Upon first glance, Seth James — outfitted with a cowboy hat and a native Texas twang — fits in a universal archetype. Looking at an album cover, one might expect to hear something akin to George ...

Ethan Hawke is striding purposefully down a Tulsa street to the slinky sounds of the late JJ Cale's soulful song "The Sensitive Kind." That's how Tulsa-based writer, director and producer Sterlin ...

Back in the early ’70s, Eric Clapton — struggling out of drug addiction and pursuing a solo career — turned “Cocaine” and “After Midnight,” both JJ Cale songs, into radio staples that saved his ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Eric Clapton is paying tribute to his late friend and collaborator J.J. Cale with a new album. Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, John Mayer and others lend a hand on "The Breeze: An ...

In a collaboration ages in the making, iconic guitarists Eric Clapton and J.J. Cale recently released The Road to Escondido, a mix of rock, country, folk and blues which still retains the fingerprints ...

There’s a songwriting philosophy that J.J. Cale has always seemed to follow, and it’s his latest album title: Roll On. Cale’s lean, minimal country-blues grooves are as constant and natural as a ...

Oklahoma lost a musical icon Friday night. J.J. Cale died at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California, following a heart attack. Cale, 74, was best known for his songs "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," ...

"To lose a dude as cool as Cale is not only a loss for fans of great music, but a loss for those who rail against egoism and pompousness," writes Ben Bridwell. By Shirley Halperin Americana is alive ...

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 ...