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Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 27, 2013 - 10:00am PT
Congestive heart failure, 74.
Not a bad run for a rock n roll guy
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/27/showbiz/jj-cale-obit/?hpt=hp_t3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IZ9feKpJkk&sns=em


Always climb the wide with pride
MisterE

climber
Jul 27, 2013 - 10:10am PT
RIP, Mr. Cale.

I saw him in Ballard in the early 90's. He played too slow for most people there, and they kept leaving. I kept moving up as they left until I was in the first row, and grooved on his playing the whole show.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 27, 2013 - 10:18am PT
Some men gather what another man spills- not Cale but appropo to Erik's comment
Elcapinyoazz

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Jul 27, 2013 - 10:22am PT
Sad to hear it. Mama don't allow no guitar pickin round here. I think he's lived down in Escondito for the last 20 years or more.
ec

climber
ca
Jul 27, 2013 - 11:07am PT
I still listen to JJ Cale's work. 'Fan since 1971...RIP!

 ec
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Jul 27, 2013 - 11:41am PT
RIP, JJ.

A question for serious Cale fans: I thought that a long time back, I heard a fine cover by JJ of Knockin' on Heaven's Door. But I can find no digital evidence that such a recording exists. Was it just my imagination?
cowpoke

climber
Jul 27, 2013 - 12:45pm PT
Wife and I were just listening to JJ Cale last night. His shuffle blues guitar and pleasant voice are (were!) so smooth and cool. (Don't know about knockin', Chiloe, but seems reasonable. And, would love to hear it.)
klk

Trad climber
cali
Jul 27, 2013 - 12:47pm PT
jj cale's my hero
best i ever heard
but you better sing a little louder, hoss
cuz i can't hear the words

some folks call it rock n roll, while others call it blues
but i detected a country soul when i seen his cowboy boots
Kalimon

Social climber
Ridgway, CO
Jul 27, 2013 - 01:08pm PT
"If you want to hang out, you've got to take her out . . ."

Peace to you JJ.
crunch

Social climber
CO
Jul 27, 2013 - 03:04pm PT
Saw him play Boulder Theater about 20 years ago. His songs rely on such restraint, was not expecting much from a live show. But he actually made some of his songs actually sound better, richer, clearer, more subtle than the studio versions. Without any discernible effort. Never seen any other musician or band pull that off. Amazing show, to a packed house.

Aside from his vocal phrasing, he was the master, on his guitar, of utilizing the spaces between the notes.

Says much that so many other musicians play his songs. They may get the words right but they always get the songs wrong.

RIP
TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Jul 27, 2013 - 04:20pm PT

Well as he coined it:

"They Call me the breeze
I got to keep moving on"

R.I.P to an American music Icon !
goatboy smellz

climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
Jul 27, 2013 - 06:41pm PT
Aw bummer, seen the same show at Boulder Theatre crunch, they tapped into the cosmos and found that universal switch inside our beings, turning us on.

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Reeotch

Trad climber
4 Corners Area
Jul 27, 2013 - 07:14pm PT
Oh No!

I am truly sad, JJ was one of my all time favorites.

One of the great unsung heros of rock & roll.
Reeotch

Trad climber
4 Corners Area
Jul 27, 2013 - 07:35pm PT
The best way I can describe JJ's music, as he played it, is smooth and infectious.

Had the priveledge to see him live in a small venue once. The crowd was milling around getting aquainted, getting drunk, no one seemed to noticed the little man in a t-shirt and jeans fiddling with the guitar on stage, even when he began tuning it. It wasn't until he started rocking a jam, in that totally unpretentious style he played in (it is positively hypnotic), that people finally recognized him and gave him a hand.
People just sat and watched through the first set. He even dropped a few hints about dancing. By the end of the show the tables had all been pushed back and not a single person in that bar was not dancing.

Take a minute to listen to him bend the strings on this one:

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TYeary

Social climber
State of decay
Jul 27, 2013 - 08:10pm PT
Just listened to his first album three days ago. I hadn't heard "Naturally"in years. Crazy Mama is still my favorite. I never tire of hearing that lazy drawl and great guitar. All on two cords!
RIP.
TY
o-man

Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
Jul 28, 2013 - 11:52am PT
I have been a big JJ Cale fan for over four decades and play him at home more than all my other favorite artists combined.
I just love having a puff along with a beer, grillin' some yard bird and groovin' to JJ Cale!
RIP JJ Cale.
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Jul 28, 2013 - 09:37pm PT
RIP JJ Cale

Clapton wouldn't have as much great music out there if it wasn't for him.
Plaidman

Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
Jul 28, 2013 - 11:36pm PT
He wrote one my favorite Lynard Skynard song
"They Call Me The Breeze"
Awesome song. That guy was an American classic that never got on the cover of Rolling Stone mag.

RIP

Plaid
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Jul 29, 2013 - 04:13pm PT
Aww man, just heard this sad news.

Guitar Man, go with Grace. She loves you...
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Oct 18, 2017 - 10:32am PT

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