R.I.P. JJ Cale
Heavens Supergroup JJ Cale R.I.P. |
| December 05 1938 - July 26 2013 |
It was great sadness I learned this morning that great JJ Cale passed away as the result of a Heart attack. JJ has always been one of my favourite artists since I first heard his album Okie in the seventies. I bought everything by JJ before and after that album.
He had a unique style and when you described it as laid back, well that is an understatement. He is probably one of the originators of what we now call Americana, a mixture of blues, country, Rhythm and Blues and of course rock 'n roll.
He came to prominance when Eric Clapton covered his classics Cocaine and After Midnight.
If you want a crash course on JJ, his anthology Any way the Wind Blows will set you up for hours of pleasure.
I will always have the image of JJ sitting on his porch, Clyde at his feet, a bottle of Rye close at hand and him pickin' on that ol' geetar.
R.I.P. JJ Cale
JJ CALE - Any way the Wind Blows
