J.J. Cale - Troubadour - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

J.J. Cale's unique guitar and vocal style has influenced generations of artists, most notably Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. With a solo career that has spanned nearly 3 decades, Cale has recorded 12 critically acclaimed albums. This single disc collection of his very finest work contains 19 digitally re-mastered favorites, as well as InchMidnight in Memphis,Inch an instrumental previously only available on last year's 2-CD Anthology, Anyway the Wind Blows.

Because Music present a reissue of JJ Cale's Guitar Man, originally released in 1996. Guitar Man is the 12th studio album by JJ Cale. Personnel JJ Cale - vocals, guitar; Christine Lakeland - guitar, vocals on InchDeath In The WildernessInch; James Cruce - drums on InchDeath In The WildernessInch. CD version comes in a jewel case; includes six-page roll booklet.Inch25 years after his first album, Naturally (1971), JJ Cale created Guitar Man, an album made up of hypnotic grooves forged out of elegantly simple components. The album is largely a solo affair, with only scattered additional accompaniment, such as on the incredible opening tune, 'Death in the Wilderness.' Otherwise, Cale plays every instrument, adding particularly strong guitar work to the mix.Inch -All Music

ROLL ON is JJ Cale's first batch of new solo material since 2004's TO TULSA AND BACK and comes on the heels of his gold selling 2006 collaboration with Eric Clapton, THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO, which also earned him his first Grammy. Comprised of 12 new songs, including the previously unreleased title track recorded with Eric Clapton, Roll on finds Cale still in love with making music and passionately creating future classics that he'll one day tuck into his very own chapter of the Great American Songbook.