Damn!
His music was in rotation in my house for many years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_J_Cale
Damn!
His music was in rotation in my house for many years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_J_Cale
Regards,
Duncan
It was on the 6 o' clock news here in Holland. I'm shocked.
I just knew him as the author of Kansas's "Bringing It Back," but I see he wrote a lot of other well-known songs. R.I.P. indeed.
SO glad I "discovered" this guy recently...and too bad claptons cover of cocaine kept me from wanting to earlier, Bon voyage....
Rest in peace, J.J. Cale. I have been listening to Cale's music for decades. Talented man. A great loss. Some of his better known songs:
Call Me The Breeze
Magnolia
Crazy Mama
After Midnight
I Got The Same Old Blues
Travelin' Light
Cocaine
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I listened to J.J. Cale in high school but I definitely respected him as an artist since this time. I used to listen to my older brother's albums. RIP.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Rest in peace JJ.
A major talent and a great loss to the music world.
I had bought a few LPs in the late 70's.... but I built-up an XL-IIS cassettte compilation. (and got rid of the albums as usual).. Never gor a CD of his.... I'll have to dig out that tape and play it...
thanks for the music and RIP JJ...
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Damn. Have always been a fan. This one came as a shock.
RIP JJ Cale.
Regards,
Jon
RIP, been loving his music for years.
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
For some reason, I've always considered him to be the southwest American version of John Martyn. Bless the guy's soul. In a time when most everything is phony, you can't get any more real than Mr. Cale.
I remember he said something like. "There are musicians and entertainers and I never was an entertainer." I don't know if I particularly agree with the latter, but the former is absolute truth. A sad day.
"The woods would be very silent if the only birds that sang were those who sang best..." - Henry David Thoreau
He may have not considered himself an entertainer but he was an American treasure in terms of songwriting.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
RIP ... rivals Mr Zimmerman as my favourite American solo artist. If you decide to investigate one of his many worthy albums, my recommendations are Naturally, Five and Travel_log.
I didn't see this song mentioned.
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