J.J. Cale - 2019 - Stay Around (qobuz Hi-Res) [[email protected]]
Artist: J.J. Cale
Title: Stay Around (qobuz Hi-Res)
Format: 15 × File, FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 44.1kHz (qobuz Hi-Res)
Producer: J.J. Cale, Christine Lakeland
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Label: Because Music
Genre: Rock, Americana, Roots Rock, Blues, The Tulsa Sound
Duration: 48:32
J.J. Cale:
Wikipedia:
John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he deliberately avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knopfler, Neil Young and Eric Clapton, who described him as "one of the most important artists in the history of rock". He is considered to be one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz.
Many songs written by Cale have been recorded by other acts, including "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton; "Call Me the Breeze" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, and Bobby Bare; "Clyde" by Waylon Jennings and Dr. Hook; "I Got The Same Old Blues" by Captain Beefheart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freddie King, and Bryan Ferry; and "Magnolia" by Poco, Beck, Lucinda Williams, Iron & Wine, José Feliciano, Ben Bridwell, John Mayer with Eric Clapton, Joan Shelley, and Sadie Johnson; as well as “Bringing It Back” covered by Kansas.
In 2008, Cale, along with Clapton, received a Grammy Award for their album The Road to Escondido.
Cale died at the age of 74 in La Jolla, California, on July 26, 2013, after suffering a heart attack. His wife Christine Lakeland survived him.
Stay Around:
Wikipedia:
Stay Around is an album by songwiter, guitarist and singer J. J. Cale, his 15th studio album and his first posthumous one, released on April 26, 2019 by Because Music.
Stay Around is a collection of 15 previously unreleased Cale songs, all mixed and produced by J. J. Cale himself and compiled by those closest to him, Cale's widow Christine Lakeland Cale and his longtime friend and manager Mike Kappus. This is his first release of original material in a decade.
"Chasing You", the first single from the album, was digitally released on January 31, 2019.
The title track, "Stay Around", a very touching and all in all melancholic song, was digitally released on March 20, 2019 as the second single from the album.
Qobuz Review by Marc Zisman:
J.J. Cale was the embodiment of cool blues. With his atypical blend of rock, folk, country, blues and jazz, he was one of the most influential figures in rock'n' roll. Worshipped by Clapton, the Cocaine writer who spent most of his time in a mobile home remains the essence of a laid-back and relaxed musical style. For his fans, Stay Around is a gift from heaven. This posthumous record from April 2019 brings together fifteen unreleased songs mixed and produced by Cale himself and compiled by his widow, Christine Lakeland, and his old collaborator and manager Mike Kappus. In a statement, Lakeland spoke about how she compiled Stay Around, saying, "I wanted to find stuff that was completely unheard to max-out the ‘Cale factor’… using as much that came from John's ears and fingers and his choices as I could, so I stuck to John's mixes. You can make things so sterile that you take the human feel out. But John left a lot of that human feel in. He left so much room for interpretation." Obviously, all these gems - from the stripped back Oh My My My to the more elaborate Chasing You - do not change anything at all about what we knew and loved about this king of cool. The quality of Stay Around, which never sounds slap-dash, proves that the man took every second of his art seriously. And as always with him, we come out of this posthumous album with the feeling of having fully lived a human and warm encounter. A sincere and engaging experience, connected to the soul and the gut.
Tracklist:
All songs written by J. J. Cale except "My Baby Blues" written by Cale's wife Christine Lakeland, the first song she and Cale recorded in 1977 as part of a four-piece combo.
01. Lights Down Low - 2:20
02. Chasing You - 4:26
03. Winter Snow - 3:25
04. Stay Around - 4:42
05. Tell You 'Bout Her - 3:45
06. Oh My My - 1:51
07. My Baby Blues - 3:04
08. Girl Of Mine - 3:02
09. Go Downtown - 3:32
10. If We Try - 2:49
11. Tell Daddy - 3:24
12. Wish You Were Here - 2:45
13. Long About Sundown - 2:48
14. Maria - 3:38
15. Don't Call Me Joe - 3:01
Personnel:
Larry Bell - Musician
David Briggs - Musician
Kenny Buttrey - Musician
Greg Calbi - Mastering
J.J. Cale - Composer, Mixing, Musician, Primary Artist, Producer
Johnny Christopher - Musician
Tommy Cogbill - Musician
James Cruce - Musician
Tim Drummond - Musician
Bobby Emmons - Musician
Rocky Frisco - Musician
Mike Kappus - Project Coordinator
Jim Karstein - Musician
Jim Keltner - Musician
Christine Lakeland - Compilation Producer, Composer, Musician
Spooner Oldham - Musician
Bill Raffensperger - Musician
Walt Richmond - Musician
Stéphane Sednaoui - Photography
David Teegarden - Musician
Reggie Young - Musician
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