JJ Cale Songs Featured On New Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden CD/DVD Release (4 June, 2009)

Three JJ Cale songs are featured on the new Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden CD/DVD release, recorded in February 2008.

"Lowdown," "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" are all featured on the CD, while "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" are on the DVD of the performances. For complete track listing and purchase information, please click here. The show is currently being featured on Great Performances on PBS.

JJ Cale Tour Highlights

JJ Cale recently completed his first tour in five years in support of his acclaimed new album, Roll On. He was joined on stage by Tom Petty and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell in Santa Monica, CA and Mike returned to play the entire show in Seattle. At each stop on the tour, a portion of the proceeds were donated to a local animal charity or rescue effort.

Filter Interviews JJ Cale

Keep an eye out for an interview with JJ Cale by Ben Bridwell from the group Band of Horses, which will be featured in the Summer issue of Filter magazine.

JJ Cale On Public Radio - American Routes

Also watch for an interview with JJ on Public Radio's American Routes program - air date TBA - and check out the interview JJ recently did with KPBS San Diego here.

JJ Cale’s new album ‘Roll On’ is released in Europe on Because Music (9 March, 2009)

The great JJ Cale’s new album is released this week in the UK, where it has been chosen as BBC Radio 2’s Album of the Week. The station will be featuring tracks every day this week www.bbc.co.uk/radio2.  The album, which has been dubbed by The Independent newspaper, is available now on Amazon.co.uk and iTunes UK.

JJ Cale Announces First Tour Since 2004

JJ Cale will be hitting the road for the first time since 2004 in support of his new album, Roll On, released February 24, 2009.  Rolling Stone says of the new CD "he's a model for indie-rock longevity...his bubbling guitar - as much a jam band archetype as Jerry Garcia's - glints across the shadows."

The tour will cover the West Coast, where JJ Cale will be playing solo, choosing to play intimate venues in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.  A portion of the proceeds from each show will be donated to local animal shelters and rescue efforts.  Please visit the tour dates page for more information.

JJ Cale - The Roll On Tour - Solo

3/27 – McCabe’s, Santa Monica, CA

3/28 – McCabe’s, Santa Monica, CA

3/29 – Belly Up, Solona Beach, CA

3/30 – Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA

4/1 – Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, CA

4/2 – Bimbo’s, San Francisco, CA

4/3 – Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA

4/5 – WOW Hall, Eugene, OR

4/6 – Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR

4/7 – Triple Door, Seattle, WA

4/8 – Triple Door, Seattle, WA

4/10 – Capilano College, Vancouver, BC

4/11 – Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, BC

4/13 - Craterian Ginger Rogers Theatre, Medford, OR

4/14 - Paradise Performing Arts Center, Paradise, CA

4/15 - Tower Theatre, Fresno, CA

 

Please visit the Tour page for venue details and ticket information.

JJ Cale's Roll On is now available everywhere, released in the U.S. and Canada by Rounder Records and in the rest of the world by Because Music. (March 2009)

Roll On, JJ Cale's first solo CD of new material in nearly five years follows his Grammy-winning, gold-certified 2006 album with Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido. The title track features a previously unreleased collaboration with Clapton. Cale wrote and produced all twelve songs on Roll On.

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JJ Cale Is Our Hero

March 6, 2009, Rolling Stone Magazine

A few weeks back we had the honor of interviewing legendary songwriter JJ Cale about his new album, Roll On. We wrote about it in the last issue of RS. Check it out right here.

Turns out that the man who wrote the awesome Clapton hits "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" is one of the most down-to-earth dudes we've ever met.

And Roll On is an incredible album. We've been listening to it nonstop!

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