Cora McGuire
July 28th, 2013, 01:44 AM
Musician JJ Cale has died following a heart attack, his manager has confirmed.
Cale, the singer-songwriter and producer known as the main architect of the Tulsa Sound, passed away Friday night at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California, aged 74.
The influential guitarist was known for hits such as After Midnight by Eric Clapton and Breeze by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
While his best known songs remain in heavy rotation on the radio nearly 40 years later, most folks wouldn't be able to name Cale as their author. That was a role he had no problem with.
'No, it doesn't bother me,' Cale said with a laugh in an interview posted on his website. 'What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail.' :D
The list of artists who covered his music or cite him as a direct influence reads like a who's who of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Clapton, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Mark Knopfler, The Allman Brothers, Carlos Santana, Captain Beefheart and Bryan Ferry among many others.
Magnolia ~ J.J. Cale - YouTube
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Cale, the singer-songwriter and producer known as the main architect of the Tulsa Sound, passed away Friday night at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California, aged 74.
The influential guitarist was known for hits such as After Midnight by Eric Clapton and Breeze by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
While his best known songs remain in heavy rotation on the radio nearly 40 years later, most folks wouldn't be able to name Cale as their author. That was a role he had no problem with.
'No, it doesn't bother me,' Cale said with a laugh in an interview posted on his website. 'What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail.' :D
The list of artists who covered his music or cite him as a direct influence reads like a who's who of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Clapton, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Mark Knopfler, The Allman Brothers, Carlos Santana, Captain Beefheart and Bryan Ferry among many others.
Magnolia ~ J.J. Cale - YouTube
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2380182/Influential-musician-JJ-Cale-wrote-hits-Eric-Clapton-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-died-aged-74.html#ixzz2aJt9ZVwn
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