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Lyrics: Floatin’ down that old river boy, all my worries far behind
Floatin’ down that old river boy, leave old memories way behind Yesterday is slowly fadin’ All my life, I’ve been waitin’, for this time.
Floatin’ down that old river boy, leaves me feelin’ good inside
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Ride the river in this boat, ride the river. Ride the river in this boat, ride the river. Ride the river in this boat, ride the river. Ride the river in this boat, ride the river. Floatin’ down that old river boy, all my worries far behind, The Road to Escondido is available from Amazon here:
In 2016, The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale was released, which features a variety of artists (including Eric Clapton) performing songs penned by Cale.
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Anyone who knows me knows that Eric Clapton is royalty here with the staff at DWB Radio. So much so, he is addressed as Uncle Eric. And while our son’s name is more closely tied to a pair of familial connections, when Mrs. Dances With Bass suggested it as a possible name, the EC namesake didn’t escape Mr. Dances With Bass. The Road to Escondido is a breezy, back porch-sittin’, aimlessly-floating-in-a-boat album that is sadly overlooked by many fans. In fact, ask most music fans who JJ Cale was and you’ll get a blank stare. That’s a shame, though, because Mr. Cale wrote some of American rock radio’s most-played hits, including Cocaine and After Midnight, both of which were made into classic radio hits by Uncle Eric himself. Cale also penned Call Me the Breeze, which was popularized by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clyde, which was made a hit by Waylon Jennings (and later by Dr. Hook), and I Got the Same Old Blues, which was performed by Captain Beefheart. Cale also released 14 albums of material that he wrote and recorded. Many artists—including Clapton, Neil Young, and Mark Knopfler—have cited Cale as one of the most important people in rock and roll history, despite Cale’s preference for staying out of the limelight. The album’s title is derived from the fact that Clapton used to own a home in Escondido, California, and Cale formerly lived near Escondido in neighboring Valley Center, California. The two thought their dual-connection to the city would make for a fitting album title. On the cover, Cale is shown holding a hitchhiker’s sign reading “Escondido” while Clapton, sits in the bed of an ostensibly broken-down pickup, wearing a baseball cap and strumming an acoustic guitar. Sadly, Cale died in 2013, at the age of 74, after suffering a heart attack. Video: You Might Also Like:
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