To Tulsa And Back

Jewel case with 8-page stapled booklet 15 years after its release. Tracklist: 1. My Gal / 2. Chains Of Love / 3. New Lover / 4. One Step 5. Stone River / 6. The Problem / 7. Homeless 8. Fancy Dancer / 9. Rio / 10. These Blues 11. Motormouth / 12. Blues For Mama / 13. Another Song. Produced and recorded at Natura Digital Studio, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 2003.On his first studio outing in eight years, the mythical Okie troubadour turns in a solid set of his trademark dusty blues tunes. His stinging Stratocaster lead lines, spare and razor taut are plentiful, as are his tight-knit song constructions. Standouts on this set include the new West funk of New Lover, the shuffling New Step, the skittering The Problem, the delightfully rambling Fancy Dancer, the burning road-dog rock of Motormouth, and the jazzy, gypsy swing in These Blues. The album closes with Cale playing a lone banjo on Another Song, a mournful Appalachian ballad that feels like it comes from out of the heart of the Dust Bowl, it's full of ghosts and shadows and aches with the weight and displacement of longing as history. A fine effort.

Tracks

1~1~My Gal
1~2~Chains Of Love
1~3~New Lover
1~4~One Step
1~5~Stone River
1~6~The Problem
1~7~Homless
1~8~Fancy Dancer
1~9~Rio
1~10~These Blues
1~11~Motormouth
1~12~Blues For Mama
1~13~Another Song

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Jj Cale
Release Date: 19 July 2019
Genre: Easy Listening
Label: Words & Music/Because Music
Distributor: MGM Music