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jannyk

(4,810 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2013, 02:00 PM Jul 2013

US singer-songwriter JJ Cale dies, aged 74

Source: BBC

US singer-songwriter JJ Cale has died of heart attack at the age of 74.

An announcement on his personal website said he had passed away at a hospital in La Jolla, California, on Friday.

Born in Oklahoma, Cale helped create the Tulsa Sound, which combined blues, rockabilly, and country. He became famous in 1970, when Eric Clapton covered his song After Midnight.

In 1977 Clapton also popularised Cale's Cocaine. The two worked together on an album which won a Grammy award in 2008.......

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23478101

I am so sad. He was amazing.

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US singer-songwriter JJ Cale dies, aged 74 (Original Post) jannyk Jul 2013 OP

Like Fred Neil before him DFW Jul 2013 #1

I like JJ. RIP. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #2

I remember JJ Cale Hayduke Bomgarte Jul 2013 #3

I remember radio like that as well. It was when FM first became popular and it was called matthews Jul 2013 #5

TRULY one of the most underrated guitarists in music lastlib Jul 2013 #7

Damn. Everyone should hear the album he did with Clapton radiclib Jul 2013 #4

I always liked JJ's original "Cocaine" better than Clapton's cover. DinahMoeHum Jul 2013 #6

So did I Hayduke Bomgarte Jul 2013 #9

or anyone else's cover. He also wrote my favorite Lynaryd Skynard tune, "Call Me The the Breeze". olddad56 Jul 2013 #11

Oh, Man! Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #8

I just found out...man, my heart is breaking... DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #10

=( davidohenry Jul 2013 #12

More. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #13

DFW

(54,410 posts)

1. Like Fred Neil before him

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 02:06 PM

Jul 2013

Cale was largely unsung, content to write his music in the background, and let others get famous singing his songs.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

2. I like JJ. RIP. nt

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 02:08 PM

Jul 2013

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)

3. I remember JJ Cale

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 02:37 PM

Jul 2013

Getting a lot of radio play in the 70s on album rock type FM.Stuff he did with Jerry Jeff Walker.Great stuff.Deserves far more recognition than he gets.

matthews

(497 posts)

5. I remember radio like that as well. It was when FM first became popular and it was called

Reply to Hayduke Bomgarte (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 03:05 PM

Jul 2013

'Underground' Radio. That was a truly great time in music.

lastlib

(23,251 posts)

7. TRULY one of the most underrated guitarists in music

Reply to Hayduke Bomgarte (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 04:47 PM

Jul 2013

There was Hendrix and Clapton and JJ; then there was everyone else who ever picked up a guitar.

radiclib

(1,811 posts)

4. Damn. Everyone should hear the album he did with Clapton

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 02:46 PM

Jul 2013

a few years ago.

JJ was one of the good ones. 74 is still too young. He will be missed.

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)

6. I always liked JJ's original "Cocaine" better than Clapton's cover.

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 03:09 PM

Jul 2013

RIP, JJ

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)

9. So did I

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 07:01 PM

Jul 2013

Claptons cover got so much radio(over)play that to this day any three notes from it makes me want to run away screaming.No comparison.

olddad56

(5,732 posts)

11. or anyone else's cover. He also wrote my favorite Lynaryd Skynard tune, "Call Me The the Breeze".

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:13 AM

Jul 2013

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

8. Oh, Man!

Reply to jannyk (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 04:58 PM

Jul 2013

GREAT, PROLIFIC songwriter.

Go with the muses, sir. You left a WONDERFUL legacy.

"After Midnight," "Cocaine," "Call Me the Breeze." Good good stuff.