John Cale
Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1942 · age 84
John Davies Cale is a Welsh singer, musician, composer, record producer and arranger. He is a founding member of the influential American rock band the Velvet Underground, with whom he recorded two studio albums. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles of rock and avant-garde music.
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Nico Bandmate in The Velvet Underground
Lou Reed Bandmate in The Velvet Underground
Maureen Tucker Bandmate in The Velvet Underground
Patti Smith John produced Horses and Redondo Beach
F. Murray Abraham Taught John
Iannis Xenakis Taught John, influenced John- La Monte Young Bandmate in Theatre of Eternal Music
Angus MacLise Bandmate in The Velvet Underground- Humphrey Searle Taught John
- Paul Steinitz Taught John
Andy Warhol Directed Moe Gets Tied Up (1966)
Antonio Vivaldi Influenced John
Bedřich Smetana Influenced John
Brian Eno Produced Words for the Dying (1989)
Edgard Varèse Influenced John
Morton Feldman Influenced John
Jennifer Warnes John produced Jennifer and These Days- Chris Thomas Produced Paris 1919 (1973)
- Bob Neuwirth John produced Last Day on Earth (1994)
Zoe Beloff Directed Life Underwater and Wonderland USA
Willem Dafoe John wrote American Psycho and Basquiat
Christopher Walken John wrote Basquiat and Who Am I This Time?
Matthew Rhys John wrote House of America and Y Mabinogi
Dave McKean Directed N[eon] (2002)
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, The viola is the saddest of all instruments.
I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.
The avant-garde makes more sense to me.
