Call Me the Breeze - wikipedia Call Me the Breeze `` Call Me the Breeze '' Song by JJ Cale from the album Naturally Released 1972 Recorded 1970 Genre Blues rock Length 2 : 37 Label Mercury Songwriter ( s ) JJ Cale Producer ( s ) Audie Ashworth `` Call Me the Breeze '' is a rock song by JJ Cale. It first appeared on his 1972 debut album, Naturally, as the opening track. The song consists of a 12 - bar blues guitar shuffle and features the early use of a drum machine. Contents 1 Lynyrd Skynyrd version 2 Eric Clapton 's adaptation 2.1 Performance and release 2.2 Music video 2.3 Weekly charts 3 References Lynyrd Skynyrd version `` Call Me the Breeze '' Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd from the album Second Helping Released Recorded 1973 - 1974 Genre Blues rock, hard rock, southern rock, boogie rock, rock and roll Length 5 : 09 Label Sounds of the South, MCA Songwriter ( s ) JJ Cale Producer ( s ) Al Kooper Like many Cale songs, `` Call Me the Breeze '' has been covered numerous times by an assortment of musicians, most notably Lynyrd Skynyrd on their albums Second Helping ( 1974 ) and the live disc One More from the Road ( 1976 ), Mason Proffit on their 1972 album Rockfish Crossing, Bobby Bare on his album Bobby Bare - The Country Store Collection ( 1988 ), Johnny Cash on his album Water from the Wells of Home ( 1988 ) with his son John Carter Cash, John Mayer on his 2013 album Paradise Valley, and UK singer Alan Price on his 1977 album Two of a Kind with Rob Hoeke. Many of the cover versions available have been performed as tributes to Lynyrd Skynyrd. For example, Les Claypool covers it on his album Under The Influence, A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Eric Clapton 's adaptation `` They Call Me the Breeze '' Single by Eric Clapton from the album The Breeze : An Appreciation of JJ Cale Released June 30, 2014 ( 2014 - 06 - 30 ) Format Digital download Genre Rock pop rock Length 2 : 53 Label Surfdog Polydor Songwriter ( s ) JJ Cale Producer ( s ) Clapton Simon Climie Eric Clapton singles chronology `` All of Me '' ( 2013 ) `` They Call Me the Breeze '' ( 2014 ) `` Do n't Wait '' ( 2014 ) `` All of Me '' ( 2013 ) `` They Call Me the Breeze '' ( 2014 ) `` Do n't Wait '' ( 2014 ) Performance and release JJ Cale performed the song along with his longtime friend Eric Clapton, at Clapton 's 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival. The version, featuring an extended guitar solo by Clapton, is included on the official Crossroads DVD released in late 2004. Later, when Clapton got the news that Cale had died, he performed various tunes composed by JJ Cale for his 2013 Baloise Session concert, dedicating his performance to Cale. For his 2014 tribute - album to JJ Cale, titled The Breeze : An Appreciation of JJ Cale, Clapton covered the song with the original drum machine sound at the beginning, saying it 's not possible to really cover Cale 's work : `` You can hear the drum machine and JJ rambling at the beginning there ''. His take on the song was released under the title `` They Call Me the Breeze '' as a promotional single on June 30, 2014 for Surfdog and Polydor Records, accessible via digital music download. Music video On June 6, 2014, Clapton 's management published the official lyric video with licence to Warner Bros. Records on his YouTube channel, before the album 's release. Twenty days later the official music video was released. It features original photographic and videographic material of both Cale, and Clapton with Cale. The video opens with Clapton, hitchhiking with his guitar case in a rural location, holding a sign for Escondido, mimicking the cover art of the duo 's album, The Road to Escondido. He is picked up by a car. The car footage is interspersed with Clapton who is seen singing and playing the song on a guitar given to him by Cale in 2006. The video shows Cale enjoying the classic American lifestyle. While driving around, Clapton chats to the driver, portrayed by English actor and director Dexter Fletcher about Cale, explaining that he wants to visit Escondido because an `` old mate used to live there ''. Clapton pays tribute to Cale saying `` he was a fantastic guy and a great musician... he was my hero. '' The video ends with a shot of Clapton congratulating Cale after their performance at the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas. Weekly charts Chart ( 2014 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratip Flanders ) 52 Belgium ( Ultratip Wallonia ) 16 Poland ( LP3 ) 23 References Jump up ^ `` Under the Influence : A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Various Artists Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards AllMusic ''. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` JJ Cale, Eric Clapton ( After Midnight & Call me the Breeze ) ''. Ant Varandonis. youtube.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton -- Crossroads Guitar Festival ( DVD ) at Discogs ''. Discogs. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton - Baloise Session -- Basel Switzerland 2013 ''. youtube.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Eric Clapton discusses `` The Breeze ( An Appreciation of JJ Cale ) '' ``. Eric Clapton. youtube.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton -- They Call Me The Breeze -- austriancharts.at ''. Ö3 Austria Top 40 ( in German ). Stefan Hung -- Hung Medien. Retrieved August 16, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton & Friends -- Call Me The Breeze ( Official Lyric Video ) ''. Eric Clapton. youtube.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton & Friends -- Call Me The Breeze ( Official Music Video ) ''. Eric Clapton. youtube.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Eric Clapton -- They Call Me The Breeze '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratip. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Eric Clapton -- They Call Me The Breeze '' ( in French ). Ultratip. Retrieved August 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Call Me the Breeze -- Eric Clapton '' ( in Polish ). LP3. Retrieved August 16, 2015. J.J. Cale Studio albums Naturally Really Okie Troubadour 5 Shades Grasshopper # 8 Travel - Log Number 10 Closer to You Guitar Man To Tulsa and Back Roll On Other albums The Road to Escondido Rewind : The Unreleased Recordings The Breeze : An Appreciation of JJ Cale Live in San Diego Eric Clapton Discography Singles discography Videography Studio albums Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard There 's One in Every Crowd No Reason to Cry Slowhand Backless Another Ticket Money and Cigarettes Behind the Sun August Journeyman From the Cradle Pilgrim Reptile Me and Mr. Johnson / Sessions for Robert J Back Home Clapton Old Sock I Still Do Live albums Eric Clapton 's Rainbow Concert E.C. Was Here Just One Night Time Pieces Vol. II Live in the Seventies 24 Nights Unplugged Crossroads 2 : Live in the Seventies One More Car, One More Rider Live in San Diego Compilations The History of Eric Clapton Eric Clapton at His Best Clapton Steppin ' Out Timepieces : The Best of Eric Clapton Backtrackin ' The Cream of Eric Clapton Crossroads Story The Cream of Clapton Blues Clapton Chronicles : The Best of Eric Clapton Complete Clapton Forever Man Singles `` After Midnight '' / `` Easy Now '' `` Blues Power '' / `` Bottle of Red Wine '' `` Let It Rain '' `` I Shot the Sheriff '' / `` Give Me Strength '' `` Willie and the Hand Jive '' `` Swing Low, Sweet Chariot '' `` Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door '' `` Hello Old Friend '' `` Carnival '' `` Lay Down Sally '' / `` Cocaine '' `` Wonderful Tonight '' `` Tulsa Time '' `` Promises '' / `` Watch Out for Lucy '' `` Early in the Morning ( Live ) '' `` I Ca n't Stand It '' `` I 've Got a Rock ' n ' Roll Heart '' `` Crosscut Saw '' `` Forever Man '' `` It 's in the Way That You Use It '' `` Behind the Mask '' `` Tearing Us Apart '' `` Pretending '' / `` Before You Accuse Me '' `` Hound Dog '' `` Bad Love '' `` Tears in Heaven '' / `` White Room ( Live ) '' `` Layla ( Acoustic ) '' `` Down & Out '' `` Motherless Child '' / `` Driftin ' '' `` Change the World '' `` Born in Time '' `` Circus '' `` My Father 's Eyes '' `` Pilgrim '' `` Blue Eyes Blue '' `` ( I ) Get Lost '' `` Come Rain or Come Shine '' / `` Ten Long Years '' `` 3 O'Clock Blues '' `` Key to the Highway '' `` Worried Life Blues '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' `` Every Little Thing '' / `` No Sympathy '' Soundtracks Edge of Darkness Homeboy Rush Concert films Live 1986 The Cream of Eric Clapton Live in Hyde Park In Concert : A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua Sessions for Robert J Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Live at Montreux 1986 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Planes, Trains and Eric Slowhand at 70 -- Live at the Royal Albert Hall Collaborations Riding with the King The Road to Escondido Live from Madison Square Garden Play the Blues : Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 The Breeze : An Appreciation of JJ Cale Tours Journeyman World Tour 1992 Eric Clapton World Tour Related Blackie Brownie The Fool Signature Stratocaster Crossroads Centre Crossroads Guitar Festival Pattie Boyd ( wife ) Ferrari SP12 EC Va Bene Wonderful Tonight : George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Call_Me_the_Breeze&oldid=828596058 '' Categories : J.J. Cale songs Songs written by J.J. Cale 1970 songs Lynyrd Skynyrd songs Eric Clapton songs Polydor Records singles 2014 singles Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Polish - language sources ( pl ) Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Flanders Tip Singlechart usages for Wallonia Tip Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Edit links This page was last edited on 3 March 2018, at 15 : 34. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song call me the breeze
Answer: JJ Cale