J.J. Cale on his song that launched Eric Clapton’s solo career and made the laidback Tulsa guitarist a surprise overnight sensation

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...
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Clapton honors songwriter that gave him a hand

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For Eric Clapton, the early 1970s were filled with drug addiction, personal difficulties and growing dissatisfaction with music. Singer-songwriter JJ Cale rescued him and gave him a ...