This is the last song on Lucinda Williams' pretty amazing double album released this summer (When the Spirit Meets the Bone). This one's a long, lovely, laid-out take of JJ Cale's classic "Magnolia." Play it all night Lucinda (and Bill Frissell, Tony Joe White, and….) Lucinda Williams Song Premiere: Hear a Cover of JJ Cale'sContinue reading “Lucinda Williams Song Premiere: Hear a Cover of JJ Cale’s ‘Magnolia’ From Her New Double Album | Billboard”
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J.J. Cale (Gotta Get Back to You, Magnolia)
Last week the great J.J. Cale, beloved by talents ranging from Eric Clapton to Neil Young to Widespread Panic, left our realm. But he'll never be forgotten, for "Around Midnight" and "Cocaine" and many other great songs. As a thoughtful obit in the Daily Beast pointed out, J.J. Cale songs don't seem to have beenContinue reading “J.J. Cale (Gotta Get Back to You, Magnolia)”