J.J. Cale Naturally

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• J. J. Cale never recorded a full album until Eric Clapton scored a huge hit with Cales After Midnight. Encouraged by friend and producer Audie Ashworth, J. J. Cale recorded Naturally to capitalize on the success of his song. He released his debut album in 1972, not knowing this would be the beginning of the so-called Tulsa-sound. A lazy, rolling Boogie that contradicted all the commercial styles of Boogie, Blues, and Country-Rock that was popular at the time. This new sound became the blueprint for the adult-oriented Roots Rock of Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler, among others.

  Naturally contains a new version of After Midnight recorded by J. J. Cale as well as the hits Crazy Mama and Call Me The Breeze, which was later covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Over the years J. J. Cale has written sev