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Velvet Underground Co-Founder John Cale on Album Paris 1919
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
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Dan Carino
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Sep 25, 2010
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Velvet Underground Co-Founder John Cale on Album Paris 1919
John Cale was a founding member of the Velvet Underground, then went on to have a prolific solo career and to produce the debut albums for Patti Smith, Squeeze, and the Stooges.
John Cale, 1983
John Cale, 1983
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Yves Lorson
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John Cale, today
John Cale, today
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JC Goldsmiths
)

John Cale was a founding member of the Velvet Underground, then went on to have a prolific solo career and to produce the debut albums for Patti Smith, Squeeze, and the Stooges.

John Cale was a founding member of the Velvet Underground, then went on to have a prolific solo career and to produce the debut albums for Patti Smith, Squeeze, and the Stooges.

This Thursday, Sept 30, he's playing one of his most acclaimed solo albums -- Paris 1919 -- in its entirety, with the backing of the UCLA Philharmonia. Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson talked with Cale between rehearsals.

(Top photo by Yves Lorson via CC)