Remakes - (wuz - RE: [thechat] Flashthread! - what are you listening to RIGHT NOW!)

[spinhead]

JJ Cale is amazing, but he's one-dimensional compared to Clapton. Writes all
his own stuff, but nowhere near the breadth of style EC is comfortable with.

spinhead


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Heerssen" <bruce at heerssen.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Remakes - (wuz - RE: [thechat] Flashthread! - what are you
listening to RIGHT NOW!)


> Martin wrote:
>
> > Martin wrote on 27/10/01 9:11 am
> >
> >
> >> He & Paul Simon (Paul more so) stole the entire
> >> arrangement of Scarborough Fair from Martin
> >> Carthy.
> >
> >
> > It's also instructive to listen to JJ Cale. He wrote
> > 'Cocaine',  and listening to him, you realise that
> > he's pretty much all Clapton listens to.
> >
>
> I first heard of JJ Cale from some English friends while traveling. The
influence on Clapton is striking. Oddly enough, none of my friends over here
in the U.S. had ever heard of him. I thought it was brilliant music (if a
bit dated - this was 10 years ago.).
>
> -Bruce
>
>