Eric Clapton was devastated last summer when he learned that J.J. Cale — his musical idol, close friend and periodic collaborator — had died here of a heart attack at the age of 74. But the English ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Grammy-winning musician JJ Cale, whose best-known songs became hits for Eric Clapton with “After Midnight” and Lynyrd Skynyrd with “Call Me the Breeze,” has died. He was 74. The ...

Had everything gone the way Eric Clapton hoped, JJ Cale would have joined him on his entire 2007 North American tour and for his 2006 tour of Asia and Australia — not for just for five songs at the ...

Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis blend jazz and blues at the Rose Theater in New York. Given the amount of time Clapton has spent pondering, practicing and poring over the rules and meter of the blues ...

For all of the great covers and bands that Eric Clapton has been in, the best of his solo material is practically baked into his musical DNA.

Back in the early ’70s, Eric Clapton — struggling out of drug addiction and pursuing a solo career — turned “Cocaine” and “After Midnight,” both JJ Cale songs, into radio staples that saved his ...

There are, you could argue, two strands of Eric Clapton fans: those who love his scorching electric solos and groundbreaking fusions of blues and rock, and those who prefer his mellow, unplugged pop ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A year after the death of American cult singer-songwriter JJ Cale, his close friend Eric Clapton has launched a tribute with an album and documentary featuring the likes of Willie ...

August brought bad news for fans of Eric Clapton's celebrated '70s-era rootsy blues records, since Phil Collins was still producing his music. The good news? Tom Dowd, who played such a huge role in ...

LA JOLLA - If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock 'n' roll. His best ...