JJ Cale: Why Neil Young Called Him ‘The Best Electric Guitar Player I Ever Heard’ (article)
(Per Wikipedia) - Cale was born on December 5, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1956. Along with a number of other young Tulsa musicians, Cale moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s, where he first worked as a studio engineer.
Finding little success as a recording artist, he later returned to
Tulsa and was considering giving up the music business until Clapton
recorded Cale's "After Midnight" in 1970. His first album, Naturally, established his style, described by Los Angeles Times
writer Richard Cromelin as a "unique hybrid of blues, folk and jazz,
marked by relaxed grooves and Cale's fluid guitar and laconic vocals.
His early use of drum machines
and his unconventional mixes lend a distinctive and timeless quality to
his work and set him apart from the pack of Americana roots-music
purists." In 2013 Neil Young remarked that of all the musicians he had ever heard, J.J. Cale and Jimi Hendrix were the two best electric guitar players. (more)
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