After midnight
We're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight
We're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're gonna 'cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about

After midnight
We're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight
Gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight it's gonna be peaches and cream, hmm
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about

After midnight
We're gonna let it all hang out

We're gonna 'cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about

After midnight
We're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight
We're gonna let it all hang out

Overall Meaning

J.J. Cale’s song “After Midnight” is a song about letting loose and having a good time. The lyrics talk about staying up late and enjoying oneself with friends. The first verse sets the tone with “After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang out” and “After midnight, we’re gonna chug-a-lug and shout.”

The lyrics seem to be about breaking down social norms and expectations, with “We’re gonna ‘cause talk and suspicion, give an exhibition” indicating a desire to be noticed and to stand out. This may be seen as rebellious or irresponsible behavior, but the phrase “Find out what it is all about” suggests that there is something to be gained from breaking the rules and enjoying oneself.

Overall, the song celebrates the joy of being carefree and enjoying life, even if it may not be “appropriate” or “proper.” The repeated refrain of “After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang out” emphasizes the idea that the time to let go and have fun is after conventional hours.

Line by Line Meaning

After midnight
Late at night

We're gonna let it all hang out
We're going to be uninhibited and let loose

After midnight
Late at night

We're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're going to drink a lot and make noise

We're gonna 'cause talk and suspicion
We're going to do things that may attract gossip and suspicion

Give an exhibition
We're going to put on a show or display

Find out what it is all about
We're going to discover or experience something new

After midnight
Late at night

Gonna shake your tambourine
We're going to have fun and dance

After midnight it's gonna be peaches and cream, hmm
Things will be wonderful and pleasant later at night

We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're going to do things that may attract gossip and suspicion

Give an exhibition
We're going to put on a show or display

Find out what it is all about
We're going to discover or experience something new

After midnight
Late at night

We're gonna let it all hang out
We're going to be uninhibited and let loose

After midnight
Late at night

We're gonna let it all hang out
We're going to be uninhibited and let loose

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: John W. Cale

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@galwayvintagecollection3401

2y↑15

Thanks Vietnam vet for your sacrafice in Vietnam.
We could do with your assistance now in the face of Tyranny.
One last stand brother against the WEF.
Let's do it.
For the kids and grandkids.
We're on it here in Ireland.
Brothers in arms for humanity.
Bless you and all free men and women.
We didn't buy the bull and we certainly ain't selling it.

All comments from YouTube:

@johngibsonmusic

39w↑194

10 years ago we lost JJ Cale. To this day one of the greatest songwriters and guitar players. Miss him ❤️

@3pristine

26w↑11

He was a cool dude alright

@MarkTeuscher-rc6qr

21w

😢

@danrash8535

21w↑2

Who is the woman in black and white top playing the acoustic guitar

@VistaLasVegas

21w↑5

@@danrash8535 That's his (JJ Cale) wife Christine Lakeland

@bretkindell6887

20w↑2

100 %

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@reaveymr

9w↑2

Clapton is playing rhythm and loving every second. Two true guitar legends.

@bosse641

2y↑194

What a songwriter JJ Cale was. One of the absolute best.

@carlosemeraro7330

1y↑1

Buy Eric Claton alla chitarra è patrimonio UNESCO!

@robindurston9620

20w↑24

Eric’s humility is amazing, notice how JJ Cale indicated for Eric to come up to the front of the stage and Eric just smiled and shook his head, happy for JJ to have the spot light. He is so respectful of all his guests that way.

@globalfunseeker6733

11w↑2

He really is a class act.

@johnkochen7264

2y↑606

J.J. Cale is one of the most under-appreciated singer-song writers that ever lived.

@stuartmannefeld783

2y↑17

He was more an unappreciated guitar picker. Pay attention.

@JerseyShoreCollector

2y↑7

Says who?

@nahnope8581

@@stuartmannefeld783 You're an underrated butt licker

@carlosemeraro5646

2y↑5

I agree!
But talking about ( electric ) guitar,
Eric Clapton is the greatest !

@PieterNauta1946

2y↑2

Agreed 💯💯👍

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@haraldbjthunem4059

1y↑74

J J Cale , a modest giant.
Not fame, but quality, quality and even more quality .
Effortless and humble...
We miss you John, but he have your music in our minds and hearts.

@rosalynlawrence2372

1y↑3

A lovely bare bones tribute. Perfect - exactly what he would love!

@haraldbjthunem4059

1y↑5

@@rosalynlawrence2372 It's a bit funny, but you might find more JJCale fans all over Europe than US .
But one thing for sure :
All US ought to be very proud of their great troubaduor-son !

@rosalynlawrence2372

1y↑2

@@haraldbjthunem4059 indeed. And we in Canada may even love him more! The comment below about how Eric seems so entranced is bang on. We saw his post-loss of son here in Toronto. Very moving....but emotion is the same level here. Who doesn't love JJ?

@michaelgibb487

1y↑2

@@rosalynlawrence2372 didn't realise he's no longer with us found him late but at 81 I'm still playing catch-up just found out Bob Segers gone and every week it seems another giant leaves us as a child of the 50/60 we took it all for granted and now I'm beginning to appreciate Mozart Chopin Bach etc running out of time thank God for the internet

@quintinmarsters1609

1y↑2

Hi 5 to that

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@allanhartpu3894

1y↑131

We all know that JJ and Eric are amazing but we forget the cast of supporting musicians are alot of times the backbone of the songs we hear , I tip my hat to you folks, keep it strong and real.

@willemgroen7546

1y↑3

Yes indeed!

@flmulcahy

1y↑6

Someone posted recently his dad was playing bass in this clip. Since passed on. They all live on in their music, what a blessing.

@cybertones942

1y↑6

Bass and drums hittin

@mirekchance

44w↑2

Them who write(JJ. Cale, Eric, and so on), and perform above average (guitar work ei. Eric), are the once that create and deliver "art", Just my opinion...But I hear you...

@baseballmichaeljordanmcdonalds

43w↑1

Good look jj is amazing Eric is dope. These guys also did kill it. The best music is when all the musicians are humble to each other's "riffs" jj Cale had a ton of humility which is why his songs were amazing.

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@unctyler9407

1y↑9

At 81, just celebrated 60 years marriage (same wife) music can't get any better!.

@basskari8747

2y↑64

there's something magical about JJ cale playing guitar

@alexluthiger731

a grand-son of King David. He made his mind up on the Name of God. 🍷😘

@saraerickson9630

Best SONG for me was on the road to Escondido maybe.

Collaboration with Cale.
SONG halfway through LP about there's nothing I haven't seen that you can show me....

Etc.
Haha

@michaelschmidt5031

Well said! There aren't many people that realize how good a guitar player JJ Cale was . God Rest his soul

@greenbouncer

He makes it look so easy… Maybe it is 😇.

@paulmartino7645

2y↑197

As a 74 year old Vietnam Veteran. How great it is to hear such cool music by such cool musicians who still really have it all. Adds years to my life!. Experience has it!!👍

@yorktown2203

2y↑9

Bro, I just met a 77 yr old Nam vet today, Larry Whittington, Khe Sans< awesome individual, told him he was my hero 😭and he is, all y’all are >3%

@galwayvintagecollection3401

2y↑15

@paulmartino7645

Thanks guys for your comments in support of my stance. This Country is going to shit because of those idiots from the unknowing, welfare state, that the protected, generation voted into power. It's time for a complete change of ALL the uneducated, unqualified, OVERPAID powerbrokers who mis-run our country. Kick them out, replace them with Veterans and/or straight thinking un-woke mature STRAIGHT normal biological thinking people, who have a lifetime of real experience of what this changing PC "Wokeness" is doing to our Country. Time to stop the rot and destruction before it's too late. I have 3 straight adult children, 5 straight adolescent Grandchildren and 2 straight Great Children. I love them all dearly and we are a strong family unit. However I fear greatly for their future with these idiot left wing morons forcing their "woke" ideology" and rubbish PC down their/our throats. My Grandfather (crippled by German machine gunfire in the German Spring offensive of 1918) WW1 and my Father WW2 (radio operator on board HMS Hardy torpedoed off Murmansk on Atlantic Convoy duty 1943) will be turning in their graves over the end results that they offered, suffered and offered their all for. As a 74-year-old Vietnam Veteran, I refuse to die despite many years of illness, because I want to live to see the day these loonie lefties and their stupid policies are completely destroyed, as being unworkable, destructive to our Country and the way of life so many offered and so many gave their all in defence of. That I may die with the knowledge that my entire family will grow up in a normal, straight-thinking Man (Male of the species) & Women (Female of the species) un-woke, free, sane world in which to live their lives. I am totally pissed with every one of these uneducated, underqualified, overpaid cretins run this country. Wake up Australia, before it's too late. Let's band together stronger than ever and keep up the good fight!!!
Paul Martino Conscript Sapper Vietnam Veteran 1970/71

@stevenwiederholt7000

2y↑7

Its getting To Be A Long Time Ago.

@jmack619

2y↑5

@@galwayvintagecollection3401 Same in Canada . you have sleepy joe ,,we have sleepy trudeau . dangerous !

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@garry1214

1y↑70

JJ always made it look so easy. What a talent.

@whitesupremepizza7057

2y↑42

JJ Cale is so effortlessly cool, makes it look easy! All of that on top of being the greatest songwriter ever!

@Bapalapa30

9y↑26

I love when JJ nods to clapton for the first solo, and clapton just denies it. He gives JJ that moment. It puts a tear in my eye to see the respect between two of my heroes. God bless you JJ

@sidstewart7399

9y↑2

He's telling Eric to sing

@Ad-Ac

sid stewart It's still a solo, it's called solo singing.

@innoutburger23

Lol JJ was just messing around... Obviously they had rehearsed this with JJ singing. He was playfully putting him on the spot.

@Ad-Ac

9y↑1

innoutburger23 No, he's telling him to sing.

@DAGDRUM53

Bapalapa30 If I'd've been JJ Cale I woulda announced, "Eric Clapton, the vocal," (ala Jack Bruce) and when Eric shook his head I'd've groaned, "Aww, c'man, Slowhand." Clap woulda stepped up to the mike then or the audience woulda been on his case. Great tunes anyway!

@mysteriousplankton

2y↑296

JJ Cale is a treasure that most people have never heard of.

@eddiekomdeur2291

2y↑3

1974 when i was 16 and was camping on the famous camping the Appelhof on the Island Terschelling Holland. This was a great hit of JJ Cale.

@allanhartpu3894

2y↑6

When you have Eric Clapton playing with J.J. Cale you know J.J. is special.

@crazynitroeverything4482

2y↑7

Most have. They just don't know it. Darn it.

@hendrikdebruin4012

2y↑3

I bought his very first LP and have been a fan from the start. I especially liked his song Magnolia... Greetings from Swaziland.

@brettshiers5190

2y↑4

Love these guys. Brought tears to my eyes. Have 5 JJ Cale albums.

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@Stufireman

1y↑60

J J Cale is rocking them in Rock & Roll Heaven and Eric is still rocking them in our world - two masters at work.

@waltraudbuley3968

1y↑2

J.J.the Best man💕

@greyjay9202

2y↑20

The best gift a person can give or receive, is the loyalty and affection of a lasting friendship. Here, between these two men, it is so plainly illustrated. To stand on
a stage and play music together, makes them both so happy. Hats off to J.J. Cale and to Eric Clapton. Rest in peace, J.J.

@jph5636

2y↑274

Absolutely precious at beginning when Cale gives Clapton the strong “nod” to step up and take mic to sing and Clapton smiles (joyfully) and shakes him off…incredible professionals!

@cubnation

2y↑10

@JPH, That was special! ❤

@southerngraceglamour

2y↑12

That’s my favorite part. So sweet.

@chakalakaboereworst5893

2y↑8

eric is playing the wrong key and cc tells him to change. she is laughing about his mistake.

@chakalakaboereworst5893

2y↑5

sorry cc (made the same mistake)

@bobkeenan2907

2y↑5

Noticed that and it was cool.

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@stevenhowell8331

52w↑22

Pure awesome! Sometimes it takes some digging to find these types of diamonds in music. This is what it is all about. Pure joy to all!

@thomasdeas1941

39w

I lived it. Just saying.

@jimmypage1969

10y↑466

Everything JJ Cale does looks so effortless to him. So much respect for the man, I will always cherish his music. Still hard to believe he's gone but no doubt his legacy will live on,

@ullalaurila8627

3y↑11

He is best gitar and blues man In the world. I love him t.Ulla

@dudekfox7685

3y↑11

First time I knew of him was with the song 'I'll make love to you any old time'. And from that he is my hero.

@cherylcawley1647

2y↑2

What he's gone? fu

@francesgillotti1378

@@cherylcawley1647 😇

@brucewayne3602

2y↑2

Blessings for this brilliance !!!

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@bettyhayden4748

52w↑14

CALE was always so sincere, and humble love this quality, in a person

@Uno_qualunque93

48w↑1

Absolutely friend, and the fact that we are no longer there I am so sorry, he made beautiful songs!

@cahg3871

1y↑45

JJ had a wonderful understated style of singing and playing.Other artists would take his songs,jazz them up and make hits of them.Great song writer who just loved performing for the fans.He wasn’t interested in the limelight as much as just putting out good music for the fans to enjoy.

@wrendevault7257

44w

It was the same with Neil diamonds song red red wine he wrote it ub40 made it popular

@toton1967

1y↑42

The modern guitarists should take a lesson or two from these legends...optimal play is what creates the melody..not diluting the song with endless riffs....grammatically correct tones..just a piece of pure art manifesting in the form of music ❤❤

@geschaub

2y↑25

JJ Cale, not many people can say Eric Clapton gladly played rhythm guitar for them. Thanks for all the great music !!!

@georgetebbens3524

33w↑10

Damn. It's such a joy hearing Clapper play rhythm behind J.J. Cale! Cat's got the feel for sure! It's obvious how much fun E.C. is having. I love this!

@RomainPennesComposer

10y↑516

You know you kick ass when Eric Clapton plays your rythm guitar.

@DanStMary

3y↑23

Dude clapton covered this guys catalogues look up His name and this guy wrote cocaine, after midnight, and whole bunch more skynard covered him

@scrotrot1595

3y↑15

Clapton has played 2nd fiddle to Mark Knopfler/ Dire Straits. Classy guy, fairly talented.....

@MrWhiteamin

3y↑12

@@DanStMary I just have to admit I had never heard of JJ CAle, before Clapton covered Cocaine. Great version, Slowhand album. I saw JJ Cale as maker, and I was sold , and have been since. What did JJ say? . When heard Clapton released Cocaine , I went out out and bought a new car ! ☺

@chicklets4ever51

3y↑5

Well, Eric's solo in "After Midnight" shows who the real soloist is.

@saleemkr

3y↑3

clapton can't keep up lol

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@denievans6252

2y↑108

Superb! Class! Pure musical genius. No gimmicks, no half naked females gyrating all over the place - just pure talent!!

@paulfarrehi4200

I never begrudge half naked chicks.

@jmcljazz6733

Get a life really??? what a sad and pathetic comment. Like a fool who knows very little about music you wud be more respected if you had said nothing. Now everyone knows you know next to nothing. There are millions of no name guitarist that are miles above overrated Eric. Open up your eyes.. genius tests funny very funny lol.

@paulgoudfrooij6561

2y↑2

No need for distractions like that. Just the real thing.

@davidheater

I’d take some nice chicks!

@jg6698

47w

You have a problem with naked females?

@markmccarty9793

2y↑39

Nothing like watching the greatest people in their field do what they do best!!

@fams19934

2y↑6

Thank you Lord God for letting us enjoy JJ CALE and ERIC CLAPTON's Blues!!!
Brazil!

@martinmcdonald4207

2y↑6

King of The Tulsa Blues. Thank you Mr. J.J. Cale. Eric Clapton`s very own hero. How happy is ol` slow hand on this stage with these musical genius`s playing this perfect boogie/blues rift, just perfect for Clapton to shine. J.J. Cale brought out the best of E.C. once E.C. discovered him, and this relationship worked out to both men`s benefit and mutual respect for each other. Pure music magic of the highest order in any genre or any time.

@levypierre1647

1y↑29

I love this song, and this version, can't stop listening to it since years! J.J. is so great

@alainmokhtari730

1y↑1

Slt a tous moi SDF mes avec la musique 🎸🎶🍺☠️💆👍

@powerkat3

10y↑23

i don't think i've ever seen eric as in awe of a fellow musician, it's so nice to see him smile. jj was so amazing, he played so effortlessly it was like the guitar was just an extension of his body. it's a joy to watch. rip jj.

@adr2567

40w↑25

One of those amazing moments where JJ upped his tempo and sounds amazing still!

@user-uu4ci9fj3x

36w

No women no cy

@tedc7714

17w

The little gal on rythem guitar jacked it up. She's JJs side kick. Really good for him.

@johnturner5380

2y↑21

It's wonderful how Eric doesn't take the lime light. There's enough admiration to be shared.

@johnglass9276

Eric really respected JJ

@richardlawton1023

1y↑20

I used to play pool with Eric in Antigua I worked as a Chef at the Copper and Lumber Store. Pool was played At Dougie's place after hours. Eric had been sober for a bit. I wasn't.
One of my best memories. We played 3 x. I won once. I'm sober 30 plus years now. Eric was a big influence in my early sobriety. God bless you.

@globalfunseeker6733

11w

Richard, a long time ago, I flew to Antigua from NYC for the "Around the Island" sailboat race; don't know if it's still going. When I boarded the plane, I saw Eric sitting in first class. I asked the stewardess if that was him, and she responded yes. I thought nothing of it and, at the time, didn't know anything about Dougie's or that Eric had a rehab facility on the island. After hearing about Dougie's and that he was a regular, I decided to visit. One evening, I walked up the stairs and saw a few pool tables off to the right. I wrote my name on the chalkboard against the back wall and waited for my turn. I didn't even notice he was in there playing pool. I ended up playing against him, and won! He was such a kind, mild mannered guy. No ego whatsoever. He introduced himself as Eric, and that was it.

@lamarwinters6130

33w↑3

Lord have mercy. That kind of song gets you out on the floor. Cutting the rug as my daddy use to say! Bravo! Bravo!

@maryheim-hancock8625

2y↑5

Hi. Johnny here,64 years young. JJ one of first rockers I REALLY got into. Had older sister so first exposed to Beatles early years. As patty got into high school I got ahold of Burden and the Animals. Starting to get interesting. Brother Joe began getting high so found Airplane, Hendrick and such. Southern rock beginning to become a thing.one of those things became my fav, JJ Cale. Remained so for life. Damn was he cool. So fing smooth. Everything he did seemed effortless. And the music so different ! I couldn't turn it off. JJ definitely in heaven. Hell couldn't let him in. He would have caused the fires to go out. He was just that damn COOL!!! Still that damn COOL! I'll be cranking him up forever. Well till hell calls me home. Pretty sure they'll let me in!! I¡ Not that cool and I've spent last 50 years busting my ass to earn my ticket.

@andrewlowe9969

3y↑24

All Blues Fans who know JJ Cale miss him so much. Thank you JJ for all the great music and it helps having music in these hard times!

@marcosgomes7681

3y↑1

Very true ,for me JJ not dead,his music is here

@marcosgomes7681

1y↑28

Its a shame that there not much more live vids with our hero the great JJCALE,one of the real greats in music

@garyschneider8829

1y↑2

RE: Marcos Gomes .
You are absolutely correct,
But I guess JJ Cale was real
Low key and laid back. His buddy E C had a way of getting JJ out.🎸🎸🎶

@martinsadl1936

1y↑9

Joyous! What great singing, lyrics, guitars - all three. Wonderful!

@AubMar

17w↑9

Pure Class - and for Eric too, a magical team!

@jojob4268

1y↑19

Friday afternoon and listening
This is 100% Pure bliss 💙

@entrails4610

2y↑21

I can listen these musician genius for years and years
NO stress Just Peace and Love.RIP in peace JJ Cale

@noobicore6859

9y↑103

To have seen these two play is a dream that will pinch me as long as I live. I so wished JJ Cale would've stayed with us a little longer to cut more songs alone and with EC. One of the most underrated guitar players ever, few know how much John Cale's playing influenced other guitar greats.

@omarjensen8520

9y↑8

noobi core Mark Knopfler is a JJ Cale spinoff i belive:)

@carlosyanezlozada8809

+noobi core Why you did not born earlier?.

@deanl0

+Carlos Yañez Lozada because you were being a real
cabrone so he was not able to come to this world earlier

@carlosyanezlozada8809

Thank you man.

@junelbug

9y↑1

+noobi core. that's cute..A "dream that will pinch me". I thought the expression was "pinch me to see that I'm not dreaming" some thing like that. u so funny.

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@judythompson8227

2y↑7

I love watching Eric Clapton seeming to put a lot of work into his side, and JJ Cale just waves his hands and music happens...I'm so glad I stumbled on this fella years ago...

@itwasmeiletthedogsout.5572

2y↑1

They make a great pairing.

@timothyredden5757

1y↑6

You captured one of the happiest events on this earth. Thankyou.

@dieterruf78

2y↑15

JJ and Eric, the best there has been and will be!! Heard it 40 years ago.

@marciaswanson8686

1y↑1

Wow I've just discovered JJCale last year.....Then heard he had died!! I was devastated,& did not know who he was & that he & EC were so close... WOW!?!?No Words for each one... I literally fell for JJ Cale!!!!

@MaryannaChanteuse

2y↑8

😍Concert inoubliable...et exceptionnel !!!
Très beau souvenir avec JJ Cale, avec les titres « Cocaine » et « After Midnight »,
popularisées par Eric Clapton, « Call Me The Breeze »
et son très beau jeu de guitare qui oscille entre country, jazz-blues ou rock
ou bien encore la performance à l'état pur, de cet artiste auteur-compositeur
interprète et guitariste qui nous manque beaucoup !!
Un régal tout simplement

@jonathancarter6831

2y↑12

Clapton is, in my opinion, the greatest blues guitarist there ever was. His sound, his intuition for perfect improvised solos all of which are sheer bloody poetry and on top of all that he is a beautiful human being.

@michaelcanney7218

SRV

@michaeltodd4848

2y↑1

No…he’s not..but he’s still one of the greatest

@jg6698

47w

@@michaeltodd4848 he's not? Huh?

@TheDickeroo

10y↑30

What a great performance. These two masters of the guitar have created a video that shows how fantastic real musicianship can be.

@pauld3188

1y↑7

Saw JJ and his band for the first time in 1982 or 3 and 7or 8 since. Just awesome miss him so much. Woke up this morning with a hangover and played some JJ. Best cure ever. Halfway thru Grasshopper I felt great. JJ and 5mg of Vicodin just what the Dr ordered

@mennobults6464

Wow, you lucky basterd ;-). Love the Vicodin and JJ. Bless you.

@geoben9801

12w↑1

Yeah, JJ Cole was a remarkable talented musician. And Clapton is such a class act by stepping back and letting him have centre stage.
This is the definition of music written and performed by REAL Artists. ✨✌️💙🇺🇲

@franktraina4147

2y↑8

What would life be without clapton. He's incredible. 😎

@rustybearden1800

2y↑12

I've seen Clapton play live many times in many scenarios and he seems happiest when he's just another guy in the band

@user-qp7rl6ee4q

1y↑2

Южный штат, кабриолет с откинутым верхом, вокруг поля кукурузы, пшеницы, палящее солнце, зной легкий ветерок, в магнитофон вставлена кассета, из динамиков доносится настоящий блюз... Боже! Как это здорово!...
Эрик и Джей Джей-спасибо вам, за сказочное удовольствие...

@benpersaud

10y↑887

I love how happy Clapton looks knowing he's playing alongside his hero.

@anneruthbarrett1930

3y↑52

Makes one joyful just seeing Clapton so happy 😊

@defh2o

3y↑11

@Gary Ault 9:50 or so in the video - the love is there. peace

@klaritavital

;)

@Ndlanding

3y↑3

Yip! But I wish Clapton hadn't used so much distortion. It cheapens it all.

@cindymoon24

3y↑15

It's like his grinning face on the cover of "Riding with the King" where he's driving a convertible with BB King in the backseat. He's thinking, "Oh my God...pinch me! I can't believe BB King agreed to make an album with me!"

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@TheKgv1

1y↑2

Ten minutes of musical bliss, ain't Mr. JJ Cale just as cool as a cucumber when you put a funky guitar in his hands.
God bless him wherever he may be, I bet they call him the Breeze there, wherever that may be ...(soul heaven)

@sebastianb.3928

2y↑11

One of the rar moments, where Eric is enjoying to be only a "member of the band" and hearing the awesome sound of both.
His face at the beginning of the jamming from JJ is unbelievable!
I love those moments...
The sound of JJ's Guitar is killing me and Eric's solo ist only of the point(godlike).

@timyoung6237

2y↑1

Good stuff

@timothyogden9761

19w↑1

I remember in the middle 1980's Eric Clapton turning us on to J.J. Cale. He knew we would love his talent and we did.
RIP JJ Cale!

@ellencox5427

2y↑7

Clapton is a living legend!! 2 of my favorites. Rock on, peace

@alexluthiger731

1y↑7

I love spring time with Clapton & Cale in harmony with the singing of the birds and the dancing of the tiger mosquitos. 🍷🎃

@willemgroen7546

Right on brother!

@chrispechilis423

15w

0100

@Ledprostate

8y↑153

JJ has played some of the most magical riffs in history, the openers to both songs prime examples.

@lifetimes2983

2y↑3

Soooo true. JJ Intro notes here are distinct and original. EC can BURN...anytime he wants to he's got nothing left to prove. He just wants to be in the mix so he can hear other artists he admires shine in their own way, You can see it. Saw him with CREAM in 69. He was savagely hot. . So were Jack and Ginger

@cybertones942

Love his style seems simple yet not. Even when he go off key I don’t mind. Definitely be bumping these folks for the next 50 years or so if possible

@Sam-mn4ed

1y↑2

This is Clapton’s god and at the beginning jj cale nudged him into the guitar solo intro. That little back and forth in a second was awesome.
Cale took the wheel and clapton smiled like a school boy. Both amazing and in my opinion equal acts but it’s beautiful to watch an admired act like Clapton just enjoying indulging in that moment. Jj cales daughter is playing in the back. So much talent stuffed on one stage, and who couldn’t feel overwhelmed? Watching clapton in a slightly vulnerable state for a second is what’s music is all about. That’s the beauty in art.

@45rpmSINGLES

Christine Lakeland Cale was his wife not daughter

@MrTerrencemcgrath

2y↑10

JJ and Eric give a whole new meaning to synchronicity we’ll never see it again ❤

@brisonrohrbach4619

10w↑1

I might go out to California...might go down to Georgia...I might stay here. Smooth.

@susanbequin4467

13w↑1

Si missed! Just incomparable. And so unknown for such wonderful music. ❤❤❤❤

@tedc7714

38w↑1

I'm 80 years old and I totally believe these 2 together are the best I have ever ever heard.
Listen to the hot kicks bass in back
And watch the little gal on the flat top playing rhythm guitar. Absolutely getting it. Eric turned to her and they upped the beat.

@GabrieleNani

3y↑62

JJ is a very bluesman, capable to be dirt like dust of the road, or clean like the sky you see when you run on the road with a convertible car. JJ is a man of the road, a musician of the road - all we owe so much at JJ cale🙏

@pittsa5919

2y↑2

You got the right words,man.... 👍

@AlicedeTocqueville

@Gabriele Nani And you are a poet!

@telma7851

48w↑5

La guitare reconnaissable entre 1000 de JJ CALE, j'adore ce morceau.

@j.menkel

1y↑1

Questo video è semplicemente fantastico. Due amici che suonano......e COME e COSA suonano!!!!!! Due brani bellissimi, eseguiti in modo superbo. JJ.....un grandissimo.

@peterhawn6944

47w↑11

JJ Cale a very humble guitarist performer…👍👍👍

@mirekchance

44w↑1

More like an artists, as he wrote music, also. Much respect....

@goranmatejka6963

42w↑1

Yes. The drummer and base player. So extremely good, and tight as a rock,on the theme, less is more. Tulsa sound. Living far from Tulsa, west coast of Sweden. Bought my first JJ-Cale album 1979!

@goranmatejka6963

42w

The drummer and the man on base, must be local legends. Extremely good. Not known by name, in Scandinavia.

@jerryturner3997

1y↑3

The cream of the crop, so to speak 🗣️. Yes two of the best. Thanks guys 😊 been following for many years... EXCELLENT 👍

@jameschant2740

3y↑179

You can definitely feel the affection Eric has for J.J. Cale.

@ClivePriceSA

3y↑10

They both respected each other hugely
No vying for top spot - a real duo

@cbussery

2y↑3

They helped make each other rich and entertained millions of people doing it.

@RetroReminiscing

2y↑2

Oh yes for sure! I agree

@buck546

2y↑11

Two of the best to ever pick up a guitar.

@kixigvak

2y↑3

"I ain't hiding from nobody. Ain't nobody hiding from me." - This is such great stuff.

@wimvlieghe

2y↑21

This is what music is all about .Two of my heroes !!

@entrails4610

2y↑5

Both musicians genius
Unfortunately one is no more with us.I had to be the lucky in this show. Never forget !!!

@alistairfletcher6187

46w↑5

I love how JJ plays whatever guitar he finds. That's a freaking Casio 😆

@starjunkie2804

3y↑161

JJ Cale was an American treasure that too few knew about, unfortunately. He wrote so many songs made famous by others that it's actually hard to believe. He has a serious case of "bed-head" here! No glamor issues with JJ; he was the real deal.

@lesliebrown6428

3y↑4

I so agree. I think it was Clapton's way of thanking an unsung hero. JJ Cale never wanted stardom, but it suits him nicely. My fav is the breeze song. Rolling along.

@blogengeezer4507

@@lesliebrown6428 ..Canadian Truckers, 'Freedom Convoy', have adopted "They Call Me the Breeze".... 'Protesters'... _(Insurrectionists' to be crushed and have their bank accounts frozen, according to Justin Trudeau) as they and thousands of their supporters dance in the streets to these classics, while demanding... FREEDOM. :}

@anitauchimura3676

2y↑5

In the 70s in Finland we were listening to JJ Cale. Then there was a time I kind of forgot about him but now he is back loud and strong. Our newest kitty is called Breeze just because.

@edjones6837

27w

@@lesliebrown6428and I ain't carrying no heavy load...

@ducati9982

2y↑9

just awesome... feel the soul from within... we who aren't artist's can sense the emotion and passion it takes to be this good...

@scottburns2345

1y↑1

1971 and I heard the light! been a fan ever since.

@joshappelbaum1832

John Mayer with the double stacked polos becoming THE “John Mayer” in the background is an underrated capture on this. All-time.

@TheHeat55

2y↑2

That's what we used to call a " Happening " in the hippy days :-) Some concerts just turned into magic.

@graziellarover8955

2y↑2

Grazie per il vostro grande dono, la vostra musica. È un grande privilegio ascoltarvi.... Anche se i musicisti volano in cielo , la loro musica rimane impressa nel cuore. Grazie

@jimsmith3800

3y↑16

What an awesome relationship Clapton & JJ had... JJ is missed, especially by Eric ! Thank you both !!!

@vivialvarezferrada2093

2y↑10

Toca la Guitarra como los Dioses, Sensaional y me encanta esa complicidad que tiene con sus músicos. Bravísimo!!!!

@vivialvarezferrada2093

Muchas gracias
Así lo siente mi corazón

@judyseguin2397

1y↑6

Beautiful music. Nothing today can compare.

@michaelsleater5865

2y↑3

JJ Cale, Eric Clapton's hero.

@joshuabriggs7114

2y↑5

JJ iwas the master of rythym and syncopation in his own unique form of Blues. What a performer and OMG the songs he's written! Grateful to have seen him live a couple of times :)

@YFH87

Yes it's true, his music sounds funky to me

@bethbartlett5692

About the 50th visit to this video over the past 7 years +/-. Classics endure.
Tennessee, USA

@maxheadroom7687

3y↑43

Just so kool, the way he just lays down a tune and slides onto the stool, then wanders around whilst picking! I love JJ, RIP my man.

@tonythetigerlongliverocknroll

11w

I love these guys so much! So great to see Eric smile! Thank you JJ Cale for all your great work... I love your voice ... and songs!

@jeffreyzaleski412

10w

GREAT TV SPECIAL, THANK YOU GUYS. LOVED IT. DOC MAGOO PJ VIETNAM PARA/RESCUE 1969-1975,THANKS FOR A GREAT SHOW.

@Mr.Bob369

2y↑5

Well, Clapton has had a good life all and all, many sorrows and many blessings. Gotta stay moving and give back locally. Love the tightness of the band. Memorable.

@francesconero1953

Il..grande..by..gio..sss..primo..gli..ha..imparato....parlare.con..la..chitarra..lui..era..il..più.. grande..maestro..ciao..gio..sss.junior..Milano...italy..ciaoo

@toton1967

1y↑2

This is my go to song anytime of the day or night.... feelings flowing without any chaos or cacophony ....a nod or two between the teacher and the pupil filled with affection and love...JJ is truly a monk guru for pioneers as EC❤️❤️

@constancelena

2y↑1

<3 I stumbled upon JJ Cale like most people, thru Eric Clapton, tx JJ and Eric!

@gorkemkirkegaard7022

3y↑31

JJ Cale here showed what he did , not too many years before his passing. RIP JJ, man of so many songs , rhythms....!!

@pennysargent9557

2y↑2

Just beautiful, a glimpse of my youth what a joy .

@jidezel6140

2y↑2

JJ, we miss you every day...thanks for all you have given us!

@sandyhessler7424

2y↑4

I truly love that Eric Clapton lets his mates take the stage and stands back.

@mirekchance

It was JJ Cale's song, I tink. He wrote it...

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