Sunday, January 28, 2007
JJ Cale
Although I was wondering around in a confused state, last week, due to
the flu/cold that was controlling me, I still seemed to have the
energy to stay up late and watch a documentary about JJ Cale. I first
got into JJ Cale, when I picked up a tape of his at a market close to
Wembley Stadium. I don't think I have ever talked to anyone else who
liked JJ Cale.
In some sense I feel a bit guilty about liking JJ Cale. He is not so
prolific and not so driven to create new songs and sounds as other
people. Certainly, he doesn't make so many records as say John Cale.
Also John Cale has experimented with music way more tha JJ Cale. The
documentary only played stuff, I had heard before. Also his sound
hasn't changed too much. If I didn' need things to change, then I
would be happy to listening to the same Beatles tracks, over and over
again, like the amjority of so called normal people with wide musical
tapes.
Anyway, I feel no guilt for liking JJ Cale's music (even though Clapton
is a fan as well). I can remember John Peel playing a track of JJ Cale's.
After complaining about JJ Cale not making many records, I have just
seen on Amazon that he has put out a number of records that I don't own.