Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)
From: gnu
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 08:46 PM

Listening tonight via You Tube to a lot of his tunes that were never released until lately (as far as I know). Some seem "out of character" but well within character. Thanks JJ.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)
From: michaelr
Date: 29 Jul 13 - 03:23 PM

I still enjoy J.J. Cale's work. His early records were extremely influential, most notably on Mark Knopfler for the laconic vocal delivery, and of course Eric Clapton, who made whole LPs trying to capture the Tulsa sound. RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jul 13 - 12:21 PM

Yes and that customised Harmony guitar was something special.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)
From: G-Force
Date: 29 Jul 13 - 09:17 AM

I've been listening to a bit of his stuff again the last day or so.

By all accounts he was something of a perfectionist, obsessive almost, yet he managed to make most of his records sound like they'd been casually laid down between bouts of balls-scratching and slurps from a glass of something tasty.

Lovely music.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 29 Jul 13 - 07:32 AM

Great man, RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale (1938-2013)
From: gnu
Date: 28 Jul 13 - 08:05 AM

Ditto all. I wondered why there was a sudden spate of posts of his songs on Facebook.

RIP and thanks.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: PHJim
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 10:43 PM

JJ Cale

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: GUEST,Allen in Oz
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 08:17 PM

So sad ...one of the best

Loved " They Call Me the Breeze"

AD

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: Bobert
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 05:33 PM

I am completely bummed out...

J.J. Cale has always been a musician's musician and one hell of great song writer...

R.I.P., J.J.

B

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: PHJim
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 05:01 PM

Last night, my friend Dan Walsh was playing in Campbellford, not too far from where I live, so I decided to go up and see him. He played CRAZY MAMA and AFTER MIDNIGHT and during the break, we sat and talked about how much we admired JJ Cale. I told him how I had bought myself a wahwah pedal and made a slide after hearing CRAZY MAMA in 1970.
I received an email from Dan this morning with the sad news about Mr. Cale.
I can see the raccoon staring back at me from that old album cover from where I`m sitting right now.

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 04:58 PM

Rest in Peace JJ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uk7vlk0sE

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: Will Fly
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 03:59 PM

Great man - totally cool - excellent music and laid back like no other. RIP John Cale (his real name).

Subject: RE: Obit: J J Cale
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 12:33 PM

Aww, sad. Wonderful music.

Keep on Travellin' Light JJ

Subject: Obit: J J Cale
From: G-Force
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 12:26 PM

One of my musical heroes. I got practically all of his albums on vinyl, and most of them again on CD. Never saw him live though.