Post Tagged with: "Eric Clapton"

'A great platform for lead guitar': The Yardbirds' tradition of gunslingers from Surrey continues

‘A great platform for lead guitar’: The Yardbirds’ tradition of gunslingers from Surrey continues

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

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Something Else! sneak peek: Eric Clapton, “Call Me The Breeze” (2014)

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

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Eric Clapton – Behind the Sun (1985; 2014 Audio Fidelity Remaster)

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

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Deep Cuts: The Yardbirds, “The Sun Is Shining” from Where the Action Is! (1966)

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: As Yardbirds regroup, their legend holds: ‘It’s very gratifying’

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Eric Clapton favorites from Cream, Derek and the Dominos + his solo career: Gimme Five

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

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‘We never had any time’: Jack Bruce says overscheduling, not internal squabbling, killed Cream

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

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Eric Clapton on Cream’s Unlikely 2005 Reunion: ‘Worth Whatever Grief and Stress’

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.”

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Books: Eric Clapton, Day by Day: The Later Years, 1983-2013, by Marc Roberty

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: Eric Clapton – Slowhand at 70 (2015) Ex-Yardbirds Jeff Beck, EricRead More

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Did Journey’s Neal Schon almost replace Duane Allman in Derek and the Dominos?

“I was kind of blown away,” Neal Schon says of an offer to join Eric Clapton in one of the turn-of-the-1970s biggest bands.

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Something Else! sneak peek: Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival (2013)

The summer music festival season is rapidly coming to a close, but those not wanting to brave iffy weather should head to select movie theaters on August 13, 2013. Nearly 500 cinemas will showcase Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 You May Also Like: Eric Clapton – Slowhand at 70Read More