With a heavy heart I bring you this news

[madokie]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Tulsa_Sound_artist_JJ_Cale_dead_at_74/20130727_298_0_TulsaS575057?r=9111

JJ Cale, Native Tulsan passed away this morning of a heart attack. He was 74.
He penned some awesome songs recorded by many different people. After Midnight, They call me the Breeze, Traveling Light, Cocaine and the list can go on for a while.
One, if not my favorite songwriters, performers of all time.

One of my favorites. The old man and me.

I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this.

ETA:

[villager]

1. Have already played a couple different versions of "Cajun Moon" this morning...

RIP, JJ

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[madokie]

2. So many awesome songs, One awesome man

No desire for fame or fortune. Definitely an original. RIP JJ

[liberal_at_heart]

3. I love After Midnight and They Call Me the Breeze. The world has lost a great songwriter.

[malaise]

4. Sad

Rec

[Warpy]

5. To my discredit, I've mostly known and loved covers of his songs

To my credit, I've looked up who wrote those songs and therefore knew who JJ. Cale was.

RIP and thank you, JJ. You were an astonishing talent and you will be sorely missed.

[PD Turk]

6. A tremendous loss

A tremendous loss to all of us in the Tulsa music community.... he invented our sound in this town. I'm heading over to Eds Hurricane on 11th to sit in with some friends who run a jam session there on Saturday afternoons. I'm sure we will play a few JJ tunes and drink a few in his honor.

RIP John, we will miss you

[Oilwellian]

7. Sorry to hear

I grew up listening to his music. It was such a great era.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Always loved his original "Cocaine" better than Clapton's cover.

R.I.P., JJ

[madokie]

10. Although I like others singing his songs

It was his version I liked best.

[world wide wally]

14. Clapton once said that JJ Cale taught him the secret of good songwriting

[DevonRex]

9. I loved him.

This is a sad day.

[vanlassie]

11. Aw DAMN. RIP and thanks for the tunes.

[madokie]

18. Heres a treat for you

Recorded with Leon Russell in '79 at Leon Russells Paradise Studio. I'm about 30 minutes into this and can't for the life of me get up and do my chores. JJ Cale and Leon Russell are awesome together. Both are excellent musicians with their unique styles. Cale is an awesome guitar player as you can see on this hour and 20 minute session.

[The Wizard]

12. The world sheds a tear

when someone who made us feel good departs.

[calimary]

13. And "Crazy Mama."

LUVVVV this song! Still one of the coolest!

[nolabear]

16. I so loved this when I was a teen. It got heavy rotation in New Orleans.

And since it was sung by him too it became how I knew him even before Clapton. Ah, me. Too young.

[lastlib]

15. There was Hendrix and Clapton and JJ,.....

...then there was everyone else who ever picked up a guitar. TRULY one of the giants of American music. RIP, JJ--you will be greatly missed!

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[Zorra]

17. Eric Clapton: "As hard as I've tried I've never really succeeded in getting a record to sound like

him and that's what I want."

One of my favorite artists. He and his band were sooo awesome in concert when I saw them, totally present in in the zone. He was one of a kind, nobody has ever copped JJ Cale successfully.

'As hard as I've tried I've never really succeeded in getting a record to sound like him and that's what I want,' Clapton said in a Fast Focus video interview to promote Escondido.

'Before I go under the ground, I want to make a JJ Cale album with him at the helm.'

Clapton described Cale's music as 'a strange hybrid. It's not really blues, it's not really folk or country or rock `n' roll. It's somewhere in the middle.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2380182/Influential-musician-JJ-Cale-wrote-hits-Eric-Clapton-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-died-aged-74.html#ixzz2aHyce71D

Noooo! A sad, sad day.

[chervilant]

19. Wow...

Totally bummed, here.