Photo by Danielle Hardy

Eric Clapton made a surprise appearance at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA last Tuesday, August 6 to pay tribute to JJ Cale. The legendary guitarist sat in with Don White, Marty Rifkin and Jim Keltner for takes on Cale’s classics “After Midnight” and “Cocaine.”

As previously reported, JJ Cale passed away on July 26 at the age of 74. You can check out our interview with Cale from 2004 here.