Eric Clapton - Wikipedia

“We were really limited onstage.” Eric Clapton on the group he said achieved what Cream could not

Jack Bruce said Clapton had doubts about Cream from the start. “I remember him saying, ‘This is a good recording band, but it will never be a good live band.’”

Mark Knopfler's opinion on Eric Clapton

Mark Knopfler is one of the most unique guitarists of his generation. His style is hard to copy, especially because he uses his fingers instead of a guitar pick, which, combined with his musical influences, makes it really hard for someone to replicate his technique. With the success of Dire Straits, he caught the attention […]

“I got a call from a manager who was trying to drag him out of obscurity. We jammed daily, but he was away with the fairies”: Rick Fenn on the time he tried to help bring Peter Green back into the limelight

The late Fleetwood Mac guitarist was a hero of Fenn's, so when the call came in to help Green out, there was only one answer. But whatever happened to the music?

The 2 guitarists Eric Clapton considered his true peers in the 80s

The famous “Clapton is God” graffiti in London in the late 1960s was a sign of the “Guitar God” Eric Clapton was about to become. He is one of the most influential and successful artists of all time and played an extremely important role in the evolution of Blues and Rock. Consistently ranked among the […]

The band Eric Clapton said he wished he had been part of

Besides being a highly successful and critically acclaimed solo artist, Eric Clapton was also a member of bands such as The Yardbirds, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and collaborated with some of the most important musicians of all time. To many people, he probably did more in his career than he ever […]