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 songs like ...

Thanks to such music legends as Billy Joel, Elton John, the Rolling Stones and the late B.B. King, Photocharity has raised more than $2.7 million over the past 15 years to help homeless and at-risk ...

John Weldon "J. J." Cale was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he deliberately avoided the limelight his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by figures such ...

Two aging guitar legends lay back in their own grooves. While dogma keeps this writer from the proclamation of “Clapton is God,” the guitar legend has proven himself adept as a collaborator (see Cream ...

“When I was struggling with the Seventies guitar-hero hype, he was the light in the darkness,” Eric Clapton says of singer-songwriter J.J. Cale. “He led me to another path, of finding integrity in the ...

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 ...

Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, and Wire all covered "After Midnight," and Beck has sung "Magnolia" on stage at his shows. Both of these songs are from the beloved songwriter and guitarist JJ Cale, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a songwriting philosophy that J.J. Cale has always seemed to follow, and it’s his latest album title: Roll On. Cale’s lean, minimal country-blues grooves are as constant and natural as a ...