John Cale
Author, Musical Artist
1942 –
Who is John Cale?
John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground.
Though best known for his work in rock music, Cale has worked in various genres including drone and classical. Since departing from the Velvet Underground in 1968 he has released approximately 30 albums. Of his solo work, Cale is perhaps best known for his album Paris 1919, and his cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", plus his mid-1970s Island Records trilogy of albums: Fear, Slow Dazzle, and Helen of Troy.
Cale has produced or collaborated with Lou Reed, Nico, La Monte Young, John Cage, Terry Riley, Hector Zazou, Cranes, Nick Drake, Mike Heron, Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Patti Smith, The Stooges, Lio, The Modern Lovers, Art Bergmann, Manic Street Preachers and frontman James Dean Bradfield, Marc Almond, Element of Crime, Squeeze, Happy Mondays, LCD Soundsystem, The Replacements, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Cale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of the Velvet Underground in 1996, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2010.
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- Born
- Mar 9, 1942
Garnant - Also known as
- Cale, John
- John Davies Cale
- Parents
- Spouses
- Betsey Johnson
(1968/04 - 1969) - Risé Irushalmi
(1981/10/06 - 1997) - Cynthia Wells
( - 1975)
- Betsey Johnson
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Welsh people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Wales
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
- Goldsmiths College
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on July 23, 2013
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