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 ...

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 ...

JJ Cale, the musician who wrote “Cocaine” and “After Midnight” for Eric Clapton and songs for numerous other artists, died Friday of a heart attack in La Jolla, Calif. He was 74. His agent confirmed ...

Cale died of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., on Friday. July 27, 2013— -- JJ Cale, the renowned songwriter behind classic rock hits like Eric Clapton's "After Midnight" ...

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 ...

This is not so much a rave from the grave as a cool nod from the great beyond. Songwriter, guitarist and noted recluse JJ Cale died in 2013. He was 74. It was one of life’s ironies that he should fall ...

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 ...

J.J. Cale is considered to be a forefather of Southern rock and a guitar-driven singing, songwriting, inspiring name in the genre. Regarding Cale’s own influences, he grew up listening to artists like ...

J.J. Cale, the Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter whose songs “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” were made into hits by Eric Clapton, died Friday, July 26 in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He ...

On the surface, there didn't seem to be much to the laidback music of JJ Cale, a pot pourri of blues, jazz, rockabilly, country and western swing that reflected his background and taste as well as the ...

Cale did not like touring, and he never sought celebrity, once quipping: “Send me the money and let the younger guys have the fame.” That his profile became as high as it did was due in no small part ...

Cale died Friday night of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla%2C Calif. Album with Clapton %22The Road to Escondido%22 won a Grammy for Best Contemporary ...