KEYSTONE – When Mojo magazine asked Eric Clapton which musician, other than himself, he had ever wanted to be, Clapton named J.J. Cale. Cale scored his first hit as a songwriter with “After Midnight,” ...

Singer-songwriter J.J. Cale died Friday at the age of 74. His music took the edges off honky-tonk and blues, dressed them in a smoking jacket and ascot, and made them smooth. His most recognizable ...

Eric Clapton calls his new album of J.J. Cale songs an appreciation rather than a tribute, and that word choice gets at the appealingly modest vibe of this record. In spite of cameos by heavy-hitting ...

J.J. Cale, a laconic, Oklahoma-born musician who shunned the spotlight but gained fame by penning such hits as “After Midnight” and “Cocaine,” has died. He was 74. His death from a heart attack Friday ...

Grammy Award-winner J.J. Cale, the spotlight-shunning troubadour who counted Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Beck among his greatest admirers, died Friday night at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla. A ...

In his 2007 memoir Clapton: The Autobiography, Eric Clapton wrote that John Weldon “J.J.” Cale “is one of the most important artists in the history of rock, quietly representing the greatest asset his ...

The Road to Escondido was originally conceived as a project whereby Cale would produce an album of Slowhand's. However, it ended up being an ostensible collaboration between the two, the end result of ...

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There were a lot of sad music fans this weekend when they heard about the death of J.J. Cale. There is irony in the multiple texts and Facebook posts that went around: Oklahoma-born John Weldon Cale ...

If Eric Clapton had never become ERIC CLAPTON, he may well have wound up like J.J. Cale, the Oklahoma City-born singer and guitarist who supplied Clapton’s solo smashes “After Midnight” and “Cocaine.” ...