J.J. Cale – Naturally (1972)

01. Call Me The Breeze (2:41)
02. Call The Doctor (2:33)
03. Don't Go To Strangers (2:28)
04. Woman I Have (2:44)
05. Magnolia (3:27)
06. Clyde (2:31)
07. Crazy Mama (2:35)
08. Nowhere To Run (2:28)
09. After Midnight (2:26)
10. River Runs Deep (2:45)
11. Bring It Back (2:50)
12. Crying Eyes (3:16)

J.J. Cale: Guitar, Vocals
Karl Himmel: Drums
Chuck Browning: Drums
Tim Drummond: Drums
Carl Radle: Bass
Norbert Putnam: Bass
Bob Wilson: Piano
David Briggs: Piano, Organ
Jerry Whitehurst: Piano
Weldon Myrick: Steel Guitar
Buddy Spicher - Fiddle
Shorty Lavender: Fiddle
Walter Hayness: Dobro
Mac Gayden: Slide Guitar
Ed Colis: Harmonica
Diane Davidson: Backing Vocals

J.J. Cale's debut album, Naturally, was recorded after Eric Clapton made "After Midnight" a huge success. Instead of following Slowhand's cue and constructing a slick blues-rock album, Cale recruited a number of his Oklahoma friends and made a laid-back country-rock record that firmly established his distinctive, relaxed style. Cale included a new version of "After Midnight" on the album, but the true meat of the record lay in songs like "Crazy Mama," which became a hit single, and "Call Me the Breeze," which Lynyrd Skynyrd later covered. On these songs and many others on Naturally, Cale effortlessly captured a lazy, rolling boogie that contradicted all the commercial styles of boogie, blues, and country-rock at the time. Where his contemporaries concentrated on solos, Cale worked the song and its rhythm, and the result was a pleasant, engaging album that was in no danger of raising anybody's temperature. ---Thom Owens, allmusic.com

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