J.J. Cale wrote “Call Me The Breeze” for Naturally. While the album feels down to earth and traditional, Cale utilized new production techniques, namely a drum machine. He told Vintage Guitar ...

Clapton paid tribute to his friend by including a rendition of “Call Me the Breeze” and other tracks for a Cale tribute album in 2014, The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale, which also ...

Singer-songwriter JJ Cale rescued him and gave him a direction ... Lynyrd Skynyrd had one of its biggest hits with "Call Me the Breeze," and Clapton took both "After Midnight" and "Cocaine ...

Named after Cale's 1972 single Call Me the Breeze (later popularized by Lynyrd ... I had my head cocked in JJ's direction. I always wanted to see what would come next. All through the '70s the ...

to compile a 16-track album of beloved JJ Cale songs. The album’s title is derived from Cale’s 1972 single “Call Me the Breeze.” ...

Singer says songwriter JJ Cale rescued him and gave him a direction ... Lynyrd Skynyrd had one of its biggest hits with Call Me the Breeze, and Clapton took both After Midnight and Cocaine to ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers can be heard covering JJ Cale’s classic song “Call Me the Breeze” in a newly released clip from the band’s residency at the Fillmore in San Francisco from ...

JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock `n' roll. His best songs like "After Midnight," "Cocaine" and "Call Me the Breeze" were towering hits — for other artists. Eric Clapton ...

Singer and songwriter JJ Cale, whose work became hits for ... Lynyrd Skynyrd found similar success with Cale’s “Call Me the Breeze.” Cale won a Grammy for his 2006 collaboration with Eric ...

In spite of cameos by heavy-hitting guitar guys like Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler and John Mayer, “The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale ... “Naturally,” “Call Me the Breeze,” which ...

on Friday. July 27, 2013— -- JJ Cale, the renowned songwriter behind classic rock hits like Eric Clapton's "After Midnight" and Lynyrd Synyrd's "Call Me the Breeze," has died of a heart attack.

MUSICIAN JJ Cale, writer of Eric Clapton's After Midnight and Lynard Skynard's Call Me the Breeze, has died aged 74. The performer and producer's manager Mike Kappus said the architect of the ...