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"JJ Cale&amp;#xA0;is one of rock&amp;apos;s unsung heroes, and Eric Clapton wants to change that with a new Cale tribute album called&amp;#xA0;The Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale, out July 29th on Clapton&amp;apos;s Bushbranch Records/Surfdog Records. The LP, credited to &amp;quot;Eric Clapton &amp;amp; Friends,&amp;quot; will feature like-minded collaborators John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Derek Trucks, Mark Knopfler and Don White. Together, they&amp;apos;ll honor Cale&amp;apos;s legacy as a songwriter, guitarist and pioneer of the Tulsa Sound.\r\nReaders&amp;apos; Poll: Clapton&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;Tears in Heaven&amp;apos; and the 9 Other Saddest Songs of All Time\r\n&amp;quot;I would like people to tap into what JJ Cale did &amp;#x2013; that&amp;apos;s the point,&amp;quot; Clapton says in a statement. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m just the messenger; I&amp;apos;ve always felt that that&amp;apos;s my job. I try to interpret things so that the public at large, or at least the people who listen to what I do, will become intrigued about where I got it from.&amp;quot;\r\nCale passed away in 2013 at age 74&amp;#xA0;after suffering a heart attack. But his influence is immeasurable: Across his four-decade career, he recorded 15 albums and inspired a generation of artists like Clapton, who brought his songs to a bigger audience through popular cover versions.&amp;#xA0;Clapton first honored Cale by covering the latter&amp;apos;s classic &amp;quot;After Midnight&amp;quot; for&amp;#xA0;Eric Clapton, the guitarist&amp;apos;s solo debut. In 1977, Clapton recorded a chart-topping version of Cale&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Cocaine&amp;quot; for his 1977 LP,&amp;#xA0;Slowhand.\r\nThe two artists kept in touch over the years: In 2004, Cale played at the first edition of Clapton&amp;apos;s guitar festival Crossroads, with the latter sitting in as a bandmember. Then in 2006, they recorded their first studio collaboration on the 2006 album&amp;#xA0;Road to Escondido. At the time, Clapton reflected on the honor, saying, &amp;quot;This is the realization of what may have been my last ambition, to work with the man whose music has inspired me for as long as I can remember.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale&amp;#xA0;is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.\r\n1. Call Me The Breeze (Eric Clapton)2. Rock And Roll Records (Eric Clapton &amp;amp; Tom Petty)3. Someday (Mark Knopfler)4. Lies (John Mayer &amp;amp;&amp;#xA0;Eric Clapton)5. Sensitive Kind (Don White)6. Cajun Moon (Eric Clapton)7. Magnolia (John Mayer)8. I Got The Same Old Blues (Tom Petty &amp;amp;&amp;#xA0;Eric Clapton)9. Songbird (Willie Nelson &amp;amp;&amp;#xA0;Eric Clapton)10. Since You Said Goodbye (Eric Clapton)11. I&amp;#x2019;ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (Don White &amp;amp; Eric Clapton)12. The Old Man And Me (Tom Petty)13. Train To Nowhere (Mark Knopfler, Don White &amp;amp; Eric Clapton)14. Starbound (Willie Nelson)15. Don&amp;#x2019;t Wait (Eric Clapton &amp;amp;&amp;#xA0;John Mayer)16. Crying Eyes (Eric Clapton &amp;amp; Christine Lakeland)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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