J.J. Cale

Roll On, JJ Cale's first solo CD of new material in

nearly five years is set for release February 24, 2009 on Rounder Records.



Rock & roll is an unforgiving profession. We eat our young, disregard the old and always want more of everything. Aging gracefully while remaining relevant in the rock game is the hardest trick of all, and JJ Cale might be doing it better than anyone.



“I remember when I made my first album [1972’s Naturally], I was 32 or 33-years-old and I thought I was way too old then,” laughs Cale. “When I see myself doing this at 70, I go, ‘What am I doing, I should be layin’ down in a hammock.’”



For some, music is a hobby, or if they’re lucky a job or a passion; for JJ Cale it’s not even a choice: music is all he’s ever known. He’s a lifer. Born John Weldon Cale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer has been doing this for over fifty years and on February 24, 2009, Rounder Records will release Roll On, Cale’s sixteenth album. Comprised of 12 new songs, including the previously unreleased title track recorded with Eric Clapton, Roll On is Cale’s first batch of new solo material since 2004’s To Tulsa and Back and comes on the heels of his gold selling (platinum overseas) 2006 collaboration with Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido, which also earned Cale his first Grammy®.



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