Latest about John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
The Eric Clapton album David Gilmour says every guitarist should study
Before he became one of rock’s most distinctive guitarists, Gilmour spent hours learning Clapton’s solos note for note. He says every aspiring player should do the same.
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.
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
Coco Montoya explains how John Mayall turned him from a bartender into his Bluesbreaker guitarslinger
The guitarist, who spent 10 years in Mayall's company, learned his stylings from Albert Collins
“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers." Jeff Beck said he turned down John Mayall
The coveted role was offered to him on a plate, but Beck was looking for a different kind of musical identity
Peter Green recalled talking his way into Eric Clapton’s Bluesbreakers shoes. That's when his struggles began
The guitarist never liked comparisons to the man he replaced
“Nobody Can Be the Best Guitar Player. There’s No Such Thing”: Mind-Blowing Guitarist Harvey Mandel Riffs With ‘GP’ on His Music, Guitar Technique and a Certain Player by the Name of Eddie Van Halen
Fifty-five years since his solo bow, “The Sustain King” shows no sign of slowing down on his latest, ‘Who’s Calling’
“Put the Microphone Over There On the Other Side of the Room Because I’m Going to Play Loud”: How Eric Clapton Took Volume to 11
Armed with a Marshall and a Les Paul, Slowhand pushed the envelope of guitar tone in 1966.
