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John Weldon "J. J." Cale [1] (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, [2] his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Waylon Jennings, and Eric Clapton, who described him as one of the most important artists in rock history. [3]
Live album by Eric Clapton with special guest JJ Cale; 47 61 — 87 20 36 — — 9 60 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
After recording five albums in the seventies, Cale moved from Nashville to California, eventually settling in a trailer park in Anaheim, California. He would record three albums in three years, but by the time #8 was released, he was burned out. As Cale recalls in the 2005 documentary To Tulsa and Back, "I lived out on the west coast in the ...
Stay Around is a collection of 15 previously unreleased Cale songs, all mixed and produced by J. J. Cale himself and compiled by those closest to him, Cale's widow Christine Lakeland Cale and his longtime friend and manager Mike Kappus. This is his first release of original material in a decade.
In 2005 a documentary called To Tulsa and Back:On Tour with J.J. Cale was released. It featured interviews with Cale, wife Christine Lakeland, Eric Clapton, and other family and band members as well as behind the scenes tour footage. The song "These Blues" was used on an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Number 10 was Cale’s second LP for Silvertone. Compared to his albums in the 70s and 80s, he employs fewer session players for this album, yet still achieves his signature sound. Before releasing 1989’s Travel-Log, he went on hiatus, not releasing an album in six years.
Cale wrote the song in 1981 and kept the publishing rights for the title for Really Crazy Mamas Music, administered by Broadcast Music Incorporated. [2] For his track-by-track commentary on the Old Sock release in 2013, Clapton explained: "When we did this other album that was just called Clapton, we had tracks in the can, which was another thing to do with why this came to be, this album ...
Just to make this perfectly clear, whatever any other sources may say: the official JJ Cale website announced the following: "JJ Cale passed away at 8:00 pm on Friday July 26at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, CA." JJ Cale official website. Retrieved 27 July 2013. End of subject. --Technopat 20:23, 27 July 2013 (UTC)