J J Cale - R.I.P.

Another great goes down. Sad mews of J J Cale's passing, aged 74, from a heart attack. His laconic style went against the grain of most country/blues playing of the time. Here's the Guardian obituary (which makes rather too much mention of Eric Clapton for my liking):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/27/jj-cale-singer-songwriter-dies

Jason Pierce (aka Jason Spaceman) of Spiritualized did a cover of Cale's 'Call Me The Breeze' on Laser Guided Melodies, retitling it 'Run' - because it's actually Jason's clever conflation of 'Call Me The Breeze' (lyrically) with The Velvet Underground's 'Run, Run, Run' (musically). All made slightly more confusing because John Cale, with whom J J was himself sometimes erroneously creatively conflated, was then a member of the VU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82UYsaFdGOo