JJ Cale died three weeks ago and I’m embarrassed that I didn’t mark his passing on this forum. Better late than never.
It’s hard to describe JJ’s genre of music. It’s a combination of soft rock, country and rockabilly I suppose. Some people called it the Tulsa sound.
JJ released 16 albums during his career. He is best known for his songs “Cocaine” (which was made famous by Eric Clapton) and “After Midnight”.
As a tribute two weeks ago my wife and I watched his DVD “In Session at the Paradise Studios 1979” which features the wonderful Leon Russell (a fellow Okie) on keyboards. This is a particularly special DVD because it’s the only good DVD of JJ’s work.
If I was to hold a party and I had only one musician to choose from for background mood music then that musician would be JJ Cale. He is the king of groove. The party would hum.
Farewell John Weldon Cale.
Nigel.
It’s hard to describe JJ’s genre of music. It’s a combination of soft rock, country and rockabilly I suppose. Some people called it the Tulsa sound.
JJ released 16 albums during his career. He is best known for his songs “Cocaine” (which was made famous by Eric Clapton) and “After Midnight”.
As a tribute two weeks ago my wife and I watched his DVD “In Session at the Paradise Studios 1979” which features the wonderful Leon Russell (a fellow Okie) on keyboards. This is a particularly special DVD because it’s the only good DVD of JJ’s work.
If I was to hold a party and I had only one musician to choose from for background mood music then that musician would be JJ Cale. He is the king of groove. The party would hum.
Farewell John Weldon Cale.
Nigel.
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