John Cale
"He's the only musician I’ll mention if people ask who I play with. There’s only one name. He’s the greatest. He has more of an impact on me than any drummer, more than anyone, in my adult life."

Deantoni Parks

Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (Est. 1999) is the ultimate unofficial John Cale website
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

John Cale on the web and elsewhere

A bit of Cale interest

Biographers and illustrators
Victor Bockris Victor Bockris
Writer. Co-author of UP-TIGHT: The Velvet Underground Story.
Co-author of What's Welsh for Zen.
Interviewer in the John Cale documentary

Tim Mitchell Tim Mitchell
Writer. Author of Sedition and Alchemy - A Biography of John Cale.

Dave McKean Dave McKean
Designer and illustratror of the What's Welsh For Zen autobiography. Designed the cover art for Circus Live.

Warhol Days photographers
Adam Ritchie
UK photographer who photographed the Velvets in 1965-1966.

Nat Finkelstein
Factory photographer (1933-2009) who shot a lot classic Cale pix.

Billy Name Billy Name
Factory photographer (1940-2016) who shot a lot of classic Cale pix. Photo-shoot for the HoboSapiens album.

Tech related
Michael Spalt
LA custom guitar builder who built 4 guitars.
Don Ramsay
Creator of the linear tremolo used by Cale.

Alumni stuff and such
100 Welsh Heroes/Arwyr Cymru
He made the cut. At #93.

Goldsmiths College
Cale studied musicology (1960-1963) and was awarded an honorary fellowship in 1997.


» Fresh Cale

Paris 1919 Order the remastered and expanded Paris 1919 album (2LP, CD) via Domino Records
The Academy in Peril Order the remastered and expanded The Academy in Peril album (LP, CD) via Domino Records
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» Praise for the Fear site...

"the ultimate John Cale resource"
Tim Mitchell, author of Sedition and Alchemy - A Biography of John Cale

"Excellent Fan Site"
Auntie Beeb

We strongly advise you to visit his extraordinary unofficial website - Hans Werksman's Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (active since 1999) - truly, the ultimate Cale location.
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