Saturday 5 September 2015

JJ Cale - Live


Rating: 5/5

Review:
A fine live album



This is a really good live album.  JJ Cale was a very fine musician and guitarist underneath all that apparently effortless cool, and it shows throughout this album.  Fine singing, great guitar work, a lovely atmosphere and a terrific, tight band all add up to a really good album.

It's true that, being cut from several concerts it lacks some of the atmosphere of a single live concert in places, and once or twice the sound balance puts JJ's voice a little too far back, but overall it's terrific.  From a wonderful, tender Magnolia to a rumbustious, sort of reverse Mama Don't in which the instruments leave one by one, it's a really enjoyable album and a fine record of a true great in fine form.  Warmly recommended.

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