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Thank
you for visiting the JJ Cale Fan Network. The work of this site
is provided by the Internet and every music fan out there. Without
the help of everyone we wouldn't be here. These pages are maintained
by Jo-Jo Jellybean and Vinoo Samuel. We try to provide the most
accurate JJ Cale information possible and take pride in verifying
information before it is posted on the website.
For those of you that are new here, JJ Cale is
a blues musician from Tulsa, OK. He has been releasing solo albums
for over 35 years with his first, titled "Naturally". Cale has
released 14 albums since then til 2006, with long breaks in between
each release. JJ Cale wrote songs which were made famous by other
musicians. For example, he wrote "After Midnight", "Cocaine",
"I'll Make Love To You Anytime" and the recent hit "Travelin'
Light" covered by Eric Clapton. Other minor hits include "Call
me the Breeze" covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.
In 2006, JJ Cale collaberated with Eric Clapton on a new album called "Road to Escondido". This has been a long awaited project, as the only other Cale/Clapton release was two songs from the 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads Benefit Concert in Dallas, TX. They had played together long ago, but nothing officially released. The new album has been heavily marketed, including spots on CBS' morning show, promotional videos on Amazon.com, and a commercial for MP3 players in the states. A definate dream come true for many Cale fans.
Cale's "laid-back" style is his unique
trademark. While his newer albums concentrate less on real musicians
and more on drum machines, his overall sound remains the same old
Cale. A unique blend of shuffle, blues and jazz. Many consider Cale
the founder of the "Tulsa Sound". For more information
on JJ Cale, please proceed to view the rest of the site. If you
have information to share, modify or reject, please feel free to
write us.
I'd like to also thank everyone who finds this resource useful. We recieve over 200,000 hits per month! To help maintain bandwidth usage, be sure to check out our shop and buy stuff! Or donate cash directly through PayPal! Of course, the gift of content for the site is also invaluable! Thank you for visiting! - Jo-Jo - Webmaster
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.latest news
2008.mar.15 - Added another video on the videos page.
2008.feb.12 - JJ Cale and Eric Clapton win the "Best Contemporary Blues Album" Grammy!
2008.jan.20 - We are slowly starting to put videos back up. I will not host them on YouTube, they are locally hosted. Therefore, I will only put a few videos up at a time to conserve bandwidth. Please enjoy and check back (probably) monthly for new videos.
2007.dec.22 - It appears that thanks to the Eric Clapton connection on "Road to Escondido", Cale has been nominated (with Clapton, of course) in category 67, "Best contemporary blues album" for the 50th Grammy Awards.
2007.oct.16 - There's a new contest on the Official JJ Cale website to win an autographed Gibson ES-335. Apparently a few more will be given away on a few select radio station giveaways as well. Pretty cool!
Hey, Official site - would you mind making a way to turn OFF the music when you load the site? Really annoying!
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