". Some songs, such as "Call Me the Breeze", were recorded with primitive drum machine accompaniment and sound almost like demos. Cale explained to Dan Forte of Vintage Guitar in 2004, "When we did the first album, most people didn't realize that was an electric drum machine – or that there even was such a thing. I didn't use a real drummer because I had no money. So I cut 'Crazy Mama' and 'Call Me The Breeze', and Carl Radle came in and played bass, and Mac Gayden played slide on 'Crazy Mama'.
Track listing All songs written by JJ Cale.
Side one Title                                       Length "Call Me the Breeze"              2:38 "Call the Doctor"                     2:26 "Don't Go to Strangers"          2:22 "Woman I Love"                     2:40 "Magnolia"                              3:23 "Clyde"                                   2:29
Side two Title                                       Length
"Crazy Mama"                        2:31 "Nowhere to Run"                  2:26 "After Midnight"                      2:25 "River Runs Deep"                2:42 "Bringing It Back"                  2:46 "Crying Eyes"                        3:15
Musicians J. J. Cale – guitar, vocals Karl Himmel – drums (A1, A2, A4 - B2, B4 - B6) Chuck Browning – drums (A3, B3) Tim Drummond – bass (A4 - A6, B2, B5) Carl Radle – bass (A1, A2, B1, B4, B6) Norbert Putnam – bass (A3, B3) Bob Wilson – piano (A4 - A6, B2, B5) David Briggs – piano, organ Jerry Whitehurst – piano Weldon Myrick – steel guitar (A1, A2, B1, B4) Buddy Spicher – fiddle Shorty Lavender – fiddle Walter Hayness – dobro Mac Gayden – slide guitar (B1, B4) Ed Colis – harmonica Diane Davidson – backing vocals