"To lose a dude as cool as Cale is not only a loss for fans of great music, but a loss for those who rail against egoism and pompousness," writes Ben Bridwell. By Shirley Halperin Americana is alive ...

The musician passed away Friday of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. By The Associated Press If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A year after the death of American cult singer-songwriter JJ Cale, his close friend Eric Clapton has launched a tribute with an album and documentary featuring the likes of Willie ...

LA JOLLA - 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 ...

Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses has performed in front of crowds just about everywhere. But he once wrote that he was the “most nervous I hope I’ll ever be” when he interviewed his hero for Filter ...

Ethan Hawke is striding purposefully down a Tulsa street to the slinky sounds of the late JJ Cale's soulful song "The Sensitive Kind." That's how Tulsa-based writer, director and producer Sterlin ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock 'n' roll to ...

He doesn't mind having Eric Clapton as one of his biggest fans, but for J.J. Cale, it's the music not the recognition that's kept him writing and performing for over 40 years. Tonight we go back to ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Grammy-winning musician JJ Cale, whose best-known songs became hits for Eric Clapton with “After Midnight” and Lynyrd Skynyrd with “Call Me the Breeze,” has died. He was 74. The ...

US singer-songwriter JJ Cale has died at the age of 74. An announcement on the Grammy award-winning artist's website confirmed that he passed away in hospital on Friday (July 26) after suffering a ...