25 Years From Tulsa: J.J. Cale
Barney Hoskyns, Independent, The, April 1996
FIFTEEN MINUTES before J.J. Cale is due to take the famous stage of Manhattans Carnegie Hall, a wiry, hobo-ish figure can be seen wandering across the varnished floorboards testing the guitars and amplifiers.
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