Eric Clapton

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LEFT: Eric Clapton In Concert, Brighton Centre, Britain - 1992. RIGHT: Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd fame) performs during a stop of his ''The Dark Side of the Moon Live 2006 Tour'' held at the Gund Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, September 28, 2006.
Rock royalty's favorite sideman recalls his days with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Roger Waters and Bill Wyman

By Joe Matera Published

From Hendrix‘s earliest U.K. gigs to Clapton‘s Crossroads, Andy Fairweather Low has seen and played with the best of them

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LEFT: Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) performs live on stage playing a white Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 18th February 1969. RIGHT: Robert Fripp performing at Wickham Festival 2023.
Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun”

By Phil Weller Published

Fripp's past comments highlight the left-field ideas that make him an original

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LEFT: George Harrison & (cropped out) Mick Jagger perform at the 1988 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony circa 1988 in New York City. RIGHT: THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW -(Airdate: Jan. 6, 1971 - shoot date: Nov. 1970)
What Eric Clapton learned from George Harrison that made Derek & the Dominos’ ‘Layla’ possible

By Elizabeth Swann Published

Time spent working on Harrison's ‘All Things Must Pass’ album showed Clapton and bandmate Bobby Whitlock all they needed to know

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American guitarist Buddy Guy (left) performs live on stage with English guitarist Eric Clapton at the Supershow session at a disused factory in Staines, England on 26th March 1969. Eric Clapton plays a 1964 Gibson Firebird guitar.
Buddy Guy on Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page — and the famous guitarist in the audience he thought he was a cop

By Phil Weller Published

Much to his surprise, the British blues scene turned him into a global star among rock-loving teenagers

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LEFT: Joe Bonamassa performs on stage as part of his British Blues Explosion tour, special tribute tour to Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page at the Old Royal Naval College on July 7, 2016 in Greenwich, England. RIGHT: Eric Clapton performs at the Royal Albert Hall on May 07, 2022 in London, England.
Joe Bonamassa on the artist who demanded Eric Clapton play “The Thrill Is Gone” — and why only an icon can tackle the B.B. King hit

By Phil Weller Published

Joe calls his tribute to King "a labor of love," but fans will have to wait for the album's release to hear it's most exciting collaboration

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
The Cream song Eric Clapton doesn’t like — even though it’s the key to his legend as a guitar virtuoso

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

According to producer Tom Dowd, there may be an even longer version of this classic in the vault — not even Clapton knows for sure

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WREJ4D Eric Clapton plays guitar onstage at the Nassau Coliseum in April 1978
The mystery behind Eric Clapton’s guitar session on the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

By Phil Weller Published

The collaboration was a first in the Beatles’ history, but those involved in its recording all share the same strange experience

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Doyle Bramhall and Eric Clapton perform on stage during the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on April 13, 2013 in New York City.
Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime

By Joe Bosso Published

An opportunity to show Slowhand a few songs landed him on Clapton's Grammy-winning duet with B.B. King and opened the door to a lasting friendship

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LEFT: British guitarist Eric Clapton performing on stage in Philadelphia during his US tour, July 1974 RIGHT: JJ CALE onstage in 1977
J.J. Cale on his song that launched Eric Clapton’s solo career and made the laidback Tulsa guitarist a surprise overnight sensation

By Dan Forte Published

Cale reflected on the Tulsa sound and his sudden rise to fame in the years after Clapton cut "After Midnight"

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The English singer and rock, blues and rythm'n'blues guitarist Eric CLAPTON on stage around 1970. He was the first guitar hero of rock history.
Eric Clapton on the group he wanted to join so badly that he broke up Cream

By Christopher Scapelliti Last updated

The guitarist wouldn’t perform with the act until 1976, at its star-studded farewell concert

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