JumboXL Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) Musician J.J. Cale, whose songs "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" were made famous by Eric Clapton, died Friday after suffering a heart attack, the president of his management agency said. His contemporaries considered him a legend, even if many fans weren't familiar with his name. He was 74. http://www.jjcale.com/ To honour J.J.Cale I will donate to a Dutch foundation that takes care of illegally imported animals. Extra, 'cause I already did.... http://www.aap.nl/index.php Edited July 27, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 That's a sad new. I really liked him since I heard his music in the early seventies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 J.J. Cale was the real Deal. Real sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I recall many, many years ago looking through some albums in a record store (It was a Sam Goody store for you old timers). A bunch of stoner kids next to me picked up a Clapton Album with "Cocaine" on it and were drooling over "how cool it was that Clapton wrote this song about cocaine". This went on for like a minute before I turned to them and said "Clapton didn't write "Cocaine"...JJ Cale wrote it" and I turned back to my album bin. They seemed to be stunned and in disbelief. I hope I didn't ruin their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 "Clapton didn't write "Cocaine"...JJ Cale wrote it" Had to be done Ron. You did those kids a service. If given the choice between being Eric Clapton (superstar) and JJ Cale (acclaimed musician, not famous), I wonder how many of us would choose the life of Cale. Perhaps Clapton would as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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