![]() ![]() This lightness in mood, perfect to counteract the heaviness of Summer, music, or life in general (when need be), gets presented in different facets by JJ. ![]() Its such a simple chord progression, and such a barely-there vocal that it inspires one to just tap along, just so, with it. ![]() Its a sound, that you can tell is uniquely “Southern” but one that is airy enough to stay in your craw much longer. “Call Me the Breeze”, which later on was covered to great success by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and then reconfigured by Clapton to be “ Lay Down Sally“, formed the thesis for what became JJ Cale’s musical experiment. His first album 1971’s Naturally which started off with, of all things, the sound of a drum machine introduced you to this economy of sound. He himself realized he wasn’t much of an ambitious guitarist, what he was, was a genuinely ambitious tinkerer, one willing to sacrifice flashy prowess for the sake of the song. This laid-back sound that drew on the breeziness of country, rockabilly, blues, and jazz traditions was important to JJ. While classic rockers were going extremely heavy, Prog artists going extremely complex, and singer-songwriters extremely insular, here was JJ going extremely laid-back. ![]()
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