J.J. Cale plans new record; collaborates with Eric Clapton
Life for the Tulsa, Oklahoma based musician J.J. Cale is hardly just another day at the office. Besides writing some of the bluesiest music in rock and roll history, the seventy year-old guitarist always finds new ways to reinvent himself. As he is the man responsible for writing two of Eric Clapton’s biggest hits, “After Midnight” and “Cocaine,” Cale has always kept a low, humble profile behind the bigger stars performing his music.
Recently however, according to Paste Magazine, the Tulsa native is preparing to release his first solo album in five years in 2009. Entitled Roll On, this will be his first album since The Road To Escondido, his Grammy winning 2007 collaboration with Eric Clapton Speaking of Clapton, he will collaborate and perform with Cale on the album’s title track:
Details are spare at the moment, but the record will be Cale’s first since his Grammy-winning collaboration with Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido, and his first on Rounder Records. There’s no tracklist yet, but we do know that Clapton will guest on the record’s title track. Does that make us excited? All signs point to yes.
It looks like Slow Hand and J.J. are at it again and from the looks of it, this looks to be one album in 2009 to keep your eyes peeled for.
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“Roll On”
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