Passing of J.J. Cale

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One of my favorite artistes J. J. Cale passed away yesterday. He was one of the most laid back and unheralded singers I have ever known.

Said Eric Clapton one of his best friends: "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."

Here are two of his most famous compositions, performed with Eric Clapton at the Crossroads festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WUeOEkl270

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Singer-songwriter JJ Cale died Friday, July 26, after suffering a heart attack. He was 74. Cale is cited as an influence by some of rock 'n' roll's biggest names, and some of his songs went on to be enormous hits performed by the likes of Eric Clapton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Click through to see who else has covered Cale's music.

<cite id="galleryCaption001">Singer-songwriter JJ Cale died Friday, July 26, after suffering a heart attack. He was 74. Cale is cited as an influence by some of rock 'n' roll's biggest names, and some of his songs went on to be enormous hits performed by the likes of Eric Clapton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Click through to see who else has covered Cale's music.</cite>

(CNN) -- Musician JJ Cale, whose songs "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" were made famous by Eric Clapton, died Friday night after suffering a heart attack, the president of his management agency said. His contemporaries considered him a legend, even if many fans weren't familiar with his name.

He was 74.

"JJ Cale was loved by fans worldwide for his completely unpretentious and beautiful music," said Mike Kappus, president of the Rosebud Agency. "He was loved even more dearly by all those he came in contact with as the most real and down-to-earth person we all knew."

'Cocaine's' Cale makes his own groove

Lynyrd Skynyrd made Cale's song "Call Me The Breeze" famous, and bands including Santana, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, and many others covered his songs.

He won a Grammy for his 2006 album with Clapton, called "The Road to Escondido."

7/27/137:17 PM

Former Member

simple melodic blues licks embellished and ornamented with subtle phrasings that only he can produce. He was a guitar god.

7/27/138:27 PM

cainTired old hippie

JJ seems to have rubbed off some of his style onto Mark Knophler ( of Dir Straits)

7/29/1311:54 AM

Former Member

Remembering George Duke
George Duke, born in 1946 in San Rafael, California, is a jazz piano and synthesizer pioneer and singer. He first made a name for himself with the album "The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with The George Duke Trio." Duke has also been fairly visible in the R&B world thanks to funk gems like "Reach For It" from the 1977 album of the same name....to all the great 'old school' R&B music I grew up with, the stuff that originally made me tap my feet and want to be a DJ. Funk, soul, disco, R&B, dance, hip-hop, pop . . . 60s, 70s, 80s . . . whatever you call it, it's all 'Old School' and it's all here!

This is what we grew up with in the seventies and eighties funk...fatback band, Funkadelic bootsy, Rick James, Gap band, Sly...real music...

8/7/137:52 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by cain:

JJ seems to have rubbed off some of his style onto Mark Knophler ( of Dir Straits)

Being a good guitarist mean stealing liberally and personalizing the theft. It Cale got his style from the greats the same way.

8/7/138:01 AM

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