[ ]      [ ]   [ ]
J.J. Cale — Guitar Man
Log in above to post your comment
copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 07:31
 
JJ Cale is so cool, the ice is jealous.


bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Dec 13, 2010 - 21:39
 
Sounds pretty good to me...

 BillG wrote:

No, it's not poorly mixed. Like a lot of JJ's material, it's *horribly* mixed. In this case, it sounds like he ran the whole mix through a crappy AM-radio compressor/limiter. On other recordings it sounds like he used a bunch of mics he bought on sale at Radio Shack. Too bad... Some people just should not self-produce.
 



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 16:20
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:


J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfdO2gsqt0

 
As always, you provide exactly what's necessary to pull all the comments, pro or con, into focus. This was a wonderful video of Eric Clapton and J.J. Cale - what a couple of old shoes they are! Thank you, Calypsus_1.  I, for one, appreciate your contributions to the forum. You don't often post words, but what you provide is a wealth of insight and information about the artists we're privileged to hear at RadioParadise.

I bow to you, dear one. {#Notworthy}   And I have some down-time, so I'll be checking out the things you've posted that I didn't have time to view/listen to before.  What a treasure you are! {#Sunny}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 16:12
 
Ahhhh - JJ. Perfect song for this day - it rained all night, we had a bit of sun today, but mostly clouds. Perfect reason to kick back and just enjoy the smell of fresh air and ignore the housework. The yard-watering was already done, the birds are fed, and life isn't too bad. Loves me some JJ Cale at times like these... Mmmmm...{#Sunny}

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Aug 08, 2010 - 15:40
 
JJ never gets old!
Give me that spliff - JJ!

S.R.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 05, 2010 - 22:29
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 13:03
 


Yessss...  soooo veryyyy cooool...





calypsus_1
Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 17:10
 


J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfdO2gsqt0


HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 08:21
 
                                   {#Bananajam}

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 11:22
 
Tasty.

musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 11:21
 
joshfm wrote:
That's because J.J. Cale wrote "Traveling Light."


Well then that's just redundant. He must have been desperate for ideas.


paraclete
(Citrus Heights, CA)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 19:49
 
 Old_Pat wrote:
JJ's homage to EC
 
Absolutely.  And a great homage it is too.


Old_Pat
(Belgium)
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 13:53
 
JJ's homage to EC

macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh? ;-))
Posted: May 09, 2008 - 00:18
 
JJ is de guitar man.
prickelpit96
(Hannover, Germany)
Posted: May 09, 2008 - 00:13
 
sharkartist wrote:
I just love that gritty ol' J.J.



sharkartist
Posted: Apr 07, 2008 - 12:15
 
I just love that gritty ol' J.J.
Ericac
(Lakeville, MN)
Posted: Apr 07, 2008 - 12:07
 
GREAT SONG. Nice transition.
Pyro
Posted: Nov 02, 2007 - 08:55
 
Nabla wrote:
Oh yes, that's great to hear them again!



I don't think Eric played on this album....
joshfm
(Laramie)
Posted: Nov 02, 2007 - 08:53
 
radioparadisehead wrote:
This sounds just like "Traveling Light" by Widespread Panic.


That's because J.J. Cale wrote "Traveling Light."
Pyro
Posted: Nov 02, 2007 - 08:53
 
radioparadisehead wrote:
This sounds just like "Traveling Light" by Widespread Panic.


Perhaps because it's a cover of JJ's original "Traveling Light".
radioparadisehead
(The Dirty Dirty)
Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:28
 
This sounds just like "Traveling Light" by Widespread Panic.
jagdriver
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Jun 29, 2007 - 10:59
 
thatch wrote:
Great guitar player and composer, but a minimalist when it comes to vocals.
JJ would be the first to tell you that. But between ZZ Top and Clapton covering his songs, I don't think he much cares.

Bob Dylan isn't much a vocalist—so others claim—yet do we enjoy listening to his stuff? You bet!
Nabla
(Cork (Ireland))
Posted: May 29, 2007 - 04:03
 
Oh yes, that's great to hear them again!


MatClarke
(Stonehenge, England)
Posted: May 29, 2007 - 04:01
 
there's a tobacconist's in Johannesburg South Africa called JJ Cale named after the guitarist. Any other musicians have tobacconists named after them?
maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 27, 2007 - 17:31
 
BillG wrote:

No, it's not poorly mixed. Like a lot of JJ's material, it's *horribly* mixed. In this case, it sounds like he ran the whole mix through a crappy AM-radio compressor/limiter. On other recordings it sounds like he used a bunch of mics he bought on sale at Radio Shack. Too bad...

Some people just should not self-produce.



Some people know exactly the mix they want and self produce all they like. Great sound!!
BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 08:54
 
calray wrote:
this tune sounds poorly mixed.

No, it's not poorly mixed. Like a lot of JJ's material, it's *horribly* mixed. In this case, it sounds like he ran the whole mix through a crappy AM-radio compressor/limiter. On other recordings it sounds like he used a bunch of mics he bought on sale at Radio Shack. Too bad...

Some people just should not self-produce.
calray
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Feb 08, 2007 - 08:55
 
this tune sounds poorly mixed.
robg
Posted: Oct 29, 2006 - 05:10
 
Wicked tune!!! Just discovered Radio Paradise last night via Shoutcast. Awesome tunes all night long! You guys rock!!!
phineas
Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 01:37
 
Farquwaar wrote:
Hey Bill...
Looks like nobody liked the cross fade last time you did it either...so KNOCK IT OFF! !!!



Read his comment on the Dire Straits song...
Farquwaar
(The City of Brotherly Love)
Posted: Jun 19, 2006 - 09:44
 
Hey Bill...
Looks like nobody liked the cross fade last time you did it either...so KNOCK IT OFF!!!!
earthbased
(Milwaukee, WI USA)
Posted: Jun 19, 2006 - 09:44
 
Saw JJ with Christine Lakeland at a small bar back around '87. Great show and partied with Christine at the bar.
Mari
(www.broomecam.com)
Posted: May 21, 2006 - 05:44
 
UltraNurd wrote:
Bad Bill! You cut off the awesome guitar bit of "Sultans of Swing"!!
Sobient wrote:
I agree, it's better to burn out than to fade away.
Much as I love JJ I could have waited another minute easily
thatch
(Shhh....at work....)
Posted: Apr 07, 2006 - 11:57
 
Great guitar player and composer, but a minimalist when it comes to vocals.
Sobient
(Norway, the icy spine of the world.)
Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 01:01
 
UltraNurd wrote:
Bad Bill! You cut off the awesome guitar bit of "Sultans of Swing"!!


I agree, it's better to burn out than to fade away.
cutterjudd
(smackdabinthemiddle)
Posted: Feb 22, 2006 - 09:17
 
Aint nothing like a little Tulsa Soul.
chucklesalmon
Posted: Feb 07, 2006 - 16:18
 
It's just, so, so coooool. I feel coool just listening to this.

Bad-ass!

kazuma
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 26, 2005 - 19:09
 
Really diggin' on this one. Great groove.
rixtar99
(The O.C.)
Posted: Oct 28, 2005 - 13:44
 
All we need now is "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens
UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Oct 28, 2005 - 13:42
 
Bad Bill! You cut off the awesome guitar bit of "Sultans of Swing"!!
daedalus
(over your hill)
Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 21:41
 
That guitar sound in the final solo is so reminiscent of Dire Straits 'money for nothin'
JJ was there first of course.
Seminal artist.
noetic
(GA Mtns)
Posted: Oct 13, 2005 - 21:40
 
Ditto!

Pyro wrote:
Been listening to JJ for 30 something years, but had never heard this cut. THANKS BILL! (This place rawks!)

Pyro
(350 miles from New Orleans)
Posted: Sep 14, 2005 - 10:50
 
Been listening to JJ for 30 something years, but had never heard this cut. THANKS BILL! (This place rawks!)
Imkirok
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Sep 14, 2005 - 10:48
 
radiojunkie wrote:
Okay, Bill, you made your point...came on right after Knopfler and I thought, "Wow, he's playing two songs in a row by the same artist?" They're both true originals, even if they do sound alike.


Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
#-o
nuggler
(Oz via Good Hope)
Posted: Aug 30, 2005 - 13:47
 
This breathes *Life* into the ethers...
tg3k
(The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Jun 17, 2005 - 16:23
 
Nice to hear some JJ after way too many years. I could tell it was him from the first lead guitar licks. The high-compression guitar sound has been a JJ Cale trademark of sorts.


SuperWeh
(51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E)
Posted: Apr 20, 2005 - 01:06
 
Bill, I would like to hear "Santa Cruz", I checked and it is in the rp library, so give it a go!
radiojunkie
(a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT))
Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 09:48
 
Okay, Bill, you made your point...came on right after Knopfler and I thought, "Wow, he's playing two songs in a row by the same artist?" They're both true originals, even if they do sound alike.
Beastie
(Rye, NY)
Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 09:45
 
Gregorama wrote:
ALWAYS good to hear some J.J. Cale. He has a TON of stuff that you never hear. May have to upload some more.

His stuff always sounds similar, but having said that, it's consistently good.

Hey, Gregorama, how's that new device you won in last month's raffle?
This musician is very good. Ditto on the invetigating and acquiring deal mentioned below.
miamizsun
(Miami Beach (3285.3 Miles SE of RP), FL)
Posted: Jan 21, 2005 - 16:34
 
been a long time fan myself.
Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Dec 23, 2004 - 03:15
 
Wow...so many young listeners....J.J. Cale belongs in everyones collection