Today we bid a sad farewell to J J Cale
a match for Hendrix and for Mayle
a Greenwich Village troubadour
his, the soundtrack of an age and so much more...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/27/jj-cale-singer-songwriter-dies
And here is a passable Obituary...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/28/jj-cale
Alas, the thing reads more like a collection of sleeve notes, and has more to say about Clapton than Cale. This is a great pity, for Cale 'was there', in the right place and at the right time, for many contemporary musicians who have since garnered a following for themselves, Taj Mahal, for one. Like the Beat Poetry gatherings of the years before Rock Music came into its own, many a starving innovator would jam for long hours with Cale, as he did with them. Perhaps I'll have to seek out Rolling Stone for a more true Obit, or JJ's own site for personal recollections and notes of remembrance...we shall see.
A little more...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/10207642/JJ-Cale.html