With its muted drum machines and morphinic guitar lines, Naturally was a whole new look for rocknroll. Released at a time when Led Zeppelin and scores of their imitators were turning the blues into fist pumping stadium rock, Cale showed that a true master need not speak in anything more than a whisper. Cales debut album Naturally is a revelation. 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. 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's debut album, Naturally, was recorded after Eric Clapton made After Midnight a huge success. Some songs, such as Call Me the Breeze, were recorded with primitive drum. Naturally was recorded independently, on spec, the musicians being paid demo fees.
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Cales friend and producer, Audie Ashworth, encouraged Cale to record a full album in order to capitalize on the success of his song. Cale, who was languishing in obscurity at the time, had no knowledge of Claptons recording of After Midnight until it became a radio hit in 1970. First released in 1972, it includes his song After Midnight which was first recorded by Eric Clapton in 1970. With Johnny Rivers already performing there regularly, club owner Mario Mancini rechristened Cale as J. From there Cale moved to California and worked at Leon Russell's home studio as a chief engineer and began performing at places like the Whiskey A Go Go. Cale, who was raised in Oklahoma, first tasted success in 1964 when singer Mel McDaniel scored a regional hit with Cale's composition Lazy Me. Naturally is the debut studio album by J. Steel Guitar – Weldon Myrick (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B4, B6).Resonator Guitar – Walter Haynes (tracks: A6).Piano – Bob Wilson (tracks: A4 to A6, B2, B5), David Briggs (tracks: A3, B3), Jerry Whitehurst (tracks: A3, B3).Harmonica – Ed Colis (tracks: A4 to A6, B2, B5).Fiddle – Buddy Spiker (tracks: A6), Shorty Lavender (tracks: A6).Engineer – James Long, Jim Williamson, Joe Mills.Drums – Chuck Browning (tracks: A3, B3), Karl Himmel (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4 to B6).Bass – Carl Radle (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B4, B6), Norbert Putnam (tracks: A3, B3), Tim Drummond (tracks: A4 to A6, B2, B5).Backing Vocals – Diane Davidson (tracks: B1, B4).
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