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Music : The Very Best of J.J. Cale
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The Very Best of J.J. Cale by: J.J. Cale List Price: £9.99 CD-Charts Price: £7.98 You Save: £2.01 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731453475427 Format: Import Label: Mercury Manufacturer: Mercury Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mercury Release Date: October 01, 1999 Studio: Mercury Sales Rank: 39837 MPN: 534754 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - JJ and the Whisky A Go Go - no Jean Jacques rubbishIn the early days John played a gig at the infamous whiskey ago go club in L.A At the time a band called the velvet underground where also playing a gig there...it so happens that the bass player of the velvet undergrounds name is also John Cale, so the club owner said to John I am going to call you JJ Cale to prevent confusion, John replied, if your gona pay me to play you can call me what ever you want.... That is how the JJ came into existence... Enough history, this man is the king of the laid back groove...buy buy buy Rating: - Superb - what a findI bought this on a recommendation from a friend & listened to some snippets on Amazon just to get a feel. It did not prepare me for the full magnificence of this record. What a treat, I am a complete convert - it's bluesy, it's country,it's rock & roll - it's superb. If you are a novice to the sounds of JJ Cale like me, buy this & become a convert. Wow !!! Rating: - Anyway the Wind BlowsWell I can't top the anecdote from Rocky Frisco, but I can recommend that you also check out the JJ Cale compilation 'Anyway the Wind Blows' on Amazon. The 'Very Best' CD is a 20 track compilation that has been condensed down from the 50 track double CD 'Wind Blows' version. And as both are on Amazon at the same price, I'd say that 'Wind Blows' is an even better bargain! Rating: - There is NO Jean Jacques CaleI'm writing this to correct the error in the top review. There is NO Jean Jacques Cale. John's name is and always was John W. Cale, born in December 1938 in Oklahoma City. The "Jean Jacques" crap was made up by a French "jounalist" who was thrown out of the venue when he got drunk and disorderly and insulted one of the ladies in the Cale entourage. He went back to his hotel and wrote a pack of lies. He said John's name was Jean Jacques Cale because he was born in Paris, Texas. I have John's permission to counter this misinformation. I'm Rocky Frisco, pianist in the Cale Band. This is a great compilation, worth much more than the selling price. Rating:  - Relaxing in the groove! A fine introduction to J.J. CaleNo ordinary pop singer, John "J.J." Cale of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is something of an acquired taste. He has maintained a solid cult following for forty years, but most people probably associate "After Midnight", "I'll Make Love To You Anytime" and "Cocaine" with Eric Clapton, "They Call Me The Breeze" with Lynyrd Skynyrd or Johnny Cash, and "Cajun Moon" with Randy Crawford, rather than with Cale. Here they are, though, played and sung by Cale himself in his (very!) laid-back style which emphasises the songs and their rhythm over fancy solos. J.J. Cale is an idiosyncratic vocalist, and some people may be turned off by his singing voice, or lack thereof, but Cale's loping sense of rhythm and shuffling boogie patterns became the blueprint ... Read More: |
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