“He said, ‘Put it away and get a proper guitar!’ So it went by the wayside”: Andy Fairweather Low had a guitar specially bought for him in America, then brought back across the Atlantic – but Eric Clapton wouldn't let him use it onstage

Andy Fairweather Low (left) and Eric Clapton perform onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 13, 2013 .

If the name Andy Fairweather Low doesn't sound super familiar, here are some of the folks the well-respected guitarist has backed up...

Roger Waters (who he had never heard of until Waters explained that he was one of the principal members of Pink Floyd), George Harrison (who insisted that Fairweather Low play his slide parts onstage, despite the fact that the latter had never played slide before), Joe Satriani, David Gilmour, and Eric Clapton.