LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — Grammy-winning musician JJ Cale, whose best known songs became hits for Eric Clapton with "After Midnight" and Lynyrd Skynyrd with "Call Me the Breeze," has died. He was 74.
The performer and producer's manager Mike Kappus has told The Associated Press that the architect of the Tulsa Sound died Friday night of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif.
Born John Weldon Cale in Oklahoma City, he cut a wide path through 1970s rock 'n' roll, influencing some of the most famous musicians at the time with songs that were laid back and mellow, yet imbued with a driving groove.
Neil Young, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry are among his many fans in the music world.
A former member of the Grand Ole Opry touring company, Cale never rose to the level of success of his admirers, but his fingerprints could be heard all over the genre in the 1970s, and his music remains influential.
His album with Eric Clapton "The Road to Escondido" won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2007.
In 2006, Cale told the AP in an interview "I'd probably be selling shoes today if it wasn't for Eric."
Clapton also recorded Cale's "Cocaine," ''Travelin' Light" and "I'll Make Love To You Anytime."
Artists including Santana, Johnny Cash and The Allman Brothers have all covered Cale's songs.
Cale was asked on his website if it bothers him that "contemporaries and critics list him amongst legends, and fans might love his songs yet not even know his name?"
"No, it doesn't bother me," he said with a laugh. "What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail."
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AP writer Shaya Tayefe Mohajer in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
"The Road To Escondido"
"The Road To Escondido"
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Shame, RIP.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Escondido is a shit-hole like much of inland Southern California.
Set fire to it. Burn it out.
yrs,
rubato
Set fire to it. Burn it out.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
rubato wrote:Escondido is a shit-hole like much of inland Southern California.
Set fire to it. Burn it out.
yrs,
rubato
Nice sentiments in an RIP thread. You really don't have a clue do you?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Rube.....I'd be willing to wager that these crime stats are far better that that sh-thole Sta. Cruz........http://police.escondido.org/Data/Sites/ ... estats.pdf
Think, before posting your ignorant twaddle
Think, before posting your ignorant twaddle
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Gob wrote:rubato wrote:Escondido is a shit-hole like much of inland Southern California.
Set fire to it. Burn it out.
yrs,
rubato
Nice sentiments in an RIP thread. You really don't have a clue do you?
An ah dipstick......Escondido is in NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.... you ignorant slut!
Rube likes to believe he is a man of "compassion".....................LMFAO!
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
dales wrote:Gob wrote:rubato wrote:Escondido is a shit-hole like much of inland Southern California.
Set fire to it. Burn it out.
yrs,
rubato
Nice sentiments in an RIP thread. You really don't have a clue do you?
An ah dipstick......Escondido is in NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.... you ignorant slut!
Rube likes to believe he is a man of "compassion".....................LMFAO!
Escondido is not on the coast making it "inland" and it is part of S. California. Whether it is in San Diego county or not is irrelevant. What kind of a drunken moron are you? I've been there a lot of times. It is a nasty shit hole. Burn it out.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Sorry, most people don't associate Escondido as being inland (even thought it's not on the coast) and most of "Inland Southern California" is not a sh-t hole in spite of your warped perceptions.
Did you even look at the FBI stats?
Compared to where you live, Escondido is a much safer community.
Even these guys think you're nuts.
San Diego Wild Animal Park in Escondido
Did you even look at the FBI stats?
Compared to where you live, Escondido is a much safer community.
Even these guys think you're nuts.
San Diego Wild Animal Park in Escondido
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Sober people associate places 'not on the coast' with being 'inland'. Because that is what the word means.
The Wild Animal Park is very nice. I've been there a number of times and even saw the area when it was under construction ca. 1970 in the San Pasquale valley long before it opened.
I have actually spent time in that area which you, apparently, have not. The inhabited parts of inland S. Calif are nasty shitholes, cultural backwaters, mean, filled with gigantically obese people. The uninhabited areas are quite nice, as few as there are anymore, but only seasonally.
yrs,
rubato
The Wild Animal Park is very nice. I've been there a number of times and even saw the area when it was under construction ca. 1970 in the San Pasquale valley long before it opened.
I have actually spent time in that area which you, apparently, have not. The inhabited parts of inland S. Calif are nasty shitholes, cultural backwaters, mean, filled with gigantically obese people. The uninhabited areas are quite nice, as few as there are anymore, but only seasonally.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
Not counting the time I lived in San Diego while attending SDSU, nope...............never been there.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: "The Road To Escondido"
rubato wrote: I have actually spent time in that area which you, apparently, have not. The inhabited parts of inland S. Calif are nasty shitholes, cultural backwaters, mean, filled with gigantically obese people. The uninhabited areas are quite nice, as few as there are anymore, but only seasonally.
yrs,
rubato
rubato wrote: I have a higher opinion of humanity than you do, obviously.
yrs,
rubato
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.