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“We were really limited onstage.” Eric Clapton on the group he said achieved what Cream could not
Jack Bruce said Clapton had doubts about Cream from the start. “I remember him saying, ‘This is a good recording band, but it will never be a good live band.’”
The night Jimi Hendrix hijacked live TV — and got himself banned
A planned duet, a blown schedule and an impromptu tribute to Cream turned a polite variety show into one of rock’s most infamous broadcasts
George Harrison on the time Eric Clapton asked for a little help from his friend
The two guitarists were growing closer as friends and musicians when they leaned on the other for assistance
How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative era and found his way to the blues
Like Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend, Clapton was thrown when Jimi Hendrix arrived on the rock scene
The Cream song Eric Clapton doesn’t like — even though it’s the key to his legend as a guitar virtuoso
According to producer Tom Dowd, there may be an even longer version of this classic in the vault — not even Clapton knows for sure
Eric Clapton on the group he wanted to join so badly that he broke up Cream
The guitarist wouldn’t perform with the act until 1976, at its star-studded farewell concert
George Harrison on the guitarist who changed the guitar landscape — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed
A resolute fan of 1950s rock and roll, he never got along with hard rock — despite his love for the guitarist who paved the way for it
The breakup that nearly made Eric Clapton quit music
Slowhand didn’t like the sound of his guitar or how he played. Even the prospect of linking up with a Beatle couldn’t pull him out of his hole
