Artist:  J.J. Cale

Title:  Troubador

Date:  1976

Label:  Shelter Recording Co.    SRL-52002

Art Direction and Design:  Vigon Nahas Vigon

Illustration:  Charles E. White III

Notes:  I think Mr. Cale is known more for his songs that for his own renditions of the same tunes. This record has his great version of the Clapton hit Cocaine. And a great sounding Hey Baby as well. All the songs are what you would expect from a seasoned storyteller of his caliber. He surrounds his voice and guitar with what always appears to be the perfect balance of accompaniment. A nice record for those youngun' just wading onto the alt-country or Americana pool. This is some of the stuff the new layer of music was built upon. The front and back covers feature both a pretty headstock and some interesting cloud formations.

Line Up

J.J. Cale - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Composer, Drums, Vocals
Buddy Emmons - Guitar (Steel)
Bill Pursell, Bobby Wood, Don Tweedy - Keyboards
Jerry Allison, Audie Ashworth - Percussion
Bill Boazman, Harold Bradley, Gordon Payne, Reggie Young- Guitar
Chuck Browning - Guitar, Drums
Kenneth A. Buttrey, Buddy Harmon, Karl Himmel, Jim Karstein, Kenny Malone - Drums
Tommy Cogbill, Charles Dungey, Joe Osborne, Bill Raffenspeger - Bass
Dennis Good - Trombone
Farrell Morris - Drums, Vocals (bckgr)
Gary S. "Flip" Paxton - Vocals
Billy Puett - Saxophone

Track Listing

Side 1

Hey Baby
Travelin' Light
You Got Something
Ride Me High
Hold On
Cocaine

Side 2

I'm a Gypsy Man
The Woman That Got Away
Super Blue
Let Me Do It to You
Cherry
You Got Me on So Bad