Lockdown Licks no. 344. “Carry On” by JJ Cale. In style of lead solo. Played on a Stratocaster into a NUX M8 amp set to clean with some reverb. Using a “Trio” drum box for rhythm. Original guitar by JJ Cale.
Carry On is the opening song from “Shades” which is the sixth studio album by J. J. Cale, released in February 1981. After years of living and recording in Nashville, Cale relocated to California in 1980 and lived in an Anaheim trailer park but still worked with longtime producer Audie Ashworth. Shades, which continued Cale’s tradition of giving his albums one word titles, was recorded in various studios in Nashville and Los Angeles.