Biography

Notorious for his laid-back, rootsy style, J.J. Cale is best known for writing "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," songs that Eric Clapton later made into hits. But Cale's influence wasn't only through songwriting: his distinctly loping sense of rhythm and shuffling boogie became the blueprint for the adult-oriented roots rock of Clapton and Mark Knopfler, among others. Cale's refusal to vary the sound of his music over the course of his career caused some critics to label him as a one-trick pony, but he managed to build a dedicated cult following with his sporadically released recordings. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• After Midnight

• Another Song

• Anyway The Wind Blows

• Cajun Moon

• Call Me The Breeze

• Carry On

• Change Your Mind

• City Girls

• Cocaine

• Crazy Mama

• Devil In Disguise

• Don't Cry Sister

• Don't Wait

• Downtown L.a.

• Everlovin' Woman

• Fonda-lina

• Guitar Man

• Hard Times

• Heads In Georgia

• Hey Baby

• If You're Ever In Oklahoma

• I'll Make Love To You Anytime

• Jailer

• Lies

• Low Down

• Magnolia

• Money Talks

• My Baby And Me

• New Lover

• Okie

• Ooh La La

• Ride Me High

• Right Down Here

• Roll On

• Seven Day Woman

• Sporting Life Blues

• The Problem

• These Blues

• Thirteen Days

• When This War Is Over

• Where The Sun Don't Shine

• Who Knew

Discography

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• Roll On

  Rounder

  2009

• The Road to Escondido

  Reprise

  2006

• To Tulsa and Back

  Sanctuary

  2004

• Guitar Man

  Virgin

  1996

• Closer to You

  Virgin

  1994

• Number 10

  Silvertone Records

  1992

• Travel Log

  Silvertone Records

  1990

• La Femme de Mon Pote

  Mercury

  1984

• 8

  Mercury

  1983

• Grasshopper

  Mercury

  1982

• Shades

  Mercury

  1981

• 5

  Mercury

  1979

• Troubadour

  Mercury

  1976

• Okie

  Mercury

  1974

• Really

  Mercury

  1972

• Naturally

  Mercury

  1971