Monday, October 12, 2009

JJs influences

I'd like to dip into his influences too. And I have. :) Here's some:

JJ has noted that he is a big fan of Clarence Gatemouth Brown, so some of his licks may come from there, like the one I just tabed below. But he plays the T-Bone Shuffle a lot, so I assume the T-Bone lick above comes directly from the source. And Gatemouth got his real start by replacing T-Bone in all thos eyears ago, so it's all good anyway. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_%22Gatemouth%22_Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_Walker

He also mentions he really enjoys The Highwaymen album. by Waylon, Willie, Johnny and Kris.
http://www.amazon.com/Highwayman-Highwaymen/dp/B0012GMUHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1255353285&sr=8-1

And he also says he is an admirer of Mose Allison.

From his childhood he has once told that his parents likes Glenn Miller, but he was into Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino. He also said somewhere that as a young guitarslinger, he had to play all sorts of things in the bands he was in, western swing, latest hit records, etc. Also he says jump blues wasmusic he really liked, but only after he started playing guitar.

3 comments:

  1. and ella fitzgerald

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  2. In the Tulsa DVD he mentions Billie Holiday as the source for the laid back feel. Billie Holiday herself is said to have tried to sing like Louis Armstrong played (...or something like that).

    - weelie

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  3. JJ Cale also noted in an interview to have all the albums of Sade

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