RIP JJ Cale

[ingridswing]

...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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RIP JJ

[Romanbern]

RIP, sad news
In my opinion the song with the most dire-straits-sound-a-like-potential: Fancy Dancer, from the great Album To Tulsa and Back.

[Love Expresso]

Yes indeed, what a phantastic track, wasn't aware of it, thank you very much! I wish MK would do another that guitar-driven song once more... like Don't You Get It... Fancy Dancer, great track!

LE

[dustyvalentino]

In my opinion if it wasn't for JJ Cale there wouldn't have been a Dire Straits. When you Lauren to some of those Cale records it's almost embarrassing how much MK ripped off his sound for the early DS
 tone.

JJ Cale probably laughed his arse off first time he heard it. RIP.

[Rkd]

Would be nice if Mark would play this at the last show in memory of JJ.

 

[koobaa]

In my opinion if it wasn't for JJ Cale there wouldn't have been a Dire Straits. When you Lauren to some of those Cale records it's almost embarrassing how much MK ripped off his sound for the early DS
 tone.
JJ Cale probably laughed his arse off first time he heard it. RIP.

Agreed. The influence is really obvious especially on early DS albums. But on the other hand, if it wasn't for Clapton and MK the world wouldn't has got to know a great talent of JJ the way it did because these two have translated his amazing legacy into the language of mainstream music. I am grateful to EC and Mark for that, otherwise I may have missed JJ Cale.

In fact I think EC has done better job than MK acknowledging JJ Cale inspiration across his career by recording a duet album and covering several jj's songs. For him JJ was a king of hero as Chet Atkins was for Mark.

[Fletch]

In my opinion if it wasn't for JJ Cale there wouldn't have been a Dire Straits. When you Lauren to some of those Cale records it's almost embarrassing how much MK ripped off his sound for the early DS
 tone.

JJ Cale probably laughed his arse off first time he heard it. RIP.

That's a little harsh I think. I just listened to my 'Naturally' and 'Okie' albums and I think Mark took the vibe MUCH further than that even on the first DS album.
JJ C is/was a legend, I really admire Claptons acknowledgement of him and of course the Escondidio album is very listenable too!
It's impossible to not admire talented non-attention seekers like JJ Cale and MK.
RIP

[twm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/arts/music/jj-cale-musician-and-songwriter-dies-at-74.html?_r=0

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/28/jj-cale

I seem to recall that, during that period in L.A. in the late 1960s , Johnny Cale was part of the so-called Oklahoma Mafia that worked out of a home studio that Leon Russell had fashioned in his house inn the Hollywood Hills. They included people later associated with Delaney and Bonnie and with the Derek & the Dominoes band - which is where the EC connection came in, I guess. Cale was not only a multi-instrumentalist but also an engineer and studio technician, so was one of the leading lights in the "Okie mafia". His "After Midnight" single goes back to the mid-1960s, years before those early albums for which he became well-known.  I remember reading an article about JJ Cale in an old British magazine called "Let It Rock".

[vgonis]

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/jj-cale-why-neil-young-called-him-best-183038172.html

[JF]

In my opinion if it wasn't for JJ Cale there wouldn't have been a Dire Straits. When you Lauren to some of those Cale records it's almost embarrassing how much MK ripped off his sound for the early DS
 tone.

JJ Cale probably laughed his arse off first time he heard it. RIP.

on his website he said : "celebrity doesn't interest me"

so the fact that other artists used his style was not an issue for him IMHO

[JF]

That's it, thanks, naif.  Anyone can figure out what event it was?  And how many time did they colleborated?

I think 1988, on the pic someone wrote -JJ Cale 1988-. (Maybe JJ Cale wrote it)

Pottel said on Guy's forum it is from september 85.

Indeed, the guitar looks like a schecter, and Mark's clothes looks like during BIA tour, so I guess the date is right.

[ingridswing]

Today on Dutch television: documentary about JJ Cale. MK was mentioned, JJ had a lot of influence on him and the music of DS.
Didn't see the documentary, but Holaknopfler texted me to have it published here.
I suppose he will tell more about it when he is online again

[holaknopfler]

Thanks for posting the message! I was watching, and there was a shot of a women who was speaking in front of a small group of people. She was reading from a paper, an award, which said that JJ was a big inspiration for Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. Another artist was mentioned, I forgot who it was. Didn't really paid attention to the other name. It's a great documentary, I will try to find a link and share it here.  A lot of talking about his life, songs and influences. Eric Clapton also had a nice part in it, he spoke about JJ a couple of times.

[dustyvalentino]

In my opinion if it wasn't for JJ Cale there wouldn't have been a Dire Straits. When you Lauren to some of those Cale records it's almost embarrassing how much MK ripped off his sound for the early DS
 tone.

JJ Cale probably laughed his arse off first time he heard it. RIP.

on his website he said : "celebrity doesn't interest me"

so the fact that other artists used his style was not an issue for him IMHO

That's what I said.

[Marikablue]

R.I.P J.J Cale

I love you and I will miss you......thanks for all your wonderful music over the years.

Cale made a song about his dog who died. Cale sings :

" When I get to heaven first thing I'II do, I'II grab my horn and call Old Blue "

The sad news made me think of that song.............and made me smile a little 

 J.J Cale J.J Cale