- Aliases
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John Cale & Band
- Personal name
- John Davies Cale
- Born
- March 9, 1942
- Country
- United Kingdom
- IPI
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00033982178 68 works
00807793310 1 work
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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Cale was born in Wales; his father was a coal miner and his mother a school teacher. Cale was an only child. Cale studied musicology from 1960 to 1963 in London, moving to New York City on a Leonard Bernstein scholarship. Heavily influenced by avant-garde music, Cale became a member of La Monte Young's avant-garde group, The Theatre of Eternal Music, which was based on sustaining a drone -- sometimes for hours.
- Member of
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The Velvet Underground (1965-1968)
- Related
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David Young [GB] Cale band member and producer (1980 -1985)
Lou Reed Co-founder of The Velvet Underground and frequent collaborator
- Not to be confused with
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J.J. Cale
Johnny Cale
- Ranking
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1526th most covered composer/author
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