23.02.2009.

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JJ CALE - Roll On (2009)

01. Who Knew
02. Former Me
03. Where the Sun Don't Shine
04. Down to Memphis,
05. Strange Days
06. Cherry Street
07. Fonda-Lina
08. Leaving in the Morning
09. Oh Mary
10. Old Friend
11. Roll On
12. Bring Down the Curtain

"Roll On" is JJ Cale's first batch of new solo material since 2004's "To Tulsa and Back" and comes on the heels of his gold selling 2006 collaboration with Eric Clapton, "The Road to Escondido", which also earned him his first Grammy. Cale wrote and produced all twelve songs on "Roll On", and plays all the instruments on most of the tunes as well, including guitars, pedal steel, bass, drums, piano and synthesizers. He tracked most of the album at his home studio in California. Among the few exceptions is the title track to "Roll On", a previously unreleased collaboration with Eric Clapton, and the latest evidence of the pair's incredibly fruitful, simpatico creative partnership. Elsewhere, Cale adds a few curveballs - like the scat-sung opener "Who Knew" and the jazz chords of "Former Me" - to his mesmerizing mix of blues, country, rock and other quintessentially American styles. The album is such a treat to the ears it's easy to overlook the amount of work that goes into creating Cale's signature 'laid back' sound. He played most of the instruments on his landmark first album 'Naturally' out of financial necessity. He does so on "Roll On" out of a passionate, meticulous love of the craft. *