![]() He doesn’t need me - he never needed me - to do that. So I’ve always enjoyed playing his music and letting people know that he’s there. ought to be better, or more widely, appreciated, not just in America, but everywhere. It’s a personal mission, really,” said Clapton, the only musician to be inducted three times into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I felt compelled to honor the memory of J.J., because he had meant so much to me. He had a unique ability to achieve deep artistic eloquence with deceptive simplicity, to make aural poetry without ever using a single note or lyric that wasn’t absolutely essential, and to make all of it sound relaxed and utterly natural. ![]() ![]() Cale's seamless blend of rock, blues, country and swing remains a marvel of laid-back concision and understatement. ![]() ![]() Eric Clapton & Friends, "Call Me the Breeze"īut the real star is Cale’s timeless, wonderfully earthy songs, which on "The Breeze" include such gems as "Magnolia," "Cajun Moon" and "I Got the Same Old Blues" (a song previously covered by everyone from Clapton and Bryan Ferry to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Captain Beefheart). ![]()
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