Biography
John Weldon "JJ" Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Waylon Jennings, and Eric Clapton, who described him as one of the most important artists in rock history. He is one of the originators of the Tulsa sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz. According to AllMusic, he was known for his "laconic delivery and shuffling boogie rhythm," as well as for his "laid-back rootsy style". He rarely diverted from this style throughout his career. In 2008, Cale and Clapton received a Grammy Award for their album The Road to Escondido.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Slowhand
1977
Comes A Time
1978
Second Helping
1974
One More From The Road
1976
She's The One - Songs And Music From The Motion Picture
1996
Time Pieces - The Best Of Eric Clapton
1982
The Rhythm Of The Saints
1990
Pink Flag
1977
Backless
1978
Naturally
1971
Troubadour
1976
Gimme Back My Bullets
1976
Greatest Hits
2004
Just One Night
1980
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert
1973
Eric Clapton
1970
Paradise Valley
2013
Live At The Fillmore - 1997
2022
The Live Anthology
2009
Lazer Guided Melodies
1992
5
1979
Two For The Show
1978
The Cream Of Clapton
1995
Zebop!
1981
Credited work
6,031 releases · 687 albums · active 1960–2026
- Performance · 16,004
- Other credits · 1,895
- Engineering · 928
- Production · 722
Studios: Bradley's Barn · Woodland Studios · Moss Rose Studio · Record Plant, Los Angeles
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Eric Clapton
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Nazareth (2)
- Leon Russell
- Waylon Jennings
- Poco (3)
- Johnny Cash