The warm-weather vibes of the setting seemed to infuse themselves into the making of 461 Ocean Boulevard (named after Clapton’s address while staying there). Working with a group of musicians ...

Perhaps the best way to describe guitar legend Eric Clapton in July 1974, as he prepared to unveil his watershed solo LP, 461 Ocean Boulevard, was as a "wanted man." But rather than reemerging as ...

In July 1974, Eric Clapton released his second solo album, 461 Ocean Boulevard. The album marked Clapton’s return to recording after a three-year period during which he struggled with drug ...

After three years of heroin addiction and creative inactivity, 461 Ocean Boulevard was the 1974 album on which Clapton rediscovered the primacy of music in his life. The result was a joyous ...