Posted on 07/27/2013 5:44:29 AM PDT by lwd
J.J. Cale has died from a heart attack at the age of 74.
The death of the legendary Grammy Award winning singer songwriter was announced on his Facebook page today.
“We’ve lost a great artist and a great person tonight. JJ Cale passed away at 8:00 pm on Friday July 26 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, CA. He had suffered a heart attack. There are no immediate plans for services. His history is well documented at JJCale.com , http://www.rosebudus.com/cale/ and in the documentary, To Tulsa And Back. Donations are not needed but he was a great lover of animals so, if you like, you can remember him with donations to your favorite local animal shelter”.
J.J. Cale was best known for the songs ‘After Midnight’ and ‘Cocaine’, covered by Eric Clapton as well as ‘Crazy Mama’ and ‘Call Me The Breeze’.
(Excerpt) Read more at noise11.com ...
A quintessential disc for Cale...
J.J. Cale
Special Edition
Review by William Ruhlmann
Sinuous rhythms, conversational singing, and, most of all, intricate, bluesy guitar playing characterize Cale’s performances of his own songs. This compilation, covering 11 years of recording, includes the songs Eric Clapton, who borrowed heavily from Cale’s style in his 1970s solo work, made famous: “After Midnight” and “Cocaine.”
http://www.allmusic.com/album/special-edition-mw0000649946
It doesn’t pay to know Eric Clapton.
Got a gig at a car show today. Will sing “Call Me The Breeze” for him. And maybe “Don’t Go To Strangers”.
RIP. I preferred Clapton’s revised version of “After Midnight” released for the beer ad.
One of my all time favorites.
RIP Mr. Cale!
Love his version of “Cocaine” - the quintessential version, as far as I’m concerned, even though it extols the virtues of using cocaine:
“If you got that lose, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
When your day is done, and you want to ride on cocaine”
“She don’t lie, She don’t lie, She don’t lie!”
“Cocaine!”
I wrote my version years ago to the same tune.
If you want to die dead,
Dead in your bed Cocaine
Wow, sad if true, I discovered JJ with a plastic record that came on a box
of cereal back in 71-72, what a talent.
and remember you cheatin girls,,, “the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice”
RIP JJ Cale. You did some great stuff while you were here.
“Magnolia”
I saw him and shook his hand after a solo appearance in a small record story, legendary and no longer in existence. You’d think that a blues/country/rock guitarist like himself would need a band with him to show his chops. No siree, everything that you hear on the records and more came out of that guitar during that afternoon. It knocked me, a skeptic and critic, out!
J.J. Cale was a musician’s musician, like Guy Clark (new album just out!), unknown to most rah-rah stadium rock attendees, even if his songs were covered (barely, to be generous) by better known MTV stars with better hair and better PR.
Lee Roy Parnell (another barely known, excellent guitarist) wrote a nice piece about J.J. on Fakebook. It shows, who the musicians listen to and admire. As I said, musician’s musician. I recommend that you seek such artists out in all arts, especially popular music and literature. I do.
I’ve been listening to JJ Cale since the 1970’s. Rock and Roll is now dead to me.
Rest in peace JJ Cale.
RIP.
With all the press he’s getting finally, he’d be poised to make a comeback.
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