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    • Dec 5, 1938
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist J.J. Cale is born in Oklahoma City. The author of Eric Clapton's rock classics "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," he also pens Waylon Jennings' 1980 country hit "Clyde"
    Jun 22, 1971
    J.J. Cale records the pop and rock hit "Crazy Mama" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. He also records the first version of "Call Me The Breeze"
    Sep 15, 1975
    J.J. Cale records "Cocaine," a future Eric Clapton rock hit, in Nashville at the Columbia Recording Studios
    Sep 14, 1977
    One year before Kenny Rogers will have a hit with it, J.J. Cale records "The Gambler" at Nashville's Audiogram Studio
    Jan 31, 1979
    Porter Wagoner debuts a new disco sound with a performance at Nashville's Exit/In that includes a surprise appearance by J.J. Cale. The Tennessean says the show is "about as disco as Goo Goo Clusters"
    Jun 4, 2004
    Vince Gill is the lone country guitarist invited to appear at rocker Eric Clapton's first Crossroads Festival, which opens in Dallas. The three-day event also welcomes B.B. King, Joe Walsh, James Taylor, J.J. Cale, Carlos Santana and Buddy Guy
    Jul 26, 2013
    Singer/songwriter J.J. Cale dies in La Jolla, California. The author of Eric Clapton's "After Midnight" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Call Me The Breeze," he also wrote Waylon Jennings' 1980 country hit "Clyde"
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