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<h1><em>Naturally</em> (J. J. Cale album)</h1><h2>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h2><h2><br></h2><p><strong><em>Naturally</em></strong> is the debut studio <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">album</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Cale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">J. J. Cale</a> released on October 25, 1971.</p><h2><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/JJ_Cale-Naturally_%28album_cover%29.jpg" alt="JJ Cale-Naturally (album cover).jpg"></h2><p><br></p><h2>Background</h2><p>Cale, who was raised in Oklahoma, first tasted success in 1964 when singer Mel McDaniel scored a regional hit with Cale's composition "Lazy Me". From there Cale moved to California and worked at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leon Russell</a>'s home studio as a chief engineer and began performing at places like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_a_Go_Go" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whisky a Go Go</a>. With <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rivers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Rivers</a> already performing there regularly, club co-owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Valentine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elmer Valentine</a> rechristened Cale as J.J. Cale to avoid confusion with the John Cale in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Underground" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Velvet Underground</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally_(J._J._Cale_album)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> In 1966, Cale cut an unsuccessful single for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liberty Records</a> called "Slow Motion", but it was the B-side, "After Midnight", that would have long-term ramifications for Cale's career when Eric Clapton recorded the song and had a Top 20 hit. Cale, who was languishing in obscurity at the time, had no knowledge of Clapton's recording of "After Midnight" until it became a radio hit in 1970. Cale recalled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Mojo</em></a> magazine that when he heard Clapton's version playing on his radio, "I was dirt poor, not making enough to eat and I wasn't a young man. I was in my thirties, so I was very happy. It was nice to make some money."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally_(J._J._Cale_album)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> Cale's friend and producer, Audie Ashworth, encouraged Cale to record a full album in order to capitalize on the success of his song.</p>