J.J. Cale
J.J. Cale is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician. Cale is one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, aloose genre
drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has often been described as "laid back".His only U.S. hit single,
Crazy Mama, peaked at #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972. During the 2006 documentary film ToTulsa and Back Cale recounts the
story of being offered the opportunity to appear on Dick Clark's American Bandstand to promote thesong, which would have moved the song
higher on the charts. Cale d ...read more
J.J. Cale is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician. Cale is one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, aloose genre
drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has often been described as "laid back".His only U.S. hit single,
Crazy Mama, peaked at #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972. During the 2006 documentary film ToTulsa and Back Cale recounts the
story of being offered the opportunity to appear on Dick Clark's American Bandstand to promote thesong, which would have moved the song
higher on the charts. Cale declined when told he could not bring his band to the taping andwould be required to lip-sync the words to the song.
His songs have been performed by a number of other musicians including "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton,"Cajun Moon"by Randy
Crawford, "Magnolia" by Jai, "Bringing It Back" by Kansas, "Call Me the Breeze" and "I Got the Same Old Blues" by LynyrdSkynyrd, "I'd Like to
Love You, Baby" by Tom Petty, "Travelin' Light" and "Ride Me High" by Widespread Panic, "Tijuana" by Harry Manx,"Sensitive Kind" by Carlos
Santana, "Cajun Moon" by Herbie Mann with Cissy Houston, and "Same Old Blues" by Captain Beefheart. « hide |
