A great loss for the music world. Legendary singer-songwriter JJ Cale passed away Friday, July 26, after suffering a heart attack. He was 74. Cale is cited as an influence by some of rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest names.

Some of his songs went on to be enormous hits performed by the likes of Eric Clapton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Also known as the man behind the hits, he’s responsible for evergreen smashes ‘Cocaine’ and ‘After Midnight’ made famous by Clapton.

Hits FM 91.2, the premium music station in Nepal, is paying tribute to the guitar virtuoso on the special edition of The Brake, Monday on July 29, 9-10am Nepali time. Catch the online stream on hitsfm.com.np.

 

Here’s Cale performing one of his famous tunes ‘After Midnight’