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John Cale | Fun Facts & Video | Show Saturday
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John Cale facts from Wikipedia:
* Welsh is his first language.
* In 1965, he joined Lou Reed (who is exactly a week older than Cale) in the newly-formed Velvet Underground, but left in 1968, due in part to creative disagreements with Reed.
* Cale appears on the Velvet Underground's first two albums, The Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat.
* during one gig he chopped the head off a dead chicken with a meat cleaver, and his band walked offstage in protest. Cale's drummer--a vegetarian--was so bothered he quit the group.
* He produced Squeeze, Patti Smith, and Sham 69, among others. He produced a number of important protopunk records, including debuts by Patti Smith, The Stooges and The Modern Lovers.
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Watch the video for John Cale's Perfect (via BTAE)
See John Cale at St Ann's Warehouse in NYC this Saturday (Nov 12)
Posted on November 10, 2005 3:31 PM
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Comments (6)
Thanks for the link.
Posted by DJMonsterMo | November 10, 2005 7:54 PM
there's a good john cale article in latest issue of exclaim!
http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=22&csid1=4488
Posted by Anonymous | November 10, 2005 8:11 PM
another cool little fact i just recently found out: played piano on Nick Drake's Bryter Layter.
Posted by hari_rex | November 11, 2005 9:49 AM
Actually Cale was booted from the Velvets by Reed, he didn't leave on his own accord. -deb
Posted by deb | November 11, 2005 10:29 AM
I really love his new album. Looking forward to tomorrow's show.
Posted by Coolfer | November 11, 2005 11:17 AM
His new album is his best in years. There are some really cool songs on it. Even "Perfect" is growing on me. And, hell, who ever imagined they'd see the day when John Cale was influenced by Beck? I mean, parts of "Woman" could have ended up on a Beck album and no one would have blinked.
Posted by Kevin K. | November 11, 2005 5:48 PM