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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

J.J. Cale - Ella Guru's, Knoxville, TN 1990 | soundaboard

J.J. Cale - Ella Guru's, Knoxville, TN 1990

J.J. Cale and band at Ella Guru's, Knoxville on June 3, 1990.
They played two shows on this day, most of this recording comes from the second. Starting on track 6 of disc 2 are songs from the first set.
The probable line-up was:
Tim Drummond on bass, James Cruce, drums, Christine Lakeland, guitar, backing vocals, Spooner Oldham on the keyboards, Jim Karstein, percussion and Steve Douglas on saxophone.


Sound Quality: 9.5-

Source: Soundboard


Track List:
Disc 1
01. Hey Friends!
02. Ride Me High
03. Going Down
04. Runaround
05. Clyde
06. I'm Your Puppet (???)
07. Treat Me Good
08. Call The Doctor
09. Got My Mojo Workin'
10. Emma Lou
11. Cajun Moon
12. You Don't Know What Love Is
13. People Lie
14. Lickin' Stick
15. Money Talks
16. After Midnight
17. Crazy Mama
Disc 2
01. Crazy Mama
02. Roll On
03. Tijuana
04. Magnolia
05. Call Me The Breeze
06. River Boat Song 
07. Mama Don't
08. Humdinger
09. New Orleans
10. Sensitive Kind
11. Cocaine
12. After Midnight

So this is great and what’s not to love but a FLAC format double backed set from the maestro JJ CALE!
Really great quality . . . . if you don’t have and you’re a fan (if you’re not what on earth are you doing here?) geddit? Gottit? Now Git! as my old pal Wacocrimatty would say over at The Voodoo Wagon

JJ Cale - Runaround Live at Ella Guru's, Knoxville, TN. 1990


JJ Cale - Call Me The Breeze (nearly teen minutes of bliss!) 1986
taken at a slower pace then the set at Ella Gurus! but if you download one thing today
Make it Ella Grrus sets from a couple of years later  . . . . . . . . . I keep rollin down the road
I ain’t got me nobody I ain’t carrying no heavy load!

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