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Tue 7 Dec, 2004 08:23 pm
Whatever its origins, the Cale sound has profoundly influenced artists such as Eric Clapton and Dire Straits, and his songs have been covered by everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, and the Allman Brothers to Johnny Cash, The Band, Santana, Captain Beefheart, and Bryan Ferry. "I don't think there is a Tulsa sound as such. It's just individuals," he says. "But I know what you mean. In western Oklahoma you've got a lot of country music. Then in eastern Oklahoma, it's closer to the Mississippi and you've got more blues musicians. In Tulsa we got influenced by both and there's some jazz in there too. So I guess that's what made my sound."
After Midnight;
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight, gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight, it's gonna be peaches and cream
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
They call me the breeze;
They call me the breeze, I keep blowing down the road
They call me the breeze, I keep blowing down the road
I ain't got me nobody, I ain't carrying me no load
Ain't no change in the weather, ain't no change in me
Ain't no change in the weather, ain't no change in me
I ain't hidin' from nobody, ain't nobody hidin' from me
I got that green light, babe, I got to keep moving on
I got that green light, babe, I got to keep moving on
I might go out to California, might go down to Georgia, might stay home
Magnolia;
Whippoorwill's singing
Soft summer breeze
Makes me think of my baby
I left down in New Orleans
I left down in New Orleans
Magnolia, you sweet thing
You're driving me mad
Got to get back to you, babe
You're the best I ever had
You're the best I ever had
You whisper Good morning
So gently in my ear
I'm coming home to you, babe
I'll soon be there
I'll soon be there
Crazy Mama;
Crazy mama, where you been so long
Crazy mama, where you been so long
You've been hiding out, I know that's true
Crazy mama, I sure need you
Crazy mama, where you been so long
Standing on the corner, looking for you, baby
Standing on the corner, looking for you, baby
Lord mercy, I can not see, crazy mama coming back to me
Crazy mama, where you been so long
and of course Cocaine;
If you want to hang out, you've got to take her out, cocaine
If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine
If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
When your day is done and you got to run, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine
If your thing is gone and you want to ride on, cocaine
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine
I know the first and last songs. The name Cale eludes me.
edgarblythe wrote:I know the first and last songs. The name Cale eludes me.
Don't feel badly. He's played with some of the very best yet most people have no idea who he is. He's just one of those guys that's managed to avoid the limelight somehow.
I like this one too
Money Talks;
Money talks, it'll tell you a story
Money talks, says strange things
Money talks very loudly
You'd be surprised the friends you can buy with small change
They say it's the root of all evil
They say gold is the king
Money talks, you'd better believe it
All that gold don't mean a thing
Rich people, hear those pockets jingle
Spare change, hear the down-and-outers cry
Money talks, tip-toe up behind you
Steal what they can, off the cuff or on the sly
Money talks
Money talks
Money talks
Money talks
I always did love Clyde.
Clyde plays electric bass
Plays it with finesse and grace
Sit on the porch without no shoes
A-picking the bass and singing the blues
Misery loves company
And his old dog sings harmony
Tambourine tied to his tail
You can hear him moan, you can hear him wail
Jody may, she got a dollar
Down the road you can hear her holler
Get up clyde, we got something to do
That old dog can sing the blues
He don't move, he don't flinch
Clyde, he don't move an inch
Just sit on the porch without no shoes
Picking his bass and singing the blues
Aha! I love JJ Cale - a lot of good times had to his music....hmmmm - might go and put one of his CD's on right now.........
Done to death but another Cale song:
COCAINE
OOPS!-just saw it on your initial post, Dys
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J.J. Cale is one of the great influential but little-known to the general public artists. I don't have all his recordings, but those I have are among my most cherished pieces of music.
If you like Cale you'll love Willis Alan Ramsey...another underappreciated Okie
Just listened on Amazon!!! On me wishlist!
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