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John Weldon "J. J." Cale [1] (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, [2] his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Waylon Jennings, and Eric Clapton, who described him as one of the most important artists in rock history. [3]
In 2005 a documentary called To Tulsa and Back:On Tour with J.J. Cale was released. It featured interviews with Cale, wife Christine Lakeland, Eric Clapton, and other family and band members as well as behind the scenes tour footage. The song "These Blues" was used on an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Eric Clapton festival which includes Cale playing two songs with Clapton: "After Midnight" and "Call Me the Breeze" To Tulsa and Back – On Tour with J.J. Cale: Released: 2005; Label: Black Hill Pictures; Formats: DVD
After recording five albums in the seventies, Cale moved from Nashville to California, eventually settling in a trailer park in Anaheim, California. He would record three albums in three years, but by the time #8 was released, he was burned out. As Cale recalls in the 2005 documentary To Tulsa and Back, "I lived out on the west coast in the ...
J. J. Cale's "After Midnight" was covered by Eric Clapton. Leon Russell was the first member of the Tulsa scene to make inroads into the Los Angeles music scene, playing for Ricky Nelson along with James Burton. He then joined Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew and then produced Gary Lewis and Jan & Dean. He joined Joe Cocker's Mad dogs and Englishmen.
In the 2005 documentary To Tulsa and Back, Cale admitted, "I wasn't real crazy about the Naturally album and I'm still not, but most of the people who like my music, J.J. Cale fans, really like the Naturally album. I think what they liked really was the songs."
Don Roscoe Joseph III (July 26, 1937 – May 26, 2015), professionally known as Rocky Frisco and Rocky Curtiss, was an American musician.He was best known as the longtime pianist for J. J. Cale, and for his role in the development of the music style known as the Tulsa Sound.
The title track is the first of many instrumentals that would appear on future records, and according to the 2014 Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame bio on Cale, was recorded on the back porch of Cale's Tulsa home.