J.J. Cale - Grasshopper (1982)
J.J. Cale - Grasshopper (1982)
J.J. Cale - Grasshopper (1982)
Mercury | 1982 | Country Blues Rock | EAC RIP | FLAC+CUE+LOG+HQ-Covers (400Dpi) | 212Mb+18Mb
Lots of people say that J.J. Cale had a great influence on the early Dire Straits' guitar sound. Knopfler went on to a different, brasher sound and became a latter day guitar hero. J.J. Cale himself kept plowing the furrow that he had largely invented, perhaps even taking the occasional page out of the DS book. And yes, listening to his 7th album, it's hard not to notice the similarities with early Dire Straits material. "Downtown LA" for example, sounds a lot like "Down To The Waterline", and so on and so forth.
Comparisons apart, this is a very pleasant listen. It's full of soft, understated vocals and twangy electric guitars. It's a nice piece of rootsy Americana which plays heavily on the whole "drifter hobo" trip. It will rock out if you listen to it closely but won't invade your privacy unless you want it to. As someone has already mentioned, you get the feeling that some of these songs could have been AOR radio hits ("City Girls" for one was a minor hit) There's lots of tasty guitar licks and, with the addition of congas and other percussion, a couple of nice forays into more ethicky territory. Fortunately JJ stays close to his roots and that's enough for the real fan.
Personnel Includes:
J.J. Cale - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Christine Lakeland - Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Background Vocals
Ray Edentown, Harold Bradley, John Christopher, Reggie Young, Steve Gibson - Guitar
Terry McMillian - Harmonica
Dennis Solee - Horns
Tony Migliori - Piano
David Briggs - Electric Piano
Bobby Emmons - Organ
Mike Lawler - Synthesizer
Farrell Morris - Vibraphone, Congas
Bobby Moore, Charles Dungey, Nick Rather, Tom Cogbill - Bass
Karl Himmel, Ken Buttrey, Buddy Harmon - Drums
Bill Boatman - Drums, Tambourine
Robert Greenidge - Steel Drums
Jim Karstein - Congas
Marilyn Davis - Background Vocals
For Personnel Per Track See Booklet
Tracklist:
01. City Girls
02. Devil In Disguise
03. One Step Ahead Of The Blues
04. You Keep Me Hangin' On
05. Downtown L.A.
06. Can't Live Here
07. Grasshopper
08. Drifters Wife
09. Don't Wait
10. A Thing Going On
11. Nobody But You
12. Mississippi River
13. Does Your Mama Like To Reggae
14. Dr. Jive
All Songs Written By J.J. Cale, except 03 By Roger Tillison, and 09 & 13 Were Co-Written By Christine Lakeland
Produced By Audie Ashworth & J.J. Cale
Recorded At Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN (01, 03, 04, 06, 09, 13)
Recorded North Hollywood, CA (02, 05, 08, 10, 12)
Recorded At Crazy Mamas, Nashville, TN (07, 11)
Recorded At Chip Youngs Log Cabin, Murfreesboro, TN (14)
Sound Quality: 8/9
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 7. November 2009, 21:20
J.J. Cale / Grasshopper
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EAC extraction logfile from 7. November 2009, 21:20
J.J. Cale / Grasshopper
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.33 | 2:50.25 | 33 | 12807
2 | 2:50.58 | 2:02.37 | 12808 | 21994
3 | 4:53.20 | 2:24.00 | 21995 | 32794
4 | 7:17.20 | 3:27.00 | 32795 | 48319
5 | 10:44.20 | 2:26.38 | 48320 | 59307
6 | 13:10.58 | 2:13.00 | 59308 | 69282
7 | 15:23.58 | 1:38.25 | 69283 | 76657
8 | 17:02.08 | 1:41.50 | 76658 | 84282
9 | 18:43.58 | 3:11.45 | 84283 | 98652
10 | 21:55.28 | 2:39.55 | 98653 | 110632
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12 | 27:38.53 | 2:05.10 | 124403 | 133787
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