Sadly, Cale died in 2013, at the age of 74, after suffering a heart attack. On the cover, Cale is shown holding a hitchhiker’s sign reading “Escondido” while Clapton, sits in the bed of an ostensibly broken-down pickup, wearing a baseball cap and strumming an acoustic guitar. The two thought their dual-connection to the city would make for a fitting album title.
The album’s title is derived from the fact that Clapton used to own a home in Escondido, California, and Cale formerly lived near Escondido in neighboring Valley Center, California. Many artists-including Clapton, Neil Young, and Mark Knopfler-have cited Cale as one of the most important people in rock and roll history, despite Cale’s preference for staying out of the limelight. Hook), and I Got the Same Old Blues, which was performed by Captain Beefheart.Ĭale also released 14 albums of material that he wrote and recorded. Cale also penned Call Me the Breeze, which was popularized by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clyde, which was made a hit by Waylon Jennings (and later by Dr. Eric Claptons successful 05 Cream reunion spurred the rock legend to revisit a less-heralded, if more personally inspiring muse from the musicians past, Oklahoma country-blues savant J. Cale wrote some of American rock radio’s most-played hits, including Cocaine and After Midnight, both of which were made into classic radio hits by Uncle Eric himself.
In fact, ask most music fans who JJ Cale was and you’ll get a blank stare. The Road to Escondido is a breezy, back porch-sittin’, aimlessly-floating-in-a-boat album that is sadly overlooked by many fans. Dances With Bass suggested it as a possible name, the EC namesake didn’t escape Mr. And while our son’s name is more closely tied to a pair of familial connections, when Mrs. So much so, he is addressed as Uncle Eric. Anyone who knows me knows that Eric Clapton is royalty here with the staff at DWB Radio.
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