{"id":17804,"date":"2013-07-29T16:19:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=17804"},"modified":"2013-07-29T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:21:37","slug":"musician-tributes-to-jj-cale-begin-to-pour-in-band-of-horses-and-tom-pettymike-campbell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-07\/musician-tributes-to-jj-cale-begin-to-pour-in-band-of-horses-and-tom-pettymike-campbell\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician Tributes to JJ Cale Begin to Pour In–Band of Horses and Tom Petty\/Mike Campbell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Musicians are beginning to pay their respects to the masterful JJ Cale<\/strong>, who passed away last week.\u00a0 Below are fine examples from Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses<\/strong> and long-time Tom Petty<\/strong> guitar-player Mike Campbell<\/strong>.\u00a0 Clearly Mr. Cale, you are sorely missed.<\/p>\n

Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses)\u00a0<\/strong>(emphasis added):<\/p>\n

“JJ Cale<\/strong> is my hero. John Weldon Cale<\/strong> was still making great music well into his 70’s, which makes it even sadder to hear of his passing. To lose a dude as cool as Cale is not only a loss for fans of great music, but a loss for those who rail against egoism and pompousness. The fact that he was still creating incredible albums in his 70’s that rival any of his earlier work adds an extra sting for his many devoted fans. I beg you to check out his 2009 album<\/strong> Roll On<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Just the other day, I was wondering when we might get a new batch of J.J. Cale songs. Sadly, that is no longer possible, but the great news is that we are left with a trove of incredible records to carry on with.<\/p>\n

If you are new to J.J. Cale’s music or want to educate yourself further, I’ve added this playlist of some of my favorite J.J. Cale music. This is my personal mix tape that I made for myself a couple years ago:\u00a0http:\/\/spoti.fi\/12t6Rq2<\/a>
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\nSome of the tracks weren’t available, and I skipped some of the obvious big songs for my own enjoyment. If this gets people riled up enough to whine, “Where’s ‘Cocaine’?” then that’s just funny as hell.<\/p>\n

I once interviewed Mr. Cale for FILTER Magazine. That was the most nervous I hope I’ll ever be. He was so incredibly cool, smart, and sweet about doing it. Let his answers resonate in your soul here:\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1e6EsWx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also [below are] a couple J.J. covers our band has done. If anybody has us covering “Don’t Go To Strangers” from Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa in 2012, please post it!<\/p>\n

Leaving in the Morning<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n