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John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he deliberately avoided the limelight (being temperamentally averse to celebrity) his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged. Eric Clapton described him as "one of the most important artists in the history of rock". He is considered to be one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz.
Many songs written by Cale have been recorded by other artists, including "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton; "Call Me the Breeze" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Jay David, and Bobby Bare; "Clyde" by Waylon Jennings and Dr. Hook; "I Got The Same Old Blues" by Captain Beefheart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Freddie King; and "Magnolia" by Poco, Beck, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, José Feliciano, Ben Bridwell, and John Mayer with Eric Clapton.
In 2008 he, along with Clapton, received a Grammy Award for their album, The Road to Escondido.
Here is J. J. Cale singing “Clyde”.
Dr. Hook covered “Clyde” on their 1978 LP, Pleasure and Pain. The album featured two U.S. Top 10 hits, "Sharing the Night Together" and "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman." Both songs also became hits in the UK, Canada and Australia.
Pleasure and Pain charted at #66 in the US in 1979 and eventually sold over half a million copies. It was the band's only gold album.
Here's Dr. Hook's version of J. J. Cale's song with Dennis on lead.
(The information used in this post is from Wikipedia.)
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