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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Judging by the lack of other reviews I'm in a minority in thinking this is one of late period Cale's better efforts. From the stoned humour of Days Go By to the urban paranoia of This Town there's plenty of good music to get excited about. Try Death in the Wilderness for the arrangement and guitar playing for starters or Lowdown for some typical Cale style relaxed shuffle. This is as near as it gets to a Cale solo album. While it won't win many new converts it's a good answer to those who say he's just been repeating himself for the past thirty odd years.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I don't usually review albums on Amazon because it's easy to be too critical but on this occasion I have to comment on the lack of top musicians on this album. What in the world was JJ thinking ... playing all the instruments himself! One of the coolest things aboout most of his other albums was the fact that he has some of the finest musos in the world jamming along. While I commend Cale for being a multi-instrumentalist a lot of the songs on the album don't quite have the same groove as his earlier records. However, if you're like me and have most of his records then this is worth getting. It's a big improvement on Travel Log!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Scarey initial reaction
28 July 2006
Format:Audio CD
When this recording started I was wondering what was wrong with my balance on my system. The production on the first track must have been done by a drummer. Overkill on the drums drowns out an easily overwhelmed voice of the man, JJ Cale. What a relief when the second track reverted to a familiar mix that highlighted Cale's guitar and voice. Really great guitar work on this one, making the title appropriate. However for this fan it's the feel of Cale's recordings that soothes my soul. Great stuff.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
We are wilderness too
29 Sep 2005
Format:Audio CD
Among the sets of songs that JJ cale has put together in recent years, there is not one where he squeezes his creative prowess as he does on "Guitar Man". No bad eggs in this collection. Some songs fundamental for his point of view as artist: IF I Had a Rocket, Nobody Knows or the funny Doctor Told Me, are songs as important as Anyway the Wind Blows. There is also the enigmatic Guitar Man that gives the title: a funny mail exchange to some fellow guitar player? You can find in Miss Ol'St. Louie that delightful travelling mood of some of his songs, and all in all, this is another one of those records of imaginative variations of pure JJ Cale that we love so much.
In Death in the Wilderness he shows concern about environmental issues, knowing, as anyone who has ever wondered where do we come from, that wilderness is a need, also for humans:
"the rabbit, he'll be gone,
the bird will sing no song,
the wolf, the deer, the lion too"
Just add: and the man too, and probably before some of them . We are wilderness too.
In Death in the Wilderness he shows concern about environmental issues, knowing, as anyone who has ever wondered where do we come from, that wilderness is a need, also for humans:
"the rabbit, he'll be gone,
the bird will sing no song,
the wolf, the deer, the lion too"
Just add: and the man too, and probably before some of them . We are wilderness too.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
For Cale fans
5 Jan 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you like J.J. Cale, you'll enjoy this. Not his best work but a fine addition to your collection if you're his fan like my husband and I are.
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