''Roll On'' is the 14th studio album by

J. J. Cale John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and sound engineer. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knop ...

(and the final one to be released in his lifetime), released on February 24, 2009, by

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. All songs were written by Cale; they include "Who Knew", "Former Me", and "Roll On", the last of which is a collaboration with

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...

. Some tracks were recorded at sessions at

David Teegarden David Teegarden is an American musician who was a member of the American psych-rock group Teegarden & Van Winkle. He is a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Teegarden has worked with many musicians including J. J. Cale, Eric Clapton, Joe Walsh, and ...

's studio, north of

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, in 2003.

Track listing

# "Who Knew" 3:30 # "Former Me" 2:48 # "Where the Sun Don't Shine" 3:07 # "Down to Memphis" 3:05 # "Strange Days" 3:10 # "Cherry Street" 3:43 # "Fonda-Lina" 3:20 # "Leaving in the Morning" 2:37 # "Oh Mary" 3:34 # "Old Friend" 3:55 # "Roll On" (feat. Eric Clapton) 4:43 # "Bring Down the Curtain" 2:51 # "The Taker" (digital-only bonus track) # "Top Of The Hill" (digital-only bonus track) # "Worrying Off Your Mind" (digital-only bonus track) The 3 digital-only bonus tracks are written by J.J. Cale. "Worrying Off Your Mind" was later released physically (on

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label) on April 13, 2019 (at the occasion of

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) on vinyl format as the b-side of the posthumous J.J. Cale 7" single "

Stay Around ''Stay Around'' is the 15th and final studio album by songwriter, guitarist and singer J. J. Cale, and his first and only posthumous album so far, released on April 26, 2019 by Because Music. Overview ''Stay Around'' is a collection of 15 prev ...

", the second single to be released from the album ''

''.

Personnel

Musicians

- drums (1) *

Christine Lakeland Christine Lakeland (born July 11, 1954) is an American musician/songwriter. She was married to the late guitarist/songwriter J.J. Cale. She played on many of his albums and was a member of his band. She also has recorded several albums under her ...

acoustic guitar (1, 9, 10, 11) * David Chapman - bass guitar (1) * Jim Karstein - drums (9, 10) * Walt Richmond - piano (9, 10) * Bill Raffensperger - bass guitar (9, 10) *

Rocky Frisco Don Roscoe Joseph III (July 26, 1937 – May 26, 2015), professionally known as Rocky Frisco and Rocky Curtiss, was an American musician. He was best known as the longtime pianist for J. J. Cale, and for his role in the development of the music s ...

- keyboards (10) * Shelby Eicher - mandolin (10) * Jim Markham - harmonica (10) * Don White - guitar (10) *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America".Howard Sounes. ''Down ...

- drums (11) * Mark Leonard - bass guitar (11) * Glen Dee - piano (11) *

- guitar (11) *

Steve Ripley Paul Steven Ripley (January 1, 1950 – January 3, 2019) was an American recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. He entered the music industry in 1977. He was also the leader/producer of country rock ...

- acoustic guitar (11) *

John "Juke" Logan John "Juke" Logan (September 11, 1946 – August 30, 2013) was an American electric blues harmonica player, musician, singer, pianist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica playing on the theme music for television programs (''Home I ...

- harmonica (11) * J. J. Cale - vocals and all other instruments

Production

*Mike Test - engineer *

Mike Kappus Mike Kappus (born May 24, 1950) is an American music manager and record producer. Kappus was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2014. The Blues Foundation described Kappus as "the kind of manager and booking agent any musician would want" an ...

- executive producer * David Teegarden - recording *David Chapman - recording *Dana Brown - assistant recording *Ed Barton - recording *Chad Hailey - research *Greg Calbi - mastering *J. J. Cale - producer

Charts

References

2009 albums J. J. Cale albums Rounder Records albums Albums produced by Mike Kappus {{2009-rock-album-stub