The breeze : an appreciation of JJ Cale
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Rolling stone
d. 11. Sep. 2015
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Will Hermes
d. 11. Sep. 2015
"Gary Clark Jr.'s versatility is both blessing and curse. The Austin ace's 2012 breakthrough album, Blak and Blu, shuffle-mixed through blues roots; raw, Hendrix-channeling solos; glossy, modern R&B; and points between, but never quite figured out how to connect the dots. Three years later, his studio follow-up does - mainly by focusing on his unfuckwithable guitar".
AllMusic
2015
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Mark Deming
2015
"Blues may be at the root of nearly everything on The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, but it's not the sum total of Clark's musical world-view, and if he's abdicated the position of the future of the blues, this music declares that Clark is one artist who will see to it that the blues does indeed have a future, which is what makes him important and Sonny Boy Slim a serious leap forward from Blak and Blu".
The New York times
d. 9. Sep. 2015
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Nate Chinen
d. 9. Sep. 2015
"At 31, he's probably the most acclaimed bluesman of his generation, a guitar hero of potent magnetism. Last year, he released "Gary Clark Jr. Live" (Warner Bros.), a double album that confirmed the obvious: He's at his best in the heat and clamor of performance. But despite the implications of the title, his new album has no concept, serving up a mixed menu of styles, including boom-bap swagger ("The Healing"), rustic gospel ("Church") and 1980s party-funk ("Can't Sleep"). At times it can feel as if he had set out to make a Lenny Kravitz record".
Living blues
2015 October
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Lee Hildebrand
2015 October
" .... Gary Clark Jr. has taken major moves down the pop path with his third full-length CD for Warner Bros. Records. His virtuosic guitar work retains its blues-bitten cutting edge, but the 13 original tunes on The Story of Sonny Boy Slim hardly resemble blues in form or feeling ... Blues and rock guitarists will find much to marvel at, but blues aficionados are likely to left with a cold, cold feeling".