A Song For Friday: John Cale

Six decades as a musical force and having the time of his life

The Reaper has been on a tear the last few weeks, his overactive scythe cutting down music and music-related legends like ex-Allman Brother Dicky Betts, Dylan photographer Daniel Kramer, MC5 drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, producer/engineer Eric E.T. Thorngren, and, perhaps most shockingly, engineer and musician Steve Albini. Maybe that’s why the…