Grasshopper is a Rock album by J.J. Cale, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 76 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
Even as the ‘80s saw Cale drifting towards radio-friendly AOR (“City Girls” is as gentle and breezy as Loggins and Messina), <i>Grasshopper</i> livened up Cale’s signature style with a trick bag of new sounds. A farfisa organ taps a refrain in the atmospheric travel tune “Mississippi River,” while the title track features steel drums in the leading role. The instrumental flourishes that Cale and producer Audie Ashworth added to the mix for <i>Grasshopper</i> are just enough to flavor the recipe without sounding like a distracting gimmick. In addition, Cale turned in several classic songs: the sweet AM country of “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” the desperate street shuffle of “Downtown L.A.,” and especially “A Thing Going On,” with its muted, sexy sense of dread. “Drifters Wife” is a spare folk song that emphasizes Cale’s Okie roots, but even when he accelerates his trademark shuffle into vibraphone-led jazz (“Dr. Jive”), he always sounds like himself: hushed, unassuming, and more than a little mysterious.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1City Girls2:48
- A2Devil In Disguise2:02
- A3One Step Ahead Of The Blues2:22
- A4You Keep Me Hangin' On3:29
- A5Downtown L.A.2:30
- A6Can't Live Here2:16
- A7Grasshopper1:40
Side B
- B1Drifters Wife1:40
- B2Don't Wait3:09
- B3A Thing Going On2:38
- B4Nobody But You3:00
- B5Mississippi River2:03
- B6Does Your Mama Like To Reggae3:40
- B7Dr. Jive1:48
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- swampy
- laid-back
- southern
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bobby EmmonsORGAN
- Christine LakelandBACKING VOCALS, ORGAN, ELECTRIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, PERCUSSION
- David BriggsELECTRIC PIANO PIANO
- Johnny ChristopherRHYTHM GUITAR GUITAR
- Kenny ButtreyDRUMS
- Reggie YoungELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Tommy CogbillBASS
- Bill BoatmanDRUMS DRUMS, TAMBOURINE TAMBOURINE
- Bob MooreBASS
- Buddy HarmanDRUMS
- Charles DungeyBASS
- Denis SoleeHORNS
- Farrell MorrisCONGAS CONGAS, VIBRAPHONE PERCUSSION
- Gary AllenDRUMS
- Harold BradleyELECTRIC GUITAR
- J.J. CaleBASS BASS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Jimmy KarsteinCONGAS
- Karl HimmelDRUMS
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 76 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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