Artist: J.J. CALE
Album: THE VERY BEST OF (CD)

Year: 1997
EAN/UPS: 0731453475427
Media type: CD

THE VERY BEST OF J.J. CALE is the one J.J. Cale CD to have when you're having only one. Leading off with a new recording of "Call Me the Breeze," featuring Johnny Cash's R&B-playing son John Carter Cash, THE VERY BEST OF J.J. CALE runs through 19 other Cale gems, including the original versions of "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," both made famous by Eric Clapton. The surprise to new listeners used to the more showboating Clapton versions will be how laid-back and seemingly offhand Cale's originals are. That goes for every song on this set. A master of the two-minute blues, Cale plays and sings with remarkable restraint and economy. There's no one like him.

TRACKLIST:

1. Call Me the Breeze
2. Crazy Mama
3. Magnolia
4. After Midnight
5. Lies
6. Midnight in Memphis
7. Cajun Moon
8. Rock and Roll Records
9. Cocaine
10. Hey Baby
11. I'll Make Love to You Anytime
12. Don't Cry Sister
13. Thirteen Days
14. Sensitive Kind
15. Carry On
16. Mama Don't
17. City Girls
18. Devil in Disguise
19. Don't Wait
20. Money Talks