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 ...

Thanks to such music legends as Billy Joel, Elton John, the Rolling Stones and the late B.B. King, Photocharity has raised more than $2.7 million over the past 15 years to help homeless and at-risk ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock 'n' roll to ...

Eric Clapton was fishing in the English countryside last summer when he got a text: Singer-guitarist-songwriter JJ Cale had died. “I just sat by the river,” Clapton recalls. “I heard myself every now ...

JJ Cale has written some of the rock and roll era's most enduring anthems. Yet, for many modern music fans, Cale's name remains little more than a songwriting credit. Born in Oklahoma City, and bred ...

Rock ’n’ roll cult heroes burn brightly and briefly. Such romantic figures as Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, Gram Parsons and Jeff Buckley recorded just a few tracks before they were gone – literally or ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this interview with Eric Clapton contained an inaccurate quote about meeting the late JJ Cale. Clapton's correct quote: "He showed me a guitar he ...

Widespread Panic have commented on influential songwriter/guitarist/singer JJ Cale’s passing. A message posted by Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools reads: There is something intangible about a ...

FILE - In this June 5, 2004 file photo, singer-songwriter J.J. Cale plays during the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, Texas. Cale, whose best-known songs became hits for Eric Clapton ...

“I would like people to tap into what JJ Cale did – that’s the point,” Clapton says in a statement. “I’m just the messenger; I’ve always felt that that’s my job. I try to interpret things so that the ...

Eric Clapton was devastated last summer when he learned that J.J. Cale — his musical idol, close friend and periodic collaborator — had died here of a heart attack at the age of 74. But the English ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock 'n' roll to ...