Clapton honors Cale in new album

'The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale'
"The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale," by Eric Clapton.
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Today's Morning Edition music is the song "Someday" from the new Eric Clapton album "The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale" which comes out today.

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The song features former Dire Straits lead singer Mark Knopfler on vocals. The album, which includes a number of guest vocalists, is a collection of songs written by J.J. Cale who died a year ago.

Cale was a big influence on Eric Clapton. He wrote "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" which Clapton covered. Clapton told NPR that Cale's music is minimal with a great deal of substance.

"He summed up so many of the different essences of American music: rock and jazz and folk, blues. He just seemed to have an understanding of it all."

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