It’s well known that Eric Clapton was inspired to form Cream after seeing blues legend Buddy Guy perform in London with a ...

Eric Clapton may have been one of the most innovative guitarists of the 1970s, but, it was this 1951 track that guided him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past, perhaps, they had shared a chuckle after telling a bassoon player to quieten down or tutted, recalling that time when ...

While Eric Clapton was an absolute maniac no matter what he was playing, he knew to steer clear of some chords in his ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eric Clapton may not be God, but Thursday night he put to rest any debate about his place in the rock ’n’ roll pantheon with a blues-heavy show for a packed Rocket Arena crowd. The ...

Jimi Hendrix changed the music so entirely in 1966 that, within months of his arrival in England, established guitarists were wrestling with how to respond. Jeff Beck told Guitar Player, “It was a ...

He was 89 years old. And as musician Lenny Kravitz wrote on X/Twitter following the news, “BB, anyone could play a thousand ...

Everyone has his or her favorite guitar hero, but when it comes to blues-rock, you have to give it up for Eric Clapton. Starting with his groundbreaking work in the mid-60’s with The Yardbirds, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eric Clapton returns to one of Billboard’s genre-specific rankings ...

The guitarist says a Beach Boys record shaped the music of his 1960s power trio ...