Grasshopper (album)

Grasshopper
Studio album by J. J. Cale
Released	March 1982
Genre	Blues, Americana, Tulsa Sound
Length	33:53
Label	UK: Island USA: Mercury
Producer	Audie Ashworth, J. J. Cale
J. J. Cale chronology
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone	[1]

Grasshopper is a 1982 album by J. J. Cale. It was his seventh since his debut in 1972.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by J. J. Cale, except where noted.

1. "City Girls"
2. "Devil in Disguise"
3. "One Step Ahead of the Blues" (J. J. Cale, Roger Tillison)
4. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
5. "Downtown L.A."
6. "Can't Live Here"
7. "Grasshopper"
8. "Drifters Wife"
9. "Don't Wait" (J. J. Cale, Christine Lakeland)
10. "A Thing Going On"
11. "Nobody But You"
12. "Mississippi River"
13. "Does Your Mama Like to Reggae" (J. J. Cale, Christine Lakeland)
14. "Dr. Jive"

Personnel

• J. J. Cale – guitar and vocals
• Reggie Young – guitar
• Christine Lakeland – guitar, organ, vocals
• David Briggs – piano, electric piano
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Jim Karstein – congas
• Bill Boatman- tambourine
• Robert Greenidge – steel drums
• Gary Allen – drums
• Dennis Solee – horns
• Charles Dungey – bass
• Farrell Morris – congas, percussion, vibraphone
• Karl Himmel – drums
• Nick Rather – bass
• Tommy Cogbill – bass
• Ken Buttrey – drums
• Steve Gibson – guitar
• John Christopher – guitar
• Bobby Emmons – organ

Technical

• Audie Ashworth – producer, engineer
• Chad Hailey – engineer, mixer
• Chip Young – engineer
• Rick Horton – engineer
• Ron Reynolds – engineer, mixer

References