J.J. Cale will release his first solo album in nearly five years on February 24 via Rounder Records. Roll On is the guitarist’s first album since his Grammy-winning, gold-certified 2006 collaboration with Eric Clapton, Road to Escondido.

In addition to writing and producing all tracks on Roll On, Cale plays almost all the instruments featured on the album, including guitars, pedal steel, bass, drums, piano and synthesizers.  He tracked most of the album at his home studio in California.  Among the few exceptions is the title track, a previously unreleased collaboration with Eric Clapton. According to a statement, Cale “played most of the instruments on his landmark first album Naturally out of financial necessity.  He does so on Roll On out of a passionate, meticulous love of the craft.”

Over the years, Cale’s songs have been covered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Widespread Panic, The Band, Chet Atkins, Captain Beefheart, Santana, The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Clapton had massive hits with both Cale’s “After Midnight” and “Cocaine.”   

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