J.J. Cale on his song that launched Eric Clapton’s solo career and made the laidback Tulsa guitarist a surprise overnight sensation

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...

Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime

An opportunity to show Slowhand a few songs landed him on Clapton's Grammy-winning duet with B.B. King and opened the door to ...