JJ Cale - After Midnight

[mauinaishkiter]

The MAN!!

[aaaarrrgggghh]

he's one of the best musicians that ever existed, hats off to JJ Cale.

[TheBinkybear66]

hes a so friggin amazing its unreal...huge talent wish nore people knew him...man a legend

[herdygerdy36]

One Cool Cool Dude.,

[emmacarina73]

Many musicians are , and have been > INFLUENCED < by JJ, What better compliment can you pay him?

[nsilvanet]

for the past 50 years everybody stole from JJ one way or the other, in particular Clapton and knopfler, but JJ also stole a lot from Robert Jonhson..........

[GrooveTooth]

oh probably just 13 die hard clapton fan who don't realize clapton did not write this one

[webdude551]

Jerry Garcia was also a fan of his and I saw him do this song in night clubs many times.

[we237ka]

great sound, i like that

[maximaal120d]

This is real music , true original roots will never die ! Respect !!

[rickgethin]

How can 13 people NOT like this? 

[aggelosf1]

Perfect!!

[turo63]

Let us a little more of Christine Lakeland. She has a lovely smile. JJ is a and Eric Clapton are good friends . JJ clearly a terrific guitar player

[tentaklossus]

11 people don't know how to shake a tambourine after midnight

[winverdi]

very good song!

[vist2012]

i like

[lancekoz]

The mix and the mics just don't do him or the other players justice. So much live music is unimpressive this way.

[petersimoncic]

look at that fingers, danceing like crazy on guitar :) thats brilliant!!

[stilldonnie1]

Sounds like an Okie to me  LOL but so does Leon Russell

[maa4453]

Some years ago I saw Willie Nelson in concert. When he did one of my favorite tunes of his --- which I expected to be a highlight of the show --- he completely ruined it with a lazy vocal performance. For the most part he spoke the lyrics instead of singing them. I seriously considered trying for a ticket refund.

I don't get it. Am I the only schmuck in the world who cares about the quality of the lead vocals? For the record, I really like J.J. Cale, that's why I'm here.

[watteau6]

@maa4453 maybe there is a second but in its not me

[WeddingHorses]

JJ Cale, Master of Funk.

[guitarconasor]

Clapton must have heard this the first time and thought, when did I sing this? This sounds just like me.

[hammogreev]

Great video, for fans of acoustic singer/songwriter-folk, have a listen to SION RUSSELL JONES.

[SuperDroffilc]

Cuntssssssssssssss

[merkelficker]

@SuperDroffilc IDIOT !!!

[newdynastyroxx1]

Great song writer. Check out New Dynasty videos (Third of October & Long Gone) on Myspace & YouTube at newdynastyroxx.

[sssmoking1]

real people know him!

[redracer130]

what a legend,he is jj cale is one of the greatest music man iv ever heard love him.an absulute genius!

[permur67]

R%B, big sound, wery nice to hear

[samwiseurgh]

I have had a midnight since 1996, BUHAHAHAAAAA! Yeah suck it up, I mean your smile, your smiling too!!!!

[krakosakos]

jj cale nothing else

[petrospetridis2]

Who is Clapton?

[nerad1994]

@petrospetridis2 your joking right?

[petrospetridis2]

@nerad1994 Yea i am joking.In my opinion JJ is far better than Eric Clapton.

When i saw the youtube videos i realized tha JJ Cale is better in live performances than studio albums.I wish he was flying in order to give concerts in Greece or i might visit USA to watch him playing live.

[petrospetridis2]

@nerad1994 Yes i am joking.In my opinion JJ is far better than Eric Clapton.

When i saw the youtube videos i realized that JJ Cale is better in live performances than studio albums.I wish he was flying in order to give concerts in Greece or i might visit USA to watch him playing live.

[sandro0420031]

otimo

[misternogreco]

J J Cale is one of the most influential songwriters/guitarists of the Rock Blues. He has written masterpieces like "cocain" covered by Clapton "dont cry sister" "sensitive kind" covered by Santana, "after midnight" covered by every blues plyer.. "carry on" and so on .. and so forth .... he is a LEGEND !!!!

[tallpaul88]

misternogreco, in all due respect, you haven't even 'scratched the surface'. the songs JJ''s written, that everyone ELSE has/have covered, reads like a 'who's who'! And THAT'S no lie.

[cornershot94]

@misternogreco Cale is a Tulsa Sound artist, which yes, IS rock and blues, but also rockabilly and country. Just so's ya know, mate.

[misternogreco]

@cornershot94 Thanx man! I did not know that!

[merkelficker]

@cornershot94 IDIOT !!!!

[guitarsandwomen]

@misternogreco Yes indeed he was a great songwriter and guitar player.He made many people rich and famous with his songs like After Midnight,Cocain and Call Me The Breeze plus others.I still have an Album of JJ and have played After Midnight for hundreds of people who love Clapton.I ask them who it was and they all said Clapton.Sounds just like him on that Album.If you ever get a chance listen to him do a song called guitar man.Wow he plays a mean guitar on that one.

[misternogreco]

@guitarsandwomen Thanx! I just love the sound of J. J.

[guitarsandwomen]

@misternogreco What you said is very true.After Midnight and Cocain written by JJ Cale boosted Claptons popularity and many think he wrote them.I have the Album and proved them wrong.They even thought that was Clapton singing on the Album.I think Clapton tried to sing it just like JJ.Crazy Momma is another good one on that Album and Call Me The Breeze that many people think Lynard Skynard wrote but it was JJ Cale.He never got the credit he deserved in my opinion.Love the song Guitar Man also.

[misternogreco]

@guitarsandwomen Thanx again mate for the very interesting information!! You know I play the guitar and J.J. was very influential to me.. Beautiful laid back style, soulful guitar licks, passionate voice.!! I love Dire Straits as well. I think D S loved J.J., too.!

[luzelfica]

he is the BEST!! and fuck all the people that says he's not!!

PLAY guitar like him you SAD bastards!!

[mann5711]

@luzelfica hahahhaha

[caci1972]

@luzelfica think he is 1 off the best

[1978kiss]

Good golly why do people do uploads and don't date them?? Oh lord. annoying.

[MrTBlues]

hm he looks like some mixture of hugh laurie and bob dylan

[robert99brown]

i saw jj 30 odd years ago in victorua london i think anyway music was brilliant as always but i swear he sat on a stool throughout concert with no light shining on him a tad dissapointing

[joealanouf]

he reminds me of dylen

[joealanouf]

no pic

[37terraplane]

Long live Steve Douglas!

[VirtuallyForReal]

Gonna take johnny law boy some more time to understand jj's 'out on the porch' mentality

[johnnylaw100]

Heroin makes people think they've got it down. Cocaine, heroin, Jack Daniels. JJ Cale sucks ass. He's awful. This is crapola. How did he even get a song?

[PAULOcbi]

Heroin allows you to focus ,J.J.Cale has wrote more great tunes than youve got brain cells ,now run along b4 you get a smack!

[Katmandu82]

u have dick for brains

[johnnylaw100]

This is horrible. Absolute crap. Awful. Nasy bunch of bullshit. Going to introduce the band. How drunk is he? He even introduces the Fender Bass. Man, this shit sucks. It sucks bad. Like real bad.

[bluesguy0524]

He should play this with Dickey Betts.  Yes.

[paasatroev]

JJ can wear womens glasses if he wants to. Cannot be bothered..... Still looks cool as hell.

[atos8]

Kocham tą piosenkę , jednak oryginał najlepszy !!!! . Energia , przesłanie , moc . Dziś ciężko o taki kawałek

[leniuch102]

wiesz, to JEST oryginał.

JJ Cale gra swoją własną piosenkę.

[spy13]

Lovin this rite here! What year is this? i wish i was there.

[Entaary]

U must be like bible old ?

[IsNully]

Hahahahahaha

[Cooleemee43]

There is an interview with JJ where he talks about being an inch a way from being out of the music biz when a friend mentioned that Claptons remake of After Midnight for some beer was at number one on the charts, thereby saving JJ's career. With the royalties earned for the writing credit he was able to put together a band and record again. BTW, JJ and Claptons CD collaboration "Road to Escondido" is great stuff for those that haven't heard it.

[tuesdayjoe]

JJ Cale does sit back on yer arse R'n'B..fucking cool...Clapton does money...they can both play, though, Take your choice.

[fightinfarrell]

To all the pussys who type pedandic bullshit about clapton covering the good mans music.get a fuckin grip u sad cunts and just enjoy them both for what they are.away and try and get laid!

[tskorge]

'after midnight... I'm gonna shake your tamborine'

I love that... today the words would just be

'I'm gonna F you till you scream'.

what a pity everthing has become so overt nowdays...

[coade123]

Ive been a big fan of J J for 30 years - but Ive never seen him crack a smile

[Erulin68]

Watch the clip of him and Clapton playing Call me the breeze on here... he misses his line halfway through and starts snickering... you can see that the guy loves playing

[toddmeister168]

t's interesting that certain wankers talk about Clapton not messing around with "this stuff" yet this live version of Cales is much closer in tempo to the Clapton version than is the original recorded by JJ himself - so which version of Cales is it that you guys so revere? Stop talking through your backsides and "listen to the music"! Both versions, the Cale one and the Clapton one have their strengths and weaknesses. Clapton and Cale have respect for each other - that's the bottom line.

[beardieweirdie]

Cale first recorded 'After Midnight' as a single in 1965/66. It was an uptempo version and Clapton based his cover version on that. After Clapton's recording, Cale re-recorded the song in a slower version for his 1971 album, 'Naturally'. The version on this video may seem to resemble Clapton's, but is actually similar to Cale's original in the mid-60s.

[nlights6]

i wish mr. clapton never messed around with this stuff. i mean he has every right of course, but j.j. cale is THE shit.

[sirdoug3]

nlights6 - yeah I would tend to agree mr. clapton shouldn't have messed around with this stuff! - the good thing is the royalties J.J. still gets from E.C.'s vrsns. allowed J.J. to quit his janitor job and just play music!

[beck7t]

I'm the cousin of Larry who is JJ Cales nephew. Larry sings this better.

[fightinfarrell]

underated!class

[excusetheaccent]

I could swear that was Christopher Hitchens playing saxophone!!!

[Liamisamom]

i agree completely. looks just like hime

[zapkvr]

F*** me and I thought it was Robert Fisk.

[outdemonsout]

Damn!!!!

...so good!

[madingo85]

jj is the man...poetically and musically the master of the understatement..

[EchoCannon89]

wow Brettski you are very stupid

[supermesss]

I really respect him the way he treats his musicians that is something really incredible Great man Great Vice no doubt...!!!

[almedeosoo]

JJ Cale is a genius and Clapton one of his best fan. Good version, I like it !

[SgTxHotshot]

@almedeosoo I think its cool that a legen in the footsteps of a musical genius. Both huge names in the music industry in the time and even now. Like clapton looked at Cale and said i wanna be sorta like you...

[UPTHElRS]

@SgTxHotshot ,,, a ladies first kind of guy.

take care

[Passenger2959]

This Guy show is full of false arroganz. i think eric clapton told him let's play that song after midnight..

[Passenger2959]

pay attention, how he introduces the harmonica player!

[watteau9]

who's is this phantastic bass player?

[mucchiettodiossaa]

questa è musica

[olytanis]

Obviously a big difference from the single & the watered-down Clapton version. But when the giants play live, and the backing musicians are so good, you gotta pay attention & go to school! JJ Cale is one of the great unsung (??) songwriters, too.

[louiseduvee]

one of my favorite live videos featuring Christine lakeland (the woman)---LOL

[leaheyboy]

all u other haters who think this is shit, r crazy, this guy knows how to play and so does his band. that is the only important thing, a band that knows how to play. shut it haters

[baptistepcarrara]

so true, this is some of the best music ever so if you hate it, just shut the hell up

this is the best

[Cruzvega]

that man sure knows how to wail on that sax.

[123ThisIsMe]

Big difference to what comes to my mind when I think of JJ Cale's 'After midnight'.

But I have to say that I also like this live version.

[brettski1999]

shite

[Przemas22]

Shite ,it`s you baby...

[Przemas22]

It`s only too ""brettski 1999"... not for every people :)

[Savak22]

We have a massive loser here!.

I like this guy, has certain special feeling in his music.

[watteau9]

the twinpiece of king curtis' memphis soul stew

[sxswbands]

this sounds cocaone fueled-not good. better moody

[philgottengains]

What about Grasshopper? Downtown LA is a sweet, sweet groove!

[kermankalle]

electronic guitar. great.

[Finngolfin]

what a great groove, maybe album version is a bit more moody in its own way, but this band represents J.J. Cale very well

[kennymacdaddy]

Very tight, very technical band... they totally kick ass.

[michaelides86]

I prefer this version!!!

Its fun and looks like there having a blast!!

JJ Cale is amazing

[jubbly1969]

The slow heavy version by Clapton is superior.

[sethbound]

yeah he just needed Cale to write it for him.

[gianlucapaul]

Also the first recording by Cale is slower and way better. The groove is so subtle and souful yet intense. The Clapton version is the 70's party version. It's fast.

[rudeboydeevon]

agreed, I prefer the original Cale version so much more!

[Leibo07]

SPEEDO version !!!!!!!!

[AlbiKaH89]

anybody knows if it is from any dvd of jj??

thx

[FWYam]

eccentric version but i like it

[uptownjyd]

THAT'S JAMMIN'

[kvmusic]

I love JJ, but I don't dig this version. Nothing like the album version. This one is a bit like the Clapton version that I never liked.

[toplanding52]

I prefer the cd version but this is not bad

[devilsclickingcanes]

J. J. Cale is #1. Heart and soul all the way and from Oklahoma. Anybody who does not get this guy needs to hear his albums "Naturally" and "Troubadour". The original version of "After Midnight" is dark and spooky and ethereal and absolutely mysterious and beautiful--nothing like this version. J. J. Cale is a real piece of Americana, his music is very rare in spirit, many would like to cop his attitude and feel but there's no other like Cale.

[violinbloke]

I couldn't agree more. I have been a big JJ fan since his very first record. He has just always been himself....that's why his music doesn't date much.

[ehsays]

Amen to both of u above. Very well said. And, having never seen him in concert, youtube has allowed me to discover how kick-ass his band is too...but, of course, in that understated laid-back way. Cheers!

[violinbloke]

Thanx ehsays......I'm not likely to be lucky enough to see him her in England. To make you envious, my cousin is a sound man and got an invitation years ago to a small gig he did in London. The audience was EVERY big name (McCartney, G.Harrison, E.Clapton Etc) who could get there!!! He is SO good. I agree with devils********* above, that this doesn't represent JJ well.

[Finngolfin]

I don't prefer to Troubadour so much, it isn't really even close to the quality of Naturally, Really and Okie. But love that album too, just few bad tracks. Favourite song Travelin' Light

[shapshiftinglizard]

thanks youtube, had his albums for years, never knew what he looked like in person.

[schumbie]

googeling for images never crossed your mind ;)

[Kadeelover1]

hello saharas brass

[snoeff]

@ yafet16s330

Don't worry and only listning to the misic, and what other people say f... them. And how do you knew that y.tube is delething? A little bit vagh? Don't you self thingking and backwards reading?

[delerious01]

how excellent can you get

[rivas420]

yeah for jj kale!!

[27o348]

he´s the one !

[eaglescoachadam]

Not htis song, but my daddy has played bass with J.J. since 1958. Pure American music, Tulsa Soound.

[glangballe]

okie rock, I love it

[jolandasterbloem]

good singer j.j.cale...

[abrudtkuhl]

Excellent!

This video is featured on thebluesdaily dot com

[drkhwy]

Hunter P Retard the II: What does that have to do with JJ Cale?

[swatts4775]

If it hadn't been for Jj Cale Clapton wouldn't have had the sucess he did during the late 70 and early 80s. As Clapton himself said... "people think I wrote after midnight because I have made it my own, but its JJ's version I love".

[nicknagg]

that's GREAT thanks!!over here in europe I will NEVER see him perform, thanks youtube, thanks colfrbn2001, thanks J.J. (he IS the author of that song, a.f.a.i.k.; dod you call it a cover then? )

[azadelta06]

JJ Cale > Eric Clapton.

Clapton is an overrated.

[cookieman38111]

That is what I have heard.

[zantron]

yup. jj is where its at.

[soheylsheikh]

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Huge fan of Cale, but this was a trifle disappointing...I like my music with a strong bass (That's probably why Pink Floyd is my all-time favorite)...cale's songs have all a sound bass which is missing here...I like Clapton's version on the Crossroads album much better

[claus1958]

He's one of the greatest Own-Stylers I adore his kind of cool guitar

Great version coz it's a bit faster than usual.

[owensea777]

the bass is much tighter on the original, jj version. now i see why clapton messed with it

[maxmalo]

Rollin on a train... After midnight

[Bertiklein]

Great Performance

[cookieman38111]

Didn't Eric Clapton record this in 67 or 68 though???

[gkitteringham]

Yes he did, but JJ wrote it. A lot of Claptons songs back then were covers. Cocaine - JJ Cale, MAy you never - John Martyn. Still love Clapton too though.

[azadelta06]

It's a cover.

[peacemtn]

This is too cool. I can't wait until after midnight!!

[RustySyringes]

Anything recorded after 1978 sucks.

[ELTIETCHA]

Make that 1975.

[Harrisonmon]

Nay, elti. Who's Next was post-75.

[merryberry1234]

What year?

[xabierytal]

yei yei keil! ummm desde que tengo 20 años le sigo...y tengo 48

[engjds]

hes a great man, who didnt like the spotlight, hence his unfamiliarity, claptons mentor...

[boerni1976]

He's the Man.Great version of one of my all-time favourites.

[b1akjak]

The master of the slide guitar, good band too, thanx for posting.

[musicmike1953]

He is THE rock songwriter.

[BLAESY67]

I didn t know this version , but what a wonderfull instant ...

[bicycleface]

top work posting this thanks jj is a true legend

[Stonii]

Only heard this guy for the first time last night, but he truely blew me away!! Fantastic stuff!!

[UnforgivingGatsu]

yeah man tnx a lot

[sparky20]

Sheer class.

[BushCraft87]

wow jj is the man!

[goatrider]

thanks for posting this man. gave me goosebumps. love me some JJ.