May also cited Jeff Beck as a guitarist who changed his thinking about guitar playing in his most formative years ...

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And while his lifelong devotion to the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach has shaped the intricate harmonic language he’s ...

If there is a name that is practically synonymous with the blues, it’s Buddy Guy. At the time of this writing in May 2025, ...

Nothing was off the table whenever it came to Eric Clapton playing guitar. He was always a free agent even when working in The Yardbirds, and there was no chance of him holding onto a group for too ...

A 52-year-old American man is suspected to have been killed by a kangaroo at a South Carolina petting zoo. Eric Slate’s body was discovered inside the kangaroo’s enclosure with multiple blunt force ...

The group, consisting of guitarist Eric Clapton, drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, cast a shadow over the whole of rock ‘n’ roll. How could they not? They were arguably the world’s first ...

Clapton also included his version of “Setting Me Up,” the Mark Knopfler song from the first, self-titled Dire Straits album, as a vocal showcase for Lee. Other covers included bluesman Otis ...

President Trump said Friday that he and Eric Adams discussed “almost nothing” during their White House meeting Friday, suggesting that the embattled New York City mayor requested a meeting to ...

Eric Clapton had developed a reputation as a stoic guitar wizard with a propensity for blowing through bands. Heading into 1974, his most recent release, almost four years prior, featured him ...