Probably the greatest compliment one can pay to an artistic personality is to certify that she has her own "style". This undeniably applies to John "JJ" Cale, who died in 2013.
Although he gained his first experience as a guitarist already in the fifties, JJ Cale achieved his fame mainly through cover versions of his pieces by other artists. Eric Clapton, for example, recorded After Midnight, Cocaine and other of his songs. Clapton's admiration reached a climax with the joint album Road To Escondido, for which Cale, who wrote the songs, received his first Grammy and his first Golden Record.
For Stay Around, his widow and long-time guitarist Christine Lakeland delved into Cale's recordings that hadn't seen the light of day before. I wanted to max-out the 'Cale factor,'" Christine emphasizes, "do as much that came from John's ears and fingers and his choices as I could, so I stuck to John's mixes.
Cale's approach to recording was as distinctive as the style of his guitar playing and his whispering vocals.
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