LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) -- 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.

Despite having written two of Clapton's biggest hits, 'Cocaine' and 'After Midnight,' and having influenced countless others over his four-decade long career, Cale never achieved the widespread ...

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 ...

LA JOLLA, 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 ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this interview with Eric Clapton contained an inaccurate quote about meeting the late JJ Cale. Clapton's correct quote: "He showed me a guitar he ...

On the swinging “Don’t Wait,” Clapton trades solos with John Mayer and the two double up on vocal duties as well, creating some dry, near-harmonies that manage to both belie and behoove the track’s ...

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 songs like ...

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Cale died Friday night of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla%2C Calif. Album with Clapton %22The Road to Escondido%22 won a Grammy for Best Contemporary ...

FILE - In this June 5, 2004 file photo, singer-songwriter J.J. Cale plays during the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, Texas. Cale, whose best-known songs became hits for Eric Clapton ...