The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale

Studio album by Eric Clapton & Friends

Released

July 29, 2014

Recorded

2013-2014

Genre

Rock, Blues rock, Country rock

Length

51:33

Label

Bushbranch / Surfdog

Producer

Eric Clapton, Simon Climie

Eric Clapton chronology

Old Sock
(2013)

The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
(2014)

Forever Man
(2015)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	(6/10)^[2]
AllMusic	^[3]

The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale is the twenty-second studio album by Eric Clapton & Friends. It consists of covers of songs by J. J. Cale. It was named after Cale's 1972 single "Call Me the Breeze". It was produced by Clapton and Simon Climie.

Track listing

All songs written by J.J. Cale except where indicated

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Call Me the Breeze"	Eric Clapton	3:07
2.	"Rock and Roll Records"	Clapton & Tom Petty	2:19
3.	"Someday" (Cale, Walt Richmond)	Mark Knopfler	3:48
4.	"Lies"	Clapton & John Mayer	3:07
5.	"Sensitive Kind"	Don White	5:17
6.	"Cajun Moon"	Clapton	2:28
7.	"Magnolia"	Mayer	3:42
8.	"I Got the Same Old Blues"	Petty & Clapton	3:03
9.	"Songbird"	Willie Nelson & Clapton	2:56
10.	"Since You Said Goodbye"	Clapton	3:01
11.	"I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" (Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard)	White & Clapton	2:37
12.	"The Old Man and Me"	Petty	2:56
13.	"Train to Nowhere"	Knopfler, White & Clapton	4:51
14.	"Starbound"	Nelson & Derek Trucks	2:03
15.	"Don't Wait" (Cale, Christine Lakeland)	Clapton & Mayer	2:47
16.	"Crying Eyes"	Clapton, Christine Lakeland & Trucks	3:31

Personnel

Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars (all tracks), dobro (track 11)
Tom Petty – vocals
Mark Knopfler – guitar (tracks 3 & 13), vocals
John Mayer – guitar (tracks 4, 7 & 15), vocals
Willie Nelson – guitar (tracks 9 & 14), vocals
Don White – guitar (tracks 3, 5 & 13), vocals
Reggie Young – guitar (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
Derek Trucks – guitar (tracks 14 & 16)
Albert Lee – guitar (tracks 1 & 11)
David Lindley – guitar (tracks 9 & 16)
Don Preston – guitar (tracks 3 & 13)
Christine Lakeland – guitar (track 3), vocals
Mike Campbell - guitar
Doyle Bramhall II – guitar (track 10)

Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (tracks 12 & 14)
Jimmy Markham – harmonica (track 13)
Mickey Raphael – harmonica (tracks 3, 9 & 14)
Michelle John – background vocals
Sharon White – background vocals
James Cruce – drums
Jim Karstein – drums
Jamie Oldaker – drums
David Teegarden – drums
Satnam Ramgotra – tablas
Simon Climie – keyboards, organ, piano, drum programming, percussion, background vocals
Nathan East – bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Walt Richmond – keyboards, organ, piano
Alan Douglas - Engineer

Chart performance

Weekly Charts

Chart (2014–15)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	17
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[5]	8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[6]	7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[7]	5
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[8]	2
Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU)^[9]	14
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[10]	2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[11]	1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[12]	1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[13]	20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	2
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[15]	32
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[16]	34
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[17]	14
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[18]	11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[19]	19
Korean Albums (Gaon)^[20]	59
Korean International Albums (Gaon)^[21]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[22]	3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[23]	2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[24]	4
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[25]	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[26]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[27]	40
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[28]	2
UK Albums (OCC)^[29]	3
UK Digital Albums (OCC)^[30]	15
US Billboard 200^[31]	2
US Digital Albums (Billboard)^[32]	4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[33]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[34]	2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)^[35]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^[36]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[37]	107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[38]	102
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[39]	19
US Billboard 200^[40]	117
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[41]	11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[42]	23

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Eric Clapton

Studio albums	Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard There's One in Every Crowd No Reason to Cry Slowhand Backless Another Ticket Money and Cigarettes Behind the Sun August Journeyman From the Cradle Pilgrim Reptile Me and Mr. Johnson / Sessions for Robert J Back Home Clapton Old Sock I Still Do

Live albums	Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert E. C. Was Here Just One Night Time Pieces Vol.II Live in the Seventies 24 Nights Unplugged Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies One More Car, One More Rider Live in San Diego

Compilations	The History of Eric Clapton Eric Clapton at His Best Clapton Steppin' Out Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton Backtrackin' The Cream of Eric Clapton Crossroads Story The Cream of Clapton Blues Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton Complete Clapton Forever Man

Singles	"After Midnight" / "Easy Now" "Blues Power" / "Bottle of Red Wine" "Let It Rain" "I Shot the Sheriff" / "Give Me Strength" "Willie and the Hand Jive" "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "Hello Old Friend" "Carnival" "Lay Down Sally" / "Cocaine" "Wonderful Tonight" "Tulsa Time" "Promises" / "Watch Out for Lucy" "Early in the Morning (Live)" "I Can't Stand It" "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" "Crosscut Saw" "Forever Man" "It's in the Way That You Use It" "Behind the Mask" "Tearing Us Apart" "Pretending" / "Before You Accuse Me" "Hound Dog" "Bad Love" "Tears in Heaven" / "White Room (Live)" "Layla (Acoustic)" "Down & Out" "Motherless Child" / "Driftin'" "Change the World" "Born in Time" "Circus" "My Father's Eyes" "Pilgrim" "Blue Eyes Blue" "(I) Get Lost" "Come Rain or Come Shine" / "Ten Long Years" "3 O'Clock Blues" "Key to the Highway" "Worried Life Blues" "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" "Every Little Thing" / "No Sympathy"

Soundtracks	Edge of Darkness Homeboy Rush

Concert films	Live 1986 The Cream of Eric Clapton Live in Hyde Park In Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua Sessions for Robert J Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Live at Montreux 1986 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Planes, Trains and Eric Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Collaborations	Riding with the King The Road to Escondido Live from Madison Square Garden Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale

Tours	Journeyman World Tour 1992 Eric Clapton World Tour

Related	Album discography Singles discography Videography Blackie Brownie The Fool Signature Stratocaster Crossroads Centre Crossroads Guitar Festival Pattie Boyd (wife) Ferrari SP12 EC Va Bene Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

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