“It was part of the process — kind of a J.J. Cale Okie Zen.” Cale drew devoted fans in the music industry. In his 2007 autobiography, Clapton called him “one of the most important artists ...

By now he was known as JJ Cale — a name suggested to him by ... and it was an atmosphere he re-created effectively on his 1974 album Okie. Cale continued to write and record in his own unhurried ...

(Cale’s albums) ‘Naturally,’ ‘Troubadour’ and ‘Okie’ came out in quick succession (in the 1970s). I was going in one direction, playing a lot of blues and rock… and J.J. was ...

JJ CALE, who has died aged 74 ... It was an atmosphere he recreated effectively on his 1974 album, Okie. He moved to California in 1980, where for a time he became a recluse, living in a trailer ...

New Okie’s to rekindle the vibe and the revive ... “My adventures in Tulsa Sound began with my first J.J. Cale record,” Benjaman recalls. “From studies of his rhythms and production ...

He was renamed JJ Cale by the Whisky a Go Go entrepreneur Elmer ... Cale kept himself out of the picture for the albums Really and Okie as well as Troubadour, 5, Shades and Grasshopper – which ...

If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock `n' roll. His best songs like ...

JJ Cale, the man who wrote Eric Clapton classics Cocaine and After Midnight, has died aged 74. Clapton and Cale collaborated on the 2006 album The Road to Escondido, which won the Best ...

Eric Clapton has paid tribute to the musician he calls "a beacon", as he releases The Breeze, an album honouring the guitarist and singer-songwriter JJ Cale. Cale died aged 74 on July 26 2013 ...

So it should tell us something that the songs of J.J. Cale were covered by talents as disparate as Eric Clapton, Maria Muldaur, Jerry Garcia, Santana, Captain Beefheart, Waylon Jennings ...

Though he never seemed young, it’s still a shock to realise that JJ Cale is 65. But ... the likes of “My Gal” and “Blues For Mama” are Okie without being hokey. But he’s also included ...

J.J. Cale, the Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter whose songs “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” were made into hits by Eric Clapton, died Friday, July 26 in Los Angeles after suffering a heart ...