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Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi

"Your Recorded Music Is Your Legacy": Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Reveal the Guitar Secrets Behind ‘I Am the Moon’

By Mark McStea published

Their expansive quadruple album project explodes with joy, power and positivity

electric and acoustic

Acoustic Tips for Electric Players

By Jimmy Leslie published

How to maximize that big hollow box

Stephen Dale Petit

Listen to Stephen Dale Petit’s ‘2020 Visions’ – One of the Most Exciting Guitar Records We’ve Heard This Year

By Joe Bosso published

This fascinating interview tells the story of a career that has seen the U.S. expat cross paths with everyone from Randy Rhoads to Albert King to Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor

Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa perform on stage at the Royal Albert Hall on May 4, 2009 in London, England

“It Was Insane”: Joe Bonamassa Talks Playing With Eric Clapton Live on Stage

By Rod Brakes last updated

Video A simple secret to great guitar tone is revealed in this Musicians Hall of Fame interview.

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Listen to the newly released Eric Clapton recording “Born Under a Bad Sign”

By Rod Brakes published

Video This previously unreleased track is featured on the forthcoming limited edition boxed set ‘The Complete Reprise Studio Albums – Volume I.’

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George Harrison and Eric Clapton performing at the Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden.

“I can't do that. Nobody ever plays on the Beatles records”: Here’s why Eric Clapton nearly didn’t record his epic “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” guitar solo

By Rod Brakes, Dan Forte published

George Harrison recounts the events in this classic interview from the GP archive.

B.B. King (1925-2015), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) and Albert Collins (1932-1993) perform together on stage on the riverboat SS President in New Orleans during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on 22 April 1988.

Here’s How to Replicate the Magic of the Blues Greats

By Art Thompson published

Get in the tone zone of Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Albert King, B.B. King, T-Bone Walker and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Doyle Bramhall II

5 of Doyle Bramhall II’s Greatest Guitar Playing Insights

By Rod Brakes, Shawn Hammond published

The maestro talks songwriting, soloing and more in these inspiring interview snippets from the GP archive.

A group of young men outside the Eel Pie Island Hotel London, 28th August 1960. The Hotel, on Eel Pie Island in the River Thames at Twickenham, is the venue for a jazz club popular with teenagers.

“The Anteroom of Paradise, Or Is It Hell?” Watch this Incredible Mini Doc on London’s Mysterious Rock ‘n’ Roll Island

By Rod Brakes published

Video Home of the Rolling Stones and a playground for budding guitar heroes, Eel Pie Island was a musical hub of the '60s.

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Eric Clapton's 1954 Fender Stratocaster

Eric Clapton’s 1954 Strat is Headed to Auction

By Jackson Maxwell last updated

This rare, hardtail Strat was Clapton's main slide guitar for the stage and studio from 1979-1985.

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