Latest about Eric Clapton
John Mayall recalls Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in Guitar Player's December 1970 issue
We remember John Mayall on the first anniversary of the blues legend's death with a classic interview from our vault
Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker wanted to keep Cream a secret. A record project nearly blew their cover
Tasked with putting together an all-star band in 1966, Manfred Mann's singer coincidentally formed a dream team that included all three of Cream's members
Eddie Van Halen was "a pretty complex person" says his longtime friend and biographer
Steven Rosen had a 26-year friendship with the guitarist, whose personality was split between the guitar and the rest of his life, he says
Andy Summers on why Eric Clapton bored him and how his love of jazz fueled the Police
"It’s too simple to play because it’s based on a five-note scale, and I had come way past that," the guitarist says
Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, George Harrison and John Lennon performed with him. Today he’s virtually unknown
Delaney Bramlett helped Clapton and Harrison find their footing as they approached their solo careers at the end of the 1960s
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson says Eric Clapton and Cream are the birthplace of prog rock
He notes that Jethro Tull shed their folk and blues beginnings in favor of more experimental music after Clapton paved the way
The interview that ended Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton's friendship
History says Clapton insulted Van Halen. Taken within context, his comments were part of a wider discussion about understanding the blues
Brian May on the mind-blowing difference between seeing Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix perform in the 1960s
May also cited Jeff Beck as a guitarist who changed his thinking about guitar playing in his most formative years
