"For my money, Jimmy Hall is the best white R&B singer alive." -- Steve Cropper The best Southern Rock singer--hands down Jimmy Hall, no question." -- John Bell, Widespread Panic "Jimmy is my Blues Brother." -- Gregg Allman * J.J. Cale, a true original of the American Southwest, has created a large catalog of rootsy, laconic songs that have been covered by Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Band, and Santana, among many others. * His last major label release with Eric Clapton, Road to Escondido, won a Grammy Award in 2008! * Many of his most famous songs, from early in his career in the 1970s, are included in this compilation. * This 15-track collection recasts many of Cale"s greatest songs across a wide range of roots music styles, from the contemporary electric blues of Swamp Cabbage and the Nashville country sounds of Dixie Tabernacle to the arena-sized rock of Rufus Huff and the gospel-tinged a capella soul of The Persuasions. * Other "celebrity" contributors to this tribute include vocalists J.J. Grey (Mofro), Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie, Jeff Beck), bassist Darryl Jones (Rolling Stones), keyboardist Mike Finnegan (Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart), and drummer Charley Dreyton (Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop).