In 1964, Cale and Russell moved to Los Angeles with another local Oklahoma musician, Carl Radle. After a few years, he returned to Tulsa, where he reunited with Russell and began playing local clubs.
In 1959, at the age of 21, he moved to Nashville, where he was hired by the Grand Ole Opry’s touring company. Cale’s refusal to vary the sound of his music over the course of his career caused some critics to label him as a one-trick pony, but he managed to build a dedicated cult following with his sporadically released recordings.īorn in Oklahoma City but raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cale played in a variety of rock & roll bands and Western swing groups as a teenager, including one outfit that also featured Leon Russell. But Cale’s influence wasn’t only through songwriting - his distinctly loping sense of rhythm and shuffling boogie became the blueprint for the adult-oriented roots rock of Clapton and Mark Knopfler, among others. Cale was best known for writing “After Midnight” and “Cocaine,” songs that Eric Clapton later made into hits. Label: Various | Genre: Blues Rock, Country Rock STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS EAC Rip | 46xCD + DVD | FLAC/APE Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
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