JJ Cale, Eric Clapton (After Midnight & Call me the Breeze)

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  • @johngibsonmusic
    @johngibsonmusic Рік тому +575

    10 years ago we lost JJ Cale. To this day one of the greatest songwriters and guitar players. Miss him ❤️

  • @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
    @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw 9 місяців тому +74

    You can see the admiration Eric has for J.J. in his facial expressions. When J.J. motioned for Eric to start singing the lead, Eric shook his head, you can almost see him saying, “Oh hell NO!” You think I’m gonna sing this in front of the man who wrote these songs? Great stuff.

    • @Artur-vh3nk
      @Artur-vh3nk Місяць тому

      Amazing moment...

    • @fredrictengstrom9522
      @fredrictengstrom9522 4 дні тому

      muito bom nice guys . jäpps make fine music d r t i prefer Call m t Breeze, No like drugs.Not even cigarettes

  • @robertzm
    @robertzm Рік тому +168

    "Call Me The Breeze" sounded great when JJ Cale released his "Naturally" LP in 1971 and it still sounds great in 2023. A true American classic. If you don't love this song, there is probably something wrong with you...

    • @mysongs1022
      @mysongs1022 8 місяців тому +4

      I still have my Naturally album & CD. Classic ❤

    • @michaelketteringham9417
      @michaelketteringham9417 7 місяців тому +4

      Bought this album when it was first released and I still love it 🤣

    • @ebf82234
      @ebf82234 5 місяців тому +5

      It's an "Old School Anthem" that will live-on forever.

    • @rjfain-nanz7243
      @rjfain-nanz7243 4 місяці тому

      I've posted this three times just today! 💖💖

    • @charlesbraun8867
      @charlesbraun8867 3 місяці тому +1

      Amen brother

  • @robindurston9620
    @robindurston9620 Рік тому +170

    Eric’s humility is amazing, notice how JJ Cale indicated for Eric to come up to the front of the stage and Eric just smiled and shook his head, happy for JJ to have the spot light. He is so respectful of all his guests that way.

    • @globalfunseeker6733
      @globalfunseeker6733 11 місяців тому +7

      He really is a class act.

    • @downtown4028
      @downtown4028 10 місяців тому +4

      All the greats have humility because they already have reached the top or near it.... it is wonderful. I am a guitar player for about 45 years.... Studio One Doraville Ga..... roots. Funny story... one time a member of the Georgia Satellites walked into a club and I asked him, "hey, aren't you the guy from the Black Crowes's? (I attended the rival Lassiter HS, they were from Walton.... later I attended the same schools as Peter Buck)... he replies "NO, The GA Sattellites"... Till this day I laugh

    • @chinto50
      @chinto50 9 місяців тому +2

      @@downtown4028 I saw an interview wirh Clapron.. He was a fan of JJ and sought him out. thats how they got together. apparently great friends

    • @tomneff7030
      @tomneff7030 7 місяців тому +3

      He wanted Eric to take the mic so he could do the vocal on After Midnight...it was Eric who covered in almost 2 years before JJ released his own version. JJ once said the check he got from Eric's cover allowed him to continue his musical path when he was close to giving it up.

    • @afox7376
      @afox7376 7 місяців тому

      @@tomneff7030 JJ actually originally recorded After Midnight in 1966, a few years before Delaney turned Eric on to his music. It's an upbeat, rocking version, much like the way Eric later recorded it. ua-cam.com/video/-YUhVU__uPw/v-deo.html

  • @reaveymr
    @reaveymr 10 місяців тому +289

    Clapton is playing rhythm and loving every second. Two true guitar legends.

    • @The1mannishboy
      @The1mannishboy 9 місяців тому +13

      At 7:40 for about 7 seconds there is a younger John Mayer standing behind the guitar rack watching.

    • @mainchannel67
      @mainchannel67 7 місяців тому +2

      @@The1mannishboyis that really him 😂

    • @alwilson3204
      @alwilson3204 4 місяці тому

      Too good of a lead player for that role.

    • @siegfriedhartleben5781
      @siegfriedhartleben5781 3 місяці тому

      9:08

  • @tucko11
    @tucko11 9 місяців тому +71

    Clapton guitar Playing is immaculate

    • @dieseIboy
      @dieseIboy 7 місяців тому +1

      God playing guitar would do that. Lol

    • @jeffjohnson7470
      @jeffjohnson7470 28 днів тому

      Jj cale def an imprint on clapton.

  • @richardlawton1023
    @richardlawton1023 2 роки тому +166

    I used to play pool with Eric in Antigua I worked as a Chef at the Copper and Lumber Store. Pool was played At Dougie's place after hours. Eric had been sober for a bit. I wasn't.
    One of my best memories. We played 3 x. I won once. I'm sober 30 plus years now. Eric was a big influence in my early sobriety. God bless you.

    • @globalfunseeker6733
      @globalfunseeker6733 11 місяців тому +22

      Richard, a long time ago, I flew to Antigua from NYC for the "Around the Island" sailboat race; don't know if it's still going. When I boarded the plane, I saw Eric sitting in first class. I asked the stewardess if that was him, and she responded yes. I thought nothing of it and, at the time, didn't know anything about Dougie's or that Eric had a rehab facility on the island. After hearing about Dougie's and that he was a regular, I decided to visit. One evening, I walked up the stairs and saw a few pool tables off to the right. I wrote my name on the chalkboard against the back wall and waited for my turn. I didn't even notice he was in there playing pool. I ended up playing against him, and won! He was such a kind, mild mannered guy. No ego whatsoever. He introduced himself as Eric, and that was it.

    • @gergemall
      @gergemall 8 місяців тому +3

      Works if you work it .God Bless . Great story ❤🎸☮️❤️👍🔏🔥

    • @gergemall
      @gergemall 8 місяців тому +1

    • @waynemasey545
      @waynemasey545 7 місяців тому +3

      Magical story 🎸🎸🎸

    • @Dan-mi7hn
      @Dan-mi7hn 6 місяців тому +4

      Being sober is the best

  • @User_gin_927untileternity
    @User_gin_927untileternity 9 місяців тому +23

    I loved JJ !! Miss him so much. He wrote "Call Me the Breeze," and "After Midnight." Loved seeing him and Eric together. May he RIP. ❤

    • @markc1234golf
      @markc1234golf 2 місяці тому

      MAY HE PLAY HIS GUITAR ! ✨✨😁😁WHO WANTS TO REST

  • @johnkochen7264
    @johnkochen7264 2 роки тому +770

    J.J. Cale is one of the most under-appreciated singer-song writers that ever lived.

  • @richardhale5910
    @richardhale5910 6 місяців тому +224

    I’ve never seen Clapton so happy. JJ is as laid back as he can be and he gives everybody listening that same feeling. RIP.

    • @MilanSabol-y9g
      @MilanSabol-y9g 6 місяців тому +10

      That s True.

    • @pamelamergl517
      @pamelamergl517 6 місяців тому +6

      So true

    • @JohnSmith-q6m
      @JohnSmith-q6m 5 місяців тому +21

      Man this is real class. No fancy lights, no fancy jumping about, just a stage of magnificent musicians, and not just JJ and EC but the backing crew. Effortless, sublime music.

    • @javierantonlazaro6699
      @javierantonlazaro6699 5 місяців тому +1

      En español

    • @javierantonlazaro6699
      @javierantonlazaro6699 5 місяців тому

      K t follen

  • @jeffdraper8337
    @jeffdraper8337 9 місяців тому +95

    I'm ignorant as an older man of not keeping track of names... performances on stage etc. much at all. Thanks to internet TV you brought me JJ CALE. Thank you kindly... from in the bushes of Northern Ontario Canada

    • @Krisztina-z9w
      @Krisztina-z9w 9 місяців тому +3

      Well 😊

    • @johnmckenna8989
      @johnmckenna8989 9 місяців тому +3

      Sault Ste. Marie.....

    • @deanpaulson1931
      @deanpaulson1931 9 місяців тому +4

      ♣️♦️♠️♥️ JJ Cale I’ve liked for such a long time, all the very best Richmond bc

    • @jeffdraper8337
      @jeffdraper8337 9 місяців тому

      Well hello​@@Krisztina-z9w

    • @gregfazel880
      @gregfazel880 9 місяців тому +4

      All good mate You probably had the record You were there when this music 🎵 was happening

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 Рік тому +27

    About the 50th visit to this video over the past 7 years +/-. Classics endure.
    Tennessee, USA

    • @spydrmike1
      @spydrmike1 3 місяці тому +1

      Me too, I doesn't get any better then this

  • @bosse641
    @bosse641 2 роки тому +245

    What a songwriter JJ Cale was. One of the absolute best.

  • @kerryfaux2555
    @kerryfaux2555 5 місяців тому +130

    The admiration on Claptons face . That's how i feel when I watch these two together. Absolutely outstanding . What a treat to watch that live ... ❤ 2024 aged 47 and will watch forever.. never grows old

    • @MieLandell
      @MieLandell 5 місяців тому +3

      I agree with you so good they are❤😊🎉🎉

    • @JohnnyDees-j5q
      @JohnnyDees-j5q 5 місяців тому

      ​@@MieLandell😂
      0 0:02

    • @DaveVerge
      @DaveVerge 5 місяців тому +1

      P ​

    • @hobbyjay6803
      @hobbyjay6803 5 місяців тому +4

      friends as well as great musicians both, chemistry is just like they grew up together, primary school mates and such.... is it just me or lady on acoustic guitar has most contagious smile ever seen?

    • @HaroldMotz
      @HaroldMotz 4 місяці тому

      I think this comes from a documentary about JJ on the road over the decades.

  • @poozknuckle
    @poozknuckle 6 місяців тому +57

    JJ being backed up by Clapton. What a great style and respect for a legend.

  • @basskari8747
    @basskari8747 2 роки тому +107

    there's something magical about JJ cale playing guitar

    • @alexluthiger731
      @alexluthiger731 2 роки тому

      a grand-son of King David. He made his mind up on the Name of God. 🍷😘

    • @saraerickson9630
      @saraerickson9630 2 роки тому

      Best SONG for me was on the road to Escondido maybe.
      Collaboration with Cale.
      SONG halfway through LP about there's nothing I haven't seen that you can show me....
      Etc.
      Haha

    • @michaelschmidt5031
      @michaelschmidt5031 2 роки тому +1

      Well said! There aren't many people that realize how good a guitar player JJ Cale was . God Rest his soul

    • @greenbouncer
      @greenbouncer 2 роки тому +1

      He makes it look so easy… Maybe it is 😇.

    • @craigmacv3905
      @craigmacv3905 8 місяців тому +1

      Sometimes

  • @haraldbjthunem4059
    @haraldbjthunem4059 2 роки тому +139

    J J Cale , a modest giant.
    Not fame, but quality, quality and even more quality .
    Effortless and humble...
    We miss you John, but he have your music in our minds and hearts.

    • @rosalynlawrence2372
      @rosalynlawrence2372 2 роки тому +5

      A lovely bare bones tribute. Perfect - exactly what he would love!

    • @haraldbjthunem4059
      @haraldbjthunem4059 2 роки тому +7

      @@rosalynlawrence2372 It's a bit funny, but you might find more JJCale fans all over Europe than US .
      But one thing for sure :
      All US ought to be very proud of their great troubaduor-son !

    • @rosalynlawrence2372
      @rosalynlawrence2372 2 роки тому +3

      @@haraldbjthunem4059 indeed. And we in Canada may even love him more! The comment below about how Eric seems so entranced is bang on. We saw his post-loss of son here in Toronto. Very moving....but emotion is the same level here. Who doesn't love JJ?

    • @michaelgibb487
      @michaelgibb487 2 роки тому +4

      @@rosalynlawrence2372 didn't realise he's no longer with us found him late but at 81 I'm still playing catch-up just found out Bob Segers gone and every week it seems another giant leaves us as a child of the 50/60 we took it all for granted and now I'm beginning to appreciate Mozart Chopin Bach etc running out of time thank God for the internet

    • @quintinmarsters1609
      @quintinmarsters1609 2 роки тому +3

      Hi 5 to that

  • @mysteriousplankton
    @mysteriousplankton 2 роки тому +340

    JJ Cale is a treasure that most people have never heard of.

    • @eddiekomdeur2291
      @eddiekomdeur2291 2 роки тому +3

      1974 when i was 16 and was camping on the famous camping the Appelhof on the Island Terschelling Holland. This was a great hit of JJ Cale.

    • @allanhartpu3894
      @allanhartpu3894 2 роки тому +7

      When you have Eric Clapton playing with J.J. Cale you know J.J. is special.

    • @crazynitroeverything4482
      @crazynitroeverything4482 2 роки тому +7

      Most have. They just don't know it. Darn it.

    • @hendrikdebruin4012
      @hendrikdebruin4012 2 роки тому +4

      I bought his very first LP and have been a fan from the start. I especially liked his song Magnolia... Greetings from Swaziland.

    • @brettshiers5190
      @brettshiers5190 2 роки тому +6

      Love these guys. Brought tears to my eyes. Have 5 JJ Cale albums.

  • @allanhartpu3894
    @allanhartpu3894 2 роки тому +200

    We all know that JJ and Eric are amazing but we forget the cast of supporting musicians are alot of times the backbone of the songs we hear , I tip my hat to you folks, keep it strong and real.

    • @willemgroen7546
      @willemgroen7546 Рік тому +4

      Yes indeed!

    • @flmulcahy
      @flmulcahy Рік тому +8

      Someone posted recently his dad was playing bass in this clip. Since passed on. They all live on in their music, what a blessing.

    • @cybertones942
      @cybertones942 Рік тому +8

      Bass and drums hittin

    • @mirekchance
      @mirekchance Рік тому +3

      Them who write(JJ. Cale, Eric, and so on), and perform above average (guitar work ei. Eric), are the once that create and deliver "art", Just my opinion...But I hear you...

    • @baseballmichaeljordanmcdonalds
      @baseballmichaeljordanmcdonalds Рік тому +2

      Good look jj is amazing Eric is dope. These guys also did kill it. The best music is when all the musicians are humble to each other's "riffs" jj Cale had a ton of humility which is why his songs were amazing.

  • @RomainPennesComposer
    @RomainPennesComposer 10 років тому +569

    You know you kick ass when Eric Clapton plays your rythm guitar.

    • @DanStMary
      @DanStMary 3 роки тому +24

      Dude clapton covered this guys catalogues look up His name and this guy wrote cocaine, after midnight, and whole bunch more skynard covered him

    • @scrotrot1595
      @scrotrot1595 3 роки тому +19

      Clapton has played 2nd fiddle to Mark Knopfler/ Dire Straits. Classy guy, fairly talented.....

    • @FUKITOL-z7y
      @FUKITOL-z7y 3 роки тому +14

      @@DanStMary I just have to admit I had never heard of JJ CAle, before Clapton covered Cocaine. Great version, Slowhand album. I saw JJ Cale as maker, and I was sold , and have been since. What did JJ say? . When heard Clapton released Cocaine , I went out out and bought a new car ! ☺

    • @chicklets4ever51
      @chicklets4ever51 3 роки тому +5

      Well, Eric's solo in "After Midnight" shows who the real soloist is.

    • @saleemkr
      @saleemkr 3 роки тому +4

      clapton can't keep up lol

  • @Stufireman
    @Stufireman 2 роки тому +76

    J J Cale is rocking them in Rock & Roll Heaven and Eric is still rocking them in our world - two masters at work.

  • @jph5636
    @jph5636 2 роки тому +288

    Absolutely precious at beginning when Cale gives Clapton the strong “nod” to step up and take mic to sing and Clapton smiles (joyfully) and shakes him off…incredible professionals!

  • @petemorrow8506
    @petemorrow8506 4 місяці тому +26

    Unbelievable music , timeless i am 67yrs old and feel these 2 guys are still the best

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому +1

      I'm 85 now, totally agree with you!!

  • @fams19934
    @fams19934 2 роки тому +76

    Thank you Lord God for letting us enjoy JJ CALE and ERIC CLAPTON's Blues!!!
    Brazil!

  • @monikahaderblom5250
    @monikahaderblom5250 Рік тому +19

    J J Cale was one of the best country rock musicians in the world. Shame he passed away too early.

  • @ShirleyJean-c1h
    @ShirleyJean-c1h 8 місяців тому +97

    Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale- what a gift just to be able to sit & hear them""BOTH"- I could sit & listen to both all day!!!!! Abosolutely FANTASTIC!!!🤠

    • @mysongs1022
      @mysongs1022 8 місяців тому +3

      I’m with you!

    • @Bruno-ck4hl
      @Bruno-ck4hl 8 місяців тому +4

      Yessss !! This is awesome !

    • @robm9581
      @robm9581 5 місяців тому +1

      No idea how often I listen to this video

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      I should be in bed at 2:00 AM but keep dragging the bar back for more of the Breeze, can't quit!😊

  • @TheChev1946
    @TheChev1946 5 місяців тому +56

    JJ Cale is probably one of the most underrated guitarists ever IMO

    • @micheleremy3945
      @micheleremy3945 5 місяців тому +6

      I found out about him when I was I HS 🎉 1973 Lol . He's one of the best ever ❤️

    • @robm9581
      @robm9581 5 місяців тому +4

      I know nothing about playing any instrument, but his strumming hand barely moves even when he is the lead, just amazing

    • @joseizquierdo1008
      @joseizquierdo1008 5 місяців тому +5

      You are right Underrated guitarist,poet and composer r.i.p Maestro

    • @Pelsluisje
      @Pelsluisje 5 місяців тому +1

      Not by me

    • @jjmuni
      @jjmuni 5 місяців тому +2

      No, he’s just on of the best there ever was or will be.

  • @jameschant2740
    @jameschant2740 3 роки тому +192

    You can definitely feel the affection Eric has for J.J. Cale.

    • @ClivePriceSA
      @ClivePriceSA 3 роки тому +12

      They both respected each other hugely
      No vying for top spot - a real duo

    • @cbussery
      @cbussery 2 роки тому +5

      They helped make each other rich and entertained millions of people doing it.

    • @RetroReminiscing
      @RetroReminiscing 2 роки тому +4

      Oh yes for sure! I agree

  • @jimmypage1969
    @jimmypage1969 10 років тому +479

    Everything JJ Cale does looks so effortless to him. So much respect for the man, I will always cherish his music. Still hard to believe he's gone but no doubt his legacy will live on,

    • @ullalaurila8627
      @ullalaurila8627 3 роки тому +12

      He is best gitar and blues man In the world. I love him t.Ulla

    • @dudekfox7685
      @dudekfox7685 3 роки тому +12

      First time I knew of him was with the song 'I'll make love to you any old time'. And from that he is my hero.

    • @cherylcawley1647
      @cherylcawley1647 2 роки тому +2

      What he's gone? fu

    • @francesgillotti1378
      @francesgillotti1378 2 роки тому

      @@cherylcawley1647 😇

    • @brucewayne3602
      @brucewayne3602 2 роки тому +2

      Blessings for this brilliance !!!

  • @benpersaud
    @benpersaud 10 років тому +906

    I love how happy Clapton looks knowing he's playing alongside his hero.

    • @anneruthbarrett1930
      @anneruthbarrett1930 3 роки тому +52

      Makes one joyful just seeing Clapton so happy 😊

    • @defh2o
      @defh2o 3 роки тому +11

      @Gary Ault 9:50 or so in the video - the love is there. peace

    • @klaritavital
      @klaritavital 3 роки тому

      ;)

    • @Ndlanding
      @Ndlanding 3 роки тому +3

      Yip! But I wish Clapton hadn't used so much distortion. It cheapens it all.

    • @cindymoon24
      @cindymoon24 3 роки тому +15

      It's like his grinning face on the cover of "Riding with the King" where he's driving a convertible with BB King in the backseat. He's thinking, "Oh my God...pinch me! I can't believe BB King agreed to make an album with me!"

  • @FlyingScud
    @FlyingScud Рік тому +11

    What a joyous find on UA-cam. So nice to see Clapton really appreciating and supporting JJ, who at the age of 30 really thought he was over the hill and 'should get a proper job'!

  • @paulmartino7645
    @paulmartino7645 2 роки тому +249

    As a 74 year old Vietnam Veteran. How great it is to hear such cool music by such cool musicians who still really have it all. Adds years to my life!. Experience has it!!👍

    • @yorktown2203
      @yorktown2203 2 роки тому +11

      Bro, I just met a 77 yr old Nam vet today, Larry Whittington, Khe Sans< awesome individual, told him he was my hero 😭and he is, all y’all are >3%

    • @galwayvintagecollection3401
      @galwayvintagecollection3401 2 роки тому +18

      Thanks Vietnam vet for your sacrafice in Vietnam.
      We could do with your assistance now in the face of Tyranny.
      One last stand brother against the WEF.
      Let's do it.
      For the kids and grandkids.
      We're on it here in Ireland.
      Brothers in arms for humanity.
      Bless you and all free men and women.
      We didn't buy the bull and we certainly ain't selling it.

    • @paulmartino7645
      @paulmartino7645 2 роки тому

      Thanks guys for your comments in support of my stance. This Country is going to shit because of those idiots from the unknowing, welfare state, that the protected, generation voted into power. It's time for a complete change of ALL the uneducated, unqualified, OVERPAID powerbrokers who mis-run our country. Kick them out, replace them with Veterans and/or straight thinking un-woke mature STRAIGHT normal biological thinking people, who have a lifetime of real experience of what this changing PC "Wokeness" is doing to our Country. Time to stop the rot and destruction before it's too late. I have 3 straight adult children, 5 straight adolescent Grandchildren and 2 straight Great Children. I love them all dearly and we are a strong family unit. However I fear greatly for their future with these idiot left wing morons forcing their "woke" ideology" and rubbish PC down their/our throats. My Grandfather (crippled by German machine gunfire in the German Spring offensive of 1918) WW1 and my Father WW2 (radio operator on board HMS Hardy torpedoed off Murmansk on Atlantic Convoy duty 1943) will be turning in their graves over the end results that they offered, suffered and offered their all for. As a 74-year-old Vietnam Veteran, I refuse to die despite many years of illness, because I want to live to see the day these loonie lefties and their stupid policies are completely destroyed, as being unworkable, destructive to our Country and the way of life so many offered and so many gave their all in defence of. That I may die with the knowledge that my entire family will grow up in a normal, straight-thinking Man (Male of the species) & Women (Female of the species) un-woke, free, sane world in which to live their lives. I am totally pissed with every one of these uneducated, underqualified, overpaid cretins run this country. Wake up Australia, before it's too late. Let's band together stronger than ever and keep up the good fight!!!
      Paul Martino Conscript Sapper Vietnam Veteran 1970/71

    • @stevenwiederholt7000
      @stevenwiederholt7000 2 роки тому +8

      Its getting To Be A Long Time Ago.

    • @jmack619
      @jmack619 2 роки тому +6

      @@galwayvintagecollection3401 Same in Canada . you have sleepy joe ,,we have sleepy trudeau . dangerous !

  • @ronfreeman5857
    @ronfreeman5857 6 місяців тому +49

    So good to see these two great musicians play together. ✌ .Thats the music i have grown up with..and ❤.. Christine looks so happy..😎 RIP JJ

  • @lamarwinters6130
    @lamarwinters6130 Рік тому +23

    Lord have mercy. That kind of song gets you out on the floor. Cutting the rug as my daddy use to say! Bravo! Bravo!

  • @RahulSharma-xy9fy
    @RahulSharma-xy9fy 4 місяці тому +25

    The very best of two absolutely fantastic musicians we were lucky to grow up listening to day in and day out....RIP JJ Cale

  • @nadja2723
    @nadja2723 4 місяці тому +21

    So beautiful, deep, sincere, human : pure magic ! JJClaptcale for ever !

  • @starjunkie2804
    @starjunkie2804 3 роки тому +170

    JJ Cale was an American treasure that too few knew about, unfortunately. He wrote so many songs made famous by others that it's actually hard to believe. He has a serious case of "bed-head" here! No glamor issues with JJ; he was the real deal.

    • @lesliebrown6428
      @lesliebrown6428 3 роки тому +5

      I so agree. I think it was Clapton's way of thanking an unsung hero. JJ Cale never wanted stardom, but it suits him nicely. My fav is the breeze song. Rolling along.

    • @blogengeezer4507
      @blogengeezer4507 2 роки тому

      @@lesliebrown6428 ..Canadian Truckers, 'Freedom Convoy', have adopted "They Call Me the Breeze".... 'Protesters'... _(Insurrectionists' to be crushed and have their bank accounts frozen, according to Justin Trudeau) as they and thousands of their supporters dance in the streets to these classics, while demanding... FREEDOM. :}

    • @anitauchimura3676
      @anitauchimura3676 2 роки тому +7

      In the 70s in Finland we were listening to JJ Cale. Then there was a time I kind of forgot about him but now he is back loud and strong. Our newest kitty is called Breeze just because.

    • @edjones6837
      @edjones6837 Рік тому +1

      ​@@lesliebrown6428and I ain't carrying no heavy load...

    • @MilanKosanovic-k3e
      @MilanKosanovic-k3e 3 місяці тому +2

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂

  • @jeffreyzaleski412
    @jeffreyzaleski412 11 місяців тому +10

    GREAT TV SPECIAL, THANK YOU GUYS. LOVED IT. DOC MAGOO PJ VIETNAM PARA/RESCUE 1969-1975,THANKS FOR A GREAT SHOW.

  • @georgetebbens3524
    @georgetebbens3524 Рік тому +18

    Damn. It's such a joy hearing Clapper play rhythm behind J.J. Cale! Cat's got the feel for sure! It's obvious how much fun E.C. is having. I love this!

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions 10 років тому +1046

    Thank you JJ! The most underrated guitar god and songwriter of that generation. Thanks for all the great music.

    • @sidgriffith1592
      @sidgriffith1592 4 роки тому +55

      People that don't know JJ and say they know music... Idiots. JJ is the real deal.

    • @user-fn5mr4oz4j
      @user-fn5mr4oz4j 3 роки тому +51

      A lot of youngsters don't know the Eric Clapton covered a lot JJ's music in 70?'s. RIP

    • @TenThumbsProductions
      @TenThumbsProductions 3 роки тому +40

      @@user-fn5mr4oz4j even Lynyrd Skynyrd! Everybody knows that JJ is the breeze!

    • @jimbosnake96
      @jimbosnake96 3 роки тому +32

      Totaly agree the man was not given his due respect. The baddest coolest Okie there be. RIP Mr. JJ you gave us much

    • @johnbatinovic6593
      @johnbatinovic6593 3 роки тому +6

      @@TenThumbsProductions I didn't know he wrote that. 'Knew of After Midnight and Cocaine,

  • @garry1214
    @garry1214 2 роки тому +90

    JJ always made it look so easy. What a talent.

  • @lyleparadise2764
    @lyleparadise2764 Рік тому +11

    The smile on Eric's face at the end tells it all................He loves doing these " impromptu " concerts. Great vid.

  • @mikebunner3498
    @mikebunner3498 8 місяців тому +3

    The great Eric Clapton playing rhythm???? This is one fine video!!!!!!!!! Thanks

  • @SwaroopKodur234
    @SwaroopKodur234 4 місяці тому +11

    Clapton's regard for JJ is so endearing. There's no unnecessary rivalry he feels towards him but pure adulation for what the other person has. Such a healthy feeling

  • @whitesupremepizza7057
    @whitesupremepizza7057 2 роки тому +56

    JJ Cale is so effortlessly cool, makes it look easy! All of that on top of being the greatest songwriter ever!

  • @denievans6252
    @denievans6252 2 роки тому +116

    Superb! Class! Pure musical genius. No gimmicks, no half naked females gyrating all over the place - just pure talent!!

    • @paulfarrehi4200
      @paulfarrehi4200 2 роки тому

      I never begrudge half naked chicks.

    • @jmcljazz6733
      @jmcljazz6733 2 роки тому

      Get a life really??? what a sad and pathetic comment. Like a fool who knows very little about music you wud be more respected if you had said nothing. Now everyone knows you know next to nothing. There are millions of no name guitarist that are miles above overrated Eric. Open up your eyes.. genius tests funny very funny lol.

    • @paulgoudfrooij6561
      @paulgoudfrooij6561 2 роки тому +5

      No need for distractions like that. Just the real thing.

    • @davidheater
      @davidheater Рік тому

      I’d take some nice chicks!

    • @jg6698
      @jg6698 Рік тому

      You have a problem with naked females?

  • @deeanna5814
    @deeanna5814 10 місяців тому +21

    Man, those musicians that the spotlight doesn’t shine on, but still keep making music because it’s part of their soul. If you don’t know how to find them and recognize them, you are missing out.

  • @johnturner5380
    @johnturner5380 2 роки тому +33

    It's wonderful how Eric doesn't take the lime light. There's enough admiration to be shared.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg3871 2 роки тому +53

    JJ had a wonderful understated style of singing and playing.Other artists would take his songs,jazz them up and make hits of them.Great song writer who just loved performing for the fans.He wasn’t interested in the limelight as much as just putting out good music for the fans to enjoy.

    • @wrendevault7257
      @wrendevault7257 Рік тому +1

      It was the same with Neil diamonds song red red wine he wrote it ub40 made it popular

  • @andrewlowe9969
    @andrewlowe9969 3 роки тому +41

    All Blues Fans who know JJ Cale miss him so much. Thank you JJ for all the great music and it helps having music in these hard times!

    • @marcosgomes7681
      @marcosgomes7681 3 роки тому +3

      Very true ,for me JJ not dead,his music is here

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      Me too!! LOVE These 2 guys forever!❤❤

  • @collierdodson9806
    @collierdodson9806 Місяць тому +9

    I pray for my old friend of about 43 years. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord Thank You so much.Amen. These old songs really take me back.

  • @majordomo22
    @majordomo22 7 місяців тому +17

    Great to see John Mayer in the background enjoying these legends❤

  • @martinmcdonald4207
    @martinmcdonald4207 2 роки тому +19

    King of The Tulsa Blues. Thank you Mr. J.J. Cale. Eric Clapton`s very own hero. How happy is ol` slow hand on this stage with these musical genius`s playing this perfect boogie/blues rift, just perfect for Clapton to shine. J.J. Cale brought out the best of E.C. once E.C. discovered him, and this relationship worked out to both men`s benefit and mutual respect for each other. Pure music magic of the highest order in any genre or any time.

  • @gradywilson6400
    @gradywilson6400 8 місяців тому +31

    The tone of JJ's guitar is simply stunning.

    • @dieseIboy
      @dieseIboy 7 місяців тому +1

      On a Casio no less. He was such a legend

    • @minstrelofMir
      @minstrelofMir 7 місяців тому +2

      plays with his fingers,not a plectrum,so has more pluck sound,,like mark knofler

    • @MitchClement-il6iq
      @MitchClement-il6iq 7 місяців тому +1

      He probably modified it, he did with the guitar he uses at paradise studios with leon Russell.

    • @dieseIboy
      @dieseIboy 7 місяців тому +1

      @@MitchClement-il6iq no question he did

  • @projoebiochem
    @projoebiochem 27 днів тому +3

    Every time I come back to this video I get the same feeling. It’s one of the best and most authentic performances ever.

  • @adr2567
    @adr2567 Рік тому +30

    One of those amazing moments where JJ upped his tempo and sounds amazing still!

    • @GiovanniCannella-c4r
      @GiovanniCannella-c4r Рік тому +1

      No women no cy

    • @tedc7714
      @tedc7714 Рік тому +3

      The little gal on rythem guitar jacked it up. She's JJs side kick. Really good for him.

    • @gordonely3591
      @gordonely3591 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes that tempo change gives me another heartfelt insight into LIVE music 👍

  • @alainsalemi6049
    @alainsalemi6049 10 місяців тому +8

    Une voie et des accords de génie,un seigneur de la musique

  • @markmccarty9793
    @markmccarty9793 2 роки тому +44

    Nothing like watching the greatest people in their field do what they do best!!

  • @Dan66th
    @Dan66th 4 місяці тому +9

    A special, exciting style of playing guitar. J.J., Clapton and Knopfler play it outstandingly.

  • @toton1967
    @toton1967 2 роки тому +51

    The modern guitarists should take a lesson or two from these legends...optimal play is what creates the melody..not diluting the song with endless riffs....grammatically correct tones..just a piece of pure art manifesting in the form of music ❤❤

  • @Ledprostate
    @Ledprostate 8 років тому +154

    JJ has played some of the most magical riffs in history, the openers to both songs prime examples.

    • @lifetimes2983
      @lifetimes2983 2 роки тому +3

      Soooo true. JJ Intro notes here are distinct and original. EC can BURN...anytime he wants to he's got nothing left to prove. He just wants to be in the mix so he can hear other artists he admires shine in their own way, You can see it. Saw him with CREAM in 69. He was savagely hot. . So were Jack and Ginger

    • @cybertones942
      @cybertones942 Рік тому

      Love his style seems simple yet not. Even when he go off key I don’t mind. Definitely be bumping these folks for the next 50 years or so if possible

  • @maxheadroom7687
    @maxheadroom7687 3 роки тому +49

    Just so kool, the way he just lays down a tune and slides onto the stool, then wanders around whilst picking! I love JJ, RIP my man.

  • @bobw4404
    @bobw4404 10 місяців тому +7

    It just doesnt get better than that. 2 great songs by JJ Cale.

  • @coupegray6352
    @coupegray6352 3 роки тому +334

    The best point in this video is, the body language! The look of the human feeling of respect and appreciation between each of the musicians on stage it is fabulous for my emotion. The ground thinking of JJ, the pleasure of Eric C to share this moment with him, the smile of satisfaction of Christine looking the appreciation of his man to in the happiness, the bassman Rosenberger, quiet but him too sharing his good feeling. This is a beautyfull video of JJ Cale that I like like the live itself. This is the expression of the real sens of the live, friendship, respect and attention to the others. BRAVO... je m'excuse pour mon anglais un peu déficient, je parle depuis ma terre francophone le Québec, Daniel de Saint-Emile de Suffolk

  • @geschaub
    @geschaub 2 роки тому +31

    JJ Cale, not many people can say Eric Clapton gladly played rhythm guitar for them. Thanks for all the great music !!!

  • @noobicore6859
    @noobicore6859 9 років тому +107

    To have seen these two play is a dream that will pinch me as long as I live. I so wished JJ Cale would've stayed with us a little longer to cut more songs alone and with EC. One of the most underrated guitar players ever, few know how much John Cale's playing influenced other guitar greats.

    • @omarjensen8520
      @omarjensen8520 9 років тому +8

      noobi core Mark Knopfler is a JJ Cale spinoff i belive:)

    • @carlosyanezlozada8809
      @carlosyanezlozada8809 9 років тому

      +noobi core Why you did not born earlier?.

    • @deanl0
      @deanl0 9 років тому

      +Carlos Yañez Lozada because you were being a real
      cabrone so he was not able to come to this world earlier

    • @carlosyanezlozada8809
      @carlosyanezlozada8809 9 років тому

      Thank you man.

    • @junelbug
      @junelbug 9 років тому +2

      +noobi core. that's cute..A "dream that will pinch me". I thought the expression was "pinch me to see that I'm not dreaming" some thing like that. u so funny.

  • @marcosgomes7681
    @marcosgomes7681 2 роки тому +38

    Its a shame that there not much more live vids with our hero the great JJCALE,one of the real greats in music

    • @garyschneider8829
      @garyschneider8829 Рік тому +3

      RE: Marcos Gomes .
      You are absolutely correct,
      But I guess JJ Cale was real
      Low key and laid back. His buddy E C had a way of getting JJ out.🎸🎸🎶

    • @paullangley6280
      @paullangley6280 4 місяці тому +1

      There’s a 1971 (ish) live studio performance by JJ, with Leon Russell on keys. It’s worth checking out.

    • @marcosgomes7681
      @marcosgomes7681 4 місяці тому

      @@paullangley6280 I know it, but thanks

  • @gorkemkirkegaard7022
    @gorkemkirkegaard7022 3 роки тому +34

    JJ Cale here showed what he did , not too many years before his passing. RIP JJ, man of so many songs , rhythms....!!

  • @Bapalapa30
    @Bapalapa30 10 років тому +46

    I love when JJ nods to clapton for the first solo, and clapton just denies it. He gives JJ that moment. It puts a tear in my eye to see the respect between two of my heroes. God bless you JJ

    • @sidstewart7399
      @sidstewart7399 10 років тому +2

      He's telling Eric to sing

    • @bsnf-5
      @bsnf-5 9 років тому

      sid stewart It's still a solo, it's called solo singing.

    • @innoutburger23
      @innoutburger23 9 років тому

      Lol JJ was just messing around... Obviously they had rehearsed this with JJ singing. He was playfully putting him on the spot.

    • @bsnf-5
      @bsnf-5 9 років тому +1

      innoutburger23 No, he's telling him to sing.

    • @DAGDRUM53
      @DAGDRUM53 9 років тому

      Bapalapa30 If I'd've been JJ Cale I woulda announced, "Eric Clapton, the vocal," (ala Jack Bruce) and when Eric shook his head I'd've groaned, "Aww, c'man, Slowhand." Clap woulda stepped up to the mike then or the audience woulda been on his case. Great tunes anyway!

  • @ficogonzalez7931
    @ficogonzalez7931 9 місяців тому +21

    Love how John Mayer is grooving to Clapton's solo at the back.

    • @kcrossleKMC
      @kcrossleKMC 2 місяці тому +1

      A character study. He is so transparently into the music. When he's playing. When he's listening.

    • @edberry510
      @edberry510 10 днів тому

      Looks like John is itching to jump in and be part of this jam but wasn’t invited…

  • @richardbicknell2140
    @richardbicknell2140 Рік тому +7

    You know he is good when Clapton is playing second fiddle!

  • @jimsmith3800
    @jimsmith3800 3 роки тому +21

    What an awesome relationship Clapton & JJ had... JJ is missed, especially by Eric ! Thank you both !!!

  • @goranmatejka6963
    @goranmatejka6963 Рік тому +7

    Yes. The drummer and base player. So extremely good, and tight as a rock,on the theme, less is more. Tulsa sound. Living far from Tulsa, west coast of Sweden. Bought my first JJ-Cale album 1979!

    • @goranmatejka6963
      @goranmatejka6963 Рік тому +1

      The drummer and the man on base, must be local legends. Extremely good. Not known by name, in Scandinavia.

  • @marc5275
    @marc5275 4 місяці тому +7

    The amazing J playing his guitar while he stares at the people. Slow hand Clapton admiring him. What a big pair.

  • @john.l1504
    @john.l1504 6 місяців тому +62

    This is real music as it should be...J.J Cale and Eric Clapton together are just something else...
    ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
    🎸🎙🎶....🤟🤙

    • @pamelamergl517
      @pamelamergl517 6 місяців тому +4

      Pretty awesome is right!!

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      You said it!!❤🎉❤ loVe both forever..

  • @sefilm1111
    @sefilm1111 9 років тому +274

    The mastery of filling the air with as few notes as neccessary. This is the difference between running through a million notes per second and actually making good music with soul

    • @romanlobodiak9133
      @romanlobodiak9133 3 роки тому +4

      Just great!

    • @merlin8537
      @merlin8537 3 роки тому +5

      My dad used to say of all the extra stuff, "You're just throwing darts now," whether it was playing or singing harmony. Sometimes, the dart-throwing led to some inventive (& always purely unintentional) chord progressions/ harmonies, but usually it just murkied up otherwise good music.

    • @michaeloneill1763
      @michaeloneill1763 3 роки тому +15

      B.B. King said it's not the notes, it's the spaces between the notes.

    • @michaeldell2349
      @michaeldell2349 3 роки тому

      @@michaeloneill1763 It's definitively a quote to PAUZE and think about. I more than just admire B.B.King (and experienced him live) and I could never hold a candle to his art. BUT may I - in all modesty - suggest, that 'Notes matter' AS WELL AS 'the spaces inbetween' ? What is your opinion on this 'modulation', Mr. Michael O'Neill, and do you think Mr. B.B.King would be prepared to, let's say, not totally reject this notion ? Michael W Dell

    • @michaeloneill1763
      @michaeloneill1763 3 роки тому +8

      @@michaeldell2349 If B.B. King rejected that notion he'd be out of work, but he knows where to leave the spaces in between. So many rock guitarists are praised because they can cram in as many notes as possible in one bar of music, but a real musician plays with emotional intensity and heartfelt timing. B.B. is so good at that.

  • @gnatbermbaum6102
    @gnatbermbaum6102 9 років тому +299

    What makes EC so great, is that he doesn't have to be the man all the time. He will play rhythm and let others solo-no ego

    • @jamesblond516
      @jamesblond516 4 роки тому +27

      Dude just loves playing, don't think he cares what the specifics are

    • @davidmitchell1959
      @davidmitchell1959 3 роки тому +23

      I agree so much with these comments above. Eric certainly doesn’t crave the limelight. He loves his craft not the glamour!

    • @jackhewitt7067
      @jackhewitt7067 3 роки тому +20

      Sobriety, my friends. Fits him like a glove, love and tolerance of others his code.✌👁🙏

    • @johnpearson4899
      @johnpearson4899 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah. He wasn't always that way though. In the 60s and part if the 70s. He had a legendary ego but, I guess most of us do grow up. It would sure be nice to have his talent and experiences when I grow up. I'm only 53 now so, I got a ways to go yet. Thank goodness. He always seems like a class act and a hell of a guy these days.

    • @michaeldell2349
      @michaeldell2349 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly, I fully agree and I appreciate that too very much as I do his 'low-key'-solos Michael

  • @unctyler9407
    @unctyler9407 2 роки тому +34

    At 81, just celebrated 60 years marriage (same wife) music can't get any better!.

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      You said it!! I'm 85 and 65 years with Marine hubby on 10/31...these two are the best!! Hot Dam...RIP JJ Cale you are SO missed😢

  • @stevehawaii5701
    @stevehawaii5701 7 місяців тому +145

    YES IM STILL WATCHING THIS IN 2024. AND WILL KEEP WATCHING THESE 2 LEGENDS FOR A LONG, LONG, TIME!!! R.I.P J.J.CALE from VALLEY CENTER.

    • @jeffreymeyer2372
      @jeffreymeyer2372 7 місяців тому +4

      Yes

    • @abcdxyz8852
      @abcdxyz8852 7 місяців тому +3

      Me too...thinking I was born in wrong century...21 th century music it sucks, really

    • @gamagros
      @gamagros 7 місяців тому +1

      and me, eight days latter, the same

    • @abcdxyz8852
      @abcdxyz8852 7 місяців тому +1

      @@gamagros great🥰

    • @AndrewBooker-gc4fe
      @AndrewBooker-gc4fe 7 місяців тому

      Ay

  • @GabrieleNani
    @GabrieleNani 3 роки тому +64

    JJ is a very bluesman, capable to be dirt like dust of the road, or clean like the sky you see when you run on the road with a convertible car. JJ is a man of the road, a musician of the road - all we owe so much at JJ cale🙏

  • @markchip1
    @markchip1 3 роки тому +16

    The GREAT thing about JJ's playing is.... the notes he DOESN'T play!!
    THE master of musical understatement!!!

    • @markmccabek9
      @markmccabek9 4 місяці тому +1

      Very much like B.B King who used to say "I can play fast (although J.J. can with incredible ease) so I got to make each note I play count"!

    • @EsaMheikki
      @EsaMheikki 3 місяці тому +1

      JJ is King!

  • @SHALAt22
    @SHALAt22 9 років тому +32

    Love jj cale and eric clapton together, clapton has always credited jj cale for the inspiration.

  • @onlywatching6504
    @onlywatching6504 8 місяців тому +19

    Strange to think of. This humble man and his talent is a big part of my musical spectre. Here where i live in northtern nowhere Norway. The power of REAL rock and blues has no limits. RIP JJ, i’ll always miss you❤️

  • @jpoh4398
    @jpoh4398 3 роки тому +30

    The guitar playing is so effortless by both of these legends.

  • @oldguysmusic2929
    @oldguysmusic2929 3 роки тому +66

    I liked it when JJ motioned to EC to join him at the mic and Ec shook his head "no". He didn't want to take anything away from his friend. Ec proved once again that he is and always will be a class act.

  • @levypierre1647
    @levypierre1647 2 роки тому +32

    I love this song, and this version, can't stop listening to it since years! J.J. is so great

    • @alainmokhtari730
      @alainmokhtari730 2 роки тому +1

      Slt a tous moi SDF mes avec la musique 🎸🎶🍺☠️💆👍

  • @billowens8051
    @billowens8051 9 місяців тому +3

    I had the pleasure of seeing the incomparable JJ several times - always in intimate settings - and he was amazing. Best boogie shuffle grooves ever. RIP JJ, so glad I have your music to keep you alive.

  • @bastian8905
    @bastian8905 11 місяців тому +12

    I could Listen to this all Day long😊

    • @harborside10
      @harborside10 8 місяців тому

      till the cows come home

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      Yes sir-ee....you got that right!! I'm listenin and watchin at 1:30AM in VT-USA. LOVE these two forevah❤❤. Miss JJ😢

  • @Paparoxx
    @Paparoxx 4 місяці тому +6

    John Cale is an n icon unrecognized fairly!!! I worked radio in 70s and played everything of jj's I could get by with. I have his music in my truck and my RV " at all times!" 👍🏻💥🙏🏻🧙🏻‍♂️

  • @greyjay9202
    @greyjay9202 2 роки тому +23

    The best gift a person can give or receive, is the loyalty and affection of a lasting friendship. Here, between these two men, it is so plainly illustrated. To stand on
    a stage and play music together, makes them both so happy. Hats off to J.J. Cale and to Eric Clapton. Rest in peace, J.J.

  • @timothyogden9761
    @timothyogden9761 Рік тому +3

    I remember in the middle 1980's Eric Clapton turning us on to J.J. Cale. He knew we would love his talent and we did.
    RIP JJ Cale!

  • @HumanBill67
    @HumanBill67 3 роки тому +18

    I was so glad when they finally got together. JJ was so underrated as a songwriter and guitarsmith.

  • @funkster007
    @funkster007 11 років тому +51

    I just love this live version. JJ the smooth cat, and EC in high heaven jamming along with his hero. RIP JJ Cale, the legend!

  • @bettyhayden4748
    @bettyhayden4748 Рік тому +19

    CALE was always so sincere, and humble love this quality, in a person

    • @Uno_qualunque93
      @Uno_qualunque93 Рік тому +1

      Absolutely friend, and the fact that we are no longer there I am so sorry, he made beautiful songs!

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      ​@@Uno_qualunque93That he did!! RIP JJCale❤😢

  • @djh8282
    @djh8282 10 місяців тому +4

    was blessed as a lad to hear JJ in house by now now 84 yr old dad. always one of my favorites - couldn't help but turn my HS and college pals onto him. Is there better mellow cool? and with another fixture of my music years, Clapton, on stage... wow!

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      Mellow is right!! Adore these two greats!! Much needed listenin the way the crazy world is NOW!!

    • @janetgordon902
      @janetgordon902 17 днів тому

      And I'm 85 yrs old now!!

  • @martinsadl1936
    @martinsadl1936 Рік тому +13

    Joyous! What great singing, lyrics, guitars - all three. Wonderful!

  • @stevenhowell8331
    @stevenhowell8331 Рік тому +27

    Pure awesome! Sometimes it takes some digging to find these types of diamonds in music. This is what it is all about. Pure joy to all!

  • @robertbarrett6267
    @robertbarrett6267 3 роки тому +58

    Its almost an unearthly feeling to see and hear these guys perform. They are above great. Can't find the words to describe it.

  • @TimShirey-v9r
    @TimShirey-v9r 9 місяців тому +2

    It’s a phenomenon to be experienced and enjoyed , free of laborious comparisons . There never was before , and there never will be another . Enjoy him , revel in the Mastery and Creativity . Rare and Incomparable . Feel lucky you found him . Git ‘em Stevie !

  • @entrails4610
    @entrails4610 2 роки тому +21

    I can listen these musician genius for years and years
    NO stress Just Peace and Love.RIP in peace JJ Cale