JJ Cale Licks in E 

"harvested".....like that..

Some people say JJ was a bit reclusive, but I think he was just enjoying a relaxed life. The rumor is that Eric Clapton tracked him down and brought him out of semi-retirement for his Guitar Festival and to make their joint album, so we owe Eric.

That makes sense. In all the live versions I've heard, JJ plays it using a simple Travis picking strum.

No problem. We in the Active Melody community are really into sharing stuff we've learned, and helping each other out.

Thanks! You were indeed lucky.

American Standard Strat, 2017. I like the newer Strats better than the older ones, because they seem to be lighter... or at least lighter than most of the older ones I've handled.

Funny you mention that. I've just been extracting some more of his licks, including Call Me the Breeze. My theory: He plays the song with a capo on the 2nd fret, then using the E chord structures. His solo part towards the end is played in 1st position minor pentatonic scale rooted on the 14th fret. His guitar is tuned 0.3 semitone sharp, so if you want to play along, you have to tune the song down by -0.3 semitone. I do it using an app called Anytune. Good luck!

Also - search RU-vid for "Eric Clapton & JJ Cale - Call Me breeze HD". It was played at the Crossroads Guitar Festival. There he plays it in E with a properly tuned guitar, and he and Eric have some excellent licks - much better than the original recording.

Forget trying to play like Cale did. Nobody can. You just did some basic pentatonic stuff. Not unique to JJ.

I'm using Logic Pro X, which is an Apple product - kind of like Garageband on steroids. I'm only a beginner at Logic Pro, and I can see that it will take a lot of time and effort to get good at it. RU-vid has lots of Logic Pro tutorials, and I've learned a lot from them. I also have Cubase, which is similar to Logic Pro, but I've never actually used it.

The jamtrack came from lesson EP103 on the ActiveMelody.com website: www.activemelody.com/lesson/j-j-cale-style-simple-blues-guitar-lesson-ep103/ You can't download the jamtrack unless you're a member, which costs about US $60/year. If you are into learning guitar, you might want to consider joining. The teacher - Brian - has nearly 400 excellent lessons in many styles, and I have learned almost everything I know about guitar from his lessons. There's also an excellent forum for sharing ideas and posting videos of your playing.

@@sunjamrblues Really interesting, thanks for the information!

Fender Strat, made in America. I highly recommend it.

You'll lose the feel of blues if you invest in a tuner. "Flat is where it's at..." Mitch Ritter\Paradigm Shifters & Sifters Lay-Low Studios, Ore-Wa Media Disc-US-sion List

Yes, you win!

Well, it's not meant to be a concert, just a sharing of information. The tuning was spot on, according to my tuner, but many of the bends are not bent quite far enough. I'm only a beginner, so I'm still working on that. But you get the idea of how the licks go, and that's the important part.