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JJ Cale dies
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 29 July 2013
Grammy-winning singer songwriter JJ Cale has died, aged 74, in a hospital in the La Jolla neighbourhood of San Diego. According to the musician’s website, he died on Friday night after suffering a heart attack.
One of the architects of the so called Tulsa Sound, Cale’s influence arguably went someway behind his own fame as a performer, with the likes of Neil Young, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry all citing his influence on their work.
He will probably be best remembered for his collaborations with Eric Clapton. Cale wrote both ‘After Midnight’ and ‘Cocaine’, and in 2006 released an album with Clapton, ‘The Road To Escondido’, which won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album the following year.
