Latest about Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton on Chas Chandler’s misstep with Jimi Hendrix — and why he “fell in love with him” anyway
Clapton thought the Experience was the wrong band for Hendrix, but felt “an incredible sense of relief” to have discovered someone else as devoted to the blues as he was
Eric Clapton’s Beano album just turned 60, but you’re still missing the point of what Slowhand achieved
Slowhand reinvented electric blues with this landmark recording.
Duane Allman wanted his first electric guitar back. Delaney Bramlett refused to hand it over
The Allman Brothers guitarist had pawned his cherry-red ’59 Gibson Les Paul Junior years earlier — only to discover that his friend had ended up with it
Derek Trucks reveals the voicemail that launched his professional relationship with Slowhand
The slide guitar master thought he was being pranked during a family poker game — but calling Clapton back required an unexpected trip to the Verizon store
“They didn’t seem particularly eager to welcome me.” Jeff Beck on the day he replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds
An exclusive excerpt from ‘Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story’ recalls Beck’s resentment toward the Yardbirds following Clapton’s hasty departure
When Ron Wood first met Eric Clapton
The time the young Ron Wood found himself in the Yardbirds for one night only
Joe Satriani says Sammy Hagar has him beat in one aspect of guitar playing
As the Best of All Worlds band heads to Europe for July dates, Satriani says Hagar's greatest strength as a guitarist comes from thinking more like a lead singer than a shredder.
Brian May names the guitar solo he considers the greatest in the world
The solo changed the Queen guitarist’s life, but when he tried to pay tribute to its writer, the effort backfired spectacularly
