Eric Clapton already had one eye on the door with Cream when he heard the Band for the first time.

Clapton, Beck and then Page played lead with the Yardbirds between 1963-68.

Ben King shares more than a spot in the guitar chair with Beck, Clapton and Page.

There was always a stillness at the center of J.J. Cale’s work, and Clapton captures it once more.

Often overlooked, widely misunderstood and generally derided, Behind the Sun might not be the first album you’d picture for a deluxe Steve Hoffman mastering to Audio Fidelity SACD. But, really, that’s the magic of this particular reissue — the way it challenges your expectations, even your memory. You May AlsoRead More

Recorded at the BBC and included on … Where The Action Is!, a two-disc set released in 2000, “The Sun Is Shining” captures the Yardbirds in their element with jaw-dropping results. You May Also Like: How Jimmy Page and the Yardbirds Went Out With a Bang on ‘Little Games’ TheRead More

Five favorites from Eric Clapton’s career as a solo artist, and member of Cream and Derek and the Dominos.

For all of their many arguments, accusations and on-stage antics, Cream really broke up because of bad management, bassist Jack Bruce says. Having issued three albums in four years, and toured incessantly through 1968, they simply burned out. You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new successRead More

Prior to long-awaited reunion, Eric Clapton said he realized that “as much as they might want to get together again that it was really my call.”

By the time Eric Clapton gathered a working band in support 1983’s Money and Cigarettes (home to the Top 10 U.S. hit “I’ve Got a Rock ‘n’ Roll Heart”), the guitarist was clean and sober. You May Also Like: Why J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton’s ‘The Road to Escondido’ StillRead More