RIP JJ Cale

[herlock]

What a sad news 
The most underrated guitarist and songwriter ever.
I discovered him late  around 1987. I was looking for a Knopfler-style guitarist and tried #8. 
Every JJ Cale tune sounds the same effortless gem. It sounds the same and sounds different. Nobody can reproduce his magical touch.

+1000

[allen]

It would be nice if Mark speakes a few nice words tonight about JJ or perhaps play one off his songs tonight.......

Too sudden, and too short time for rehearsing, I'd bet for a documentary with MK interview part on (like chet atkins'), and maybe in it, never seen footage of cale and Knopfler will be revealed. 

[herlock]

It would be nice if Mark speakes a few nice words tonight about JJ or perhaps play one off his songs tonight.......

"Well, you all read the news, lately, and... Well... This is a song for JJ"...
And then play "news"...
This would be such a great tribute.

[superval99]

Very sad news indeed.  He seemed a very nice person in "To Tulsa and Back".   I have been a fan for a long time and love his music very much.   RIP JJ!

[Banjo99uk]

Very saddened to hear the news. RIP.

[sweetsurrender]

I was shocked to hear the news.  An older gentleman that I know went to the same high school with him and often told me interesting stories about growing up with JJ and Leon Russell. Leon is his close buddy till today.  What  a loss.

[Love Expresso]

JJ Cale made it in the German Main Television 20:00 News "Tagesschau", mentioning that he was a big influence on Eric Clapton and Dire Straits.

LE

[straitsway75]

a real maestro rip jj

[Justme]

 

[border_reiver]

Largest newpaper (tabloid) in Sweden (aftonbladet.se) are headlining J.J*s passing as "Mark Knopfler's big idol has passed away"...

I'm still in shock, J.J. was, beside MK, one of the reasons as to why I picked up the guitar in the first place. My first memory is the album 'Grasshopper' (actually made in the year when I was born), my parents played it often on the LP. Songs like 'Devil in disguise', 'City GIrls', 'You keep me hangin' on', 'Downtown L.A'., 'Don't wait'... yeah, the whole damn record actually

[Love Expresso]

I always thought of "City Girls" as an absolute MK style song... (you know what I mean) - I loved that song - had the Special Edition Best Of for long years with the best songs collected...

LE

[Ar (aka Enlight)]

I always thought of "City Girls" as an absolute MK style song... (you know what I mean) - I loved that song - had the Special Edition Best Of for long years with the best songs collected...

LE

here we agree LE.
I love the lyrics and it comes close to a MK style song, the little guitar lick  at the start and than the other instruments joining in.

I created a kind of best off CD from various artists  for myself a couple of years ago , " City Girls" was the first track on it.

[allen]

Hope MK could write a song called JJ Cale's gone or something to commemorate him.

[koobaa]

...When daylight fade, the night come on
You can hear the silence of this song
Don't trouble your mind whatever you do
'Cause, he got me like he got you

Cajun moon, where does your power lie
As you move, across the southern sky
You took J.J. way too soon
What have you done, Cajun moon?...

[Ar (aka Enlight)]

...When daylight fade, the night come on
You can hear the silence of this song
Don't trouble your mind whatever you do
'Cause, he got me like he got you

Cajun moon, where does your power lie
As you move, across the southern sky
You took J.J. way too soon
What have you done, Cajun moon?...

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