JJ Cale

A while back I had figured J.J. Cale for a Southern natural, a living embodiment of the
region's range of styles, an effortless synthesizer of country and blues. He has now
resurfaced on Okie and is still a synthesizer, but of a different type. Where he before
brought all the strands of his music into single performances, he now sings a blues, then
some country, then some rock. He recorded the new album over a long period... More >

For J.J., this is adventurous stuff--"I Got the Same Old Blues" states his world view (you don't have to listen, just read the title), "Starbound" adapts his style to some (awful) space pop, and "The Old Man and Me" introduces a character whom he isn't making it with (at least he doesn't mention it). (Grade: B-)