Few guitarists will forget the first time they heard Clapton’s ecstatic playing on the ... His Les Paul is pushed hard, its voice a full-throated yet expressive song – with the dynamics to reveal the ...
In 1970, Eric Clapton formed Derek And The Dominos and, lovesick for George Harrison’s wife Pattie Boyd, cut one of the greatest love songs in rock history. This is ...
Last night (February 17), Eric Clapton presented a tribute concert to Ginger Baker at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. 04. I Feel Free – with Nile Rodgers and Willie Weeks / Paul Carrack (vocal ...
‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’ Eric Clapton was on a hot streak during the late '60s and early '70s, and for proof, you need look no further than 1969's Blind Faith and ...
“And I knew inside of me that it was a nice song.” Harrison said the next day, he invited Eric Clapton to join the Beatles in the studio. “He said, ‘Oh, no. I can’t do that. Nobody ever ...
"I was so flattered, but I was also so worried that George would work out why Eric had written this song." Boyd originally rebuffed Clapton's advances but, after her marriage faltered in the early ...
On video, there appears a younger Eric Clapton, recounting how he so admired The Band back then, he came to visit them in Woodstock and dropped hints about how much he’d like to join the group. But ...