Eric Clapton will release a tribute album to his friend JJ Cale in July and include some of his other big name friends to help him out.
John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler and Derek Trucks are just a few of the names who guest on the album ‘The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale’.
Clapton was credited with bringing Cale’s work to a larger audience when he covered Cale’s ‘After Midnight’ and ‘Cocaine’ in the 70s. Clapton and Cale collaborated on the 2006 album ‘Road To Escondido. JJ Cale died in La Jolia, California in July 2013 at age 74. Of that album Eric said, “This is the realization of what may have been my last ambition, to work with the man whose music has inspired me for as long as I can remember.”
Now Eric wants to keep Cale’s profile up via the new album. “I would like people to tap into what JJ Cale did – that’s the point. I’m just the messenger; I’ve always felt that that’s my job. I try to interpret things so that the public at large, or at least the people who listen to what I do, will become intrigued about where I got it from,” said Clapton.
‘The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale’ will be released on July 29, 2014.
ALBUM TRACK LISTING
1. Call Me The Breeze (Vocals Eric Clapton)
2. Rock And Roll Records (Vocals Eric Clapton & Tom Petty)
3. Someday (Vocals Mark Knopfler)
4. Lies (Vocals John Mayer & Eric Clapton)
5. Sensitive Kind (Vocals Don White)
6. Cajun Moon (Vocals Eric Clapton)
7. Magnolia (Vocals John Mayer)
8. I Got The Same Old Blues (Vocals Tom Petty & Eric Clapton)
9. Songbird (Vocals Willie Nelson & Eric Clapton)
10. Since You Said Goodbye (Vocals Eric Clapton)
11. I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (Vocals Don White & Eric Clapton)
12. The Old Man And Me (Vocals Tom Petty)
13. Train To Nowhere (Vocals Mark Knopfler, Don White & Eric Clapton)
14. Starbound (Vocals Willie Nelson)
15. Don’t Wait (Vocals Eric Clapton & John Mayer)
16. Crying Eyes (Vocals Eric Clapton & Christine Lakeland)
MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Keys – Hammond Organ, Piano & Wurlitzer
Walt Richmond & Simon Climie
Drum Programming & Percussion
Simon Climie
Bass Nathan East
Drums Jim Keltner
Guitars
Eric Clapton (All tracks)
Mark Knopfler (Tracks 3 & 13)
John Mayer (Tracks 4, 7 & 15)
Willie Nelson (Tracks 9 & 14)
Don White (Tracks 3, 5 & 13)
Reggie Young (Tracks 2, 6 & 8)
Derek Trucks (Tracks 14 & 16)
Albert Lee (Tracks 1 & 11)
David Lindley (Tracks 9 & 16)
Don Preston (Track 3 & 13)
Christine Lakeland (Track 3)
Doyle Bramhall II (Track 10)
Pedal Steel Guitar
Greg Leisz (Track 12 & 14)
Dobro
Eric Clapton (Track 11)
Harmonica
Jimmy Markham (Track 13)
Mickey Raphael (Tracks 3, 9 & 14)
Backing Vocals
Michelle John (Tracks 4, 5 & 9)
Sharon White(Tracks 4, 5 & 9)
Christine Lakeland (Tracks 13 & 15)
Simon Climie (Track 9)
Additional Drums
James Cruce
Jim Karstein
Jamie Oldaker
David Teegarden
Satnam Ramgotra (Tablas)
ALBUM CREDITS:
Produced by:
Eric Clapton
Simon Climie
Listen to Eric Clapton radio at iHeartRadio
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