John Cale
A word: I have never had a "press pass" - some venues allow larger cameras with detachable lenses, other are like camera Nazis. This is one where I have to use small Sony camera- good but limited. Concert light is very difficult and tricky at best but a real challenge at times...
"John Cale has been playing for over thirty years, and as a seminal member of the Velvet Underground and a striking solo artist since the 70s, there is an incredible amount of material he can pull from — it was really hard to know what to expect. He sounds good. Cale’s voice has gotten better, more grave and powerful with age, and is even better live than it sounds on his latest effort Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood (out on Double Six)." KEXP Review.
In February 2011 Cale signed a record deal with Domino Records subsidiary Double Six and in in September 2011 released the EP Extra Playful.
Cale co-founded the Velvets with Lou Reed and guitarist Sterling Morrison in the mid-'60s. John met Lou when the latter was a struggling songwriter for the rock & roll exploitation label Pickwick Records. What Cale and Reed shared was an ambition to bring the sensibilities of the avant-garde to rock music. Cale left the band in September 1968, due in part to creative disagreements with Reed.
Forthcoming Shows
- 25/05 Clarence Dock, Liverpool, UK
- 13/07 Henham Park, Southwold, UK
- 03/09 Kaufleuten, Zürich, Switzerland
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