"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 ...

Charley Crockett will release his second album of 2025, Dollar A Day, on August 8 via Island Records. Once again joined by co ...

He notes that Jethro Tull shed their folk and blues beginnings in favor of more experimental music after Clapton paved the ...

Mark your calendars for November 20, 2025, when ZZ Top will rock Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, a cherished venue for their ...

Don’t judge an album by its cover... Easier said than done for some. Following the controversy surrounding the album image ...

And on May 9, Clapton is releasing Unplugged: Enhanced Edition, a double CD featuring the remixed and remastered album with never-before-heard interviews with the guitarist from the day of the taping.

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The song was Layla, the guitarist was Eric Clapton and he wrote it about his unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, wife of George Harrison. Layla is Clapton’s masterpiece, a proclamation of love which ...

Ruth Kelly Clapton was born in January 1985 to Eric and Yvonne Kelly, the manager of AIR Studios Montserrat who he began an affair with while still married to his first wife, Pattie Boyd.

Eric Clapton's career spans over six decades, establishing him as one of the most influential guitarists in rock and blues history. He first gained recognition in the 1960s as a member of The ...

In 1970 Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, and the Dominos recorded "Key to the Highway" by accident; here's the story.

Paul Elliott has worked for leading music titles since 1985, including Sounds, Kerrang!, MOJO and Q. He is the author of several books including the first biography of Guns N’ Roses and the ...