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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
Tracklist
1 Call Me The Breeze 2:34
2 Call The Doctor 2:25
3 Don't Go To Strangers 2:24
4 Woman I Love 2:40
5 Magnolia 3:22
6 Clyde 2:27
7 Crazy Mama 2:30
8 Nowhere To Run 2:24
9 After Midnight 2:23
10 River Runs Deep 2:41
11 Bringing It Back 2:43
12 Crying Eyes 3:14