Audio Cassette review:
J.J. Cale - Guitar Man

J.J. Cale - Guitar Man

Band: J.J. Cale Title: Guitar Man Rating: Release Date: 25 June, 1996 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Death in the Wilderness 2: It's Hard to Tell 3: Days Go By 4: Low Down 5: This Town 6: Guitar Man 7: If I Had a Rocket 8: Perfect Woman 9: Old Blue 10: Doctor Told Me 11: Miss Ol' St. Louie 12: Nobody Knows

Editoral Review J. For a man who wrote such rock standards as "After Midnight," "Cocaine," "Call Me the Breeze," and "Magnolia," J. Cale maintains a surprisingly low profile. The Oklahoma singer-songwriter pioneered the fluid, laid-back, country-blues shuffles that provided aural blueprints for Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton, but not one of Cale's 12 albums has penetrated the Top 40 charts. Guitar Man, Cale's 12th album, is his strongest in a long time for several reasons. He recorded it almost all by himself out in his California desert studio, and his imagination seems to have been stimulated by his experiments with drum machines, synthesizers, and sequencers. A bluesy rootsiness still dominates his sound, but around the edges is a new high-tech crispness that provides a welcome edge to his lazy drawl. --Geoffrey Himes .. You can see a complete list of all J.J. Cale discography, or go back to the J.J. Cale tabs