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"Their music is as aggressively and pretentiously dull as their choice of band name": The Band's second album is an acknowledged classic, but there are some dissenters

For their second album, The Band relocated from upstate New York to California and turned Sammy Davis Jr.’s poolhouse into a makeshift studio

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Fans root for Aimee Lou Wood casting in Beatles biopic following Instagram hint

As casting is announced for John, Paul, George and Ringo in The Beatles biopic, fans have set their sights on the ideal Pattie Boyd

Evening Standard

“Over the past three decades, his partnership with Martin has produced some of the most sought-after signature guitars in the company’s history”: Martin recreates Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged acoustic for limited edition anniversary run

These two versions of Slowhand's pre-war 1939 acoustic were announced on his 80th birthday and celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first signature Martin

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“Eric’s legendary performance sparked a resurgence in acoustic music”: Martin celebrates 30th anniversary of Eric Clapton’s first signature acoustic with a faithful recreation of his MTV Unplugged guitar

Two limited-edition acoustics celebrate three decades of partnership and pay homage to a set that made history

Guitar World

“It’s always in the back of your mind saying, what can we improve on? What would I do? What would I dream of in an amp?” How Clapton collaborator and session great Nathan East is teaming up with Laney on a signature amp unlike any other

The lauded bassist has mixed-up a new double trouble head that could be a game-changer for any player with a regular gig

Guitar World

“The concept of the guitar duel at the end was just appalling”: Crossroads is an essential piece of '80s guitar lore, but not every guitar legend was a fan of the film

A guitarist with a particularly vested interest in Robert Johnson and Crossroads (the song), expressed his distaste with the movie of the same name in the pages of Guitar World

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Eric Clapton: A life in music as the iconic guitarist celebrates 80th birthday

A look back on the legendary guitar icon’s life and legacy as he celebrates milestone birthday

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“Kenneth Anger laid a terrible curse on me. It was written out in blood. I burnt it at a crossroads”: Marianne Faithfull’s wild tales of Keith Richards, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and more

Singing with Page and Metallica, flirting with Hendrix, getting high with Clapton – the late Marianne Faithfull did it all

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“Those arpeggios... That was the sickest thing I ever heard”: Yngwie Malmsteen on why guitarists should take inspiration from players of other instruments if they want to develop their own style

Plenty of players have impressed Malmsteen, but it was a solo violin performance that would have the biggest influence on his lead style

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“It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend

East, one of the most celebrated bass players in history, knows a thing or two about tone – and he’s put practicality at the forefront of his new signature model

Guitar World

“When I worked with Eric Clapton, I thought I was getting fired every tour”: Andy Fairweather Low on his first gig, a beloved dumpster guitar find and the mistake he made with Roger Waters that he can never forget

The legendary rhythm guitar hero looks back on a life spent alongside some of music’s biggest names

Guitar World

“From Paul Kossoff to Eric and then to John Lennon and George Harrison”: Albert Lee reveals the history of his ’58 Les Paul Custom

Gibson calls its replica the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom, but Clapton is only one of the stars to have owned and played this storied guitar

Guitar World

Ed Sheeran writes urgent open letter to Keir Starmer for music education funding: ‘The time to act is now’

Singer-songwriter is joined by fellow stars Harry Styles, Stormzy, Robert Plant and Eric Clapton in calling on prime minister to provide a £250m music education package

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“Ozzy sang a bunch of songs and had a great time. It’s like, ‘I guess we’re gonna do another tour…’” Zakk Wylde is hoping for more Ozzy Osbourne shows – but he’s got his hands full with new Pantera music and upcoming Wylde Audio gear

The Black Label Society leader is shaping up for the Prince of Darkness’ final show, and his Wylde Audio amps and plugins are finally taking shape

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“My mate found the guitar in a skip down the bay in the early '70s. It had been in a fire”: Andy Fairweather Low’s favorite guitar was a dumpster find

The Eric Clapton and Roger Waters collaborator paid just £47 to buy the discarded Gibson from Tom Jones’ guitarist

Guitar World

“In the end, I did it too much – I was a one-trick pony! EVH brought that fire to the guitar”: He was an early two-hand tapping pioneer and one of John Mayall’s favorite guitarists,but Randy Resnick doesn’t consider himself an influential figure

After playing alongside Harvey Mandel, Resnick would go on to follow in the footsteps of Eric Clapton and Peter Green in blues legend John Mayall’s band – and win plaudits from Lee Ritenour and Ted Greene

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“Mitch Mitchell was a journeyman. He was hopeless. John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts… they’re a three or four out of 10”: An audience with Ginger Baker, rock’s most cantankerous drummer

From Cream to Blind Faith and beyond, this is how Ginger Baker revolutionised music

Guitar World

“Dime recorded tons of unfinished riffs, and there were things he had lying around... hidden gems”: Zakk Wylde says there have been talks about recording new Pantera material based on unreleased Dimebag Darrell demos

Wylde has teased the possibility of using old Dimebag riffs, which currently live on an old tape recorder, for future Pantera releases

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“The guitar was in horrible shape. The paint job was all flaked off, it didn’t have the original tailpiece... at one point, the headstock snapped off”: He's a hitmaker who owned Eric Clapton's “The Fool” SG, produced Meat Loaf, and played with Ringo Starr

Todd Rundgren has just about done it all, but he does regret missing out on the chance to produce the Talking Heads and the Who...

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Eric Clapton announces run of US 2025 autumn tour dates

Guitar legend Eric Clapton will play a select number of US shows this September

Guitar World

“George gets up and says, ‘Andy was not the first choice. There were seven guitarists and he was the seventh choice’”: Before Andy Fairweather Low joined George Harrison’s band, the Beatle was eyeing up Gary Moore and Alvin Lee

The prolific session player joined Harrison for his 1991 tour of Japan, but it turns out he was rather low on the pecking order when the Beatles legend came to assembling his band

Guitar World

“It was very much a management thing – ‘Find somebody to replace Clapton.’ Rory wouldn't have any of it”: When Rory Gallagher was asked to fill Eric Clapton's shoes in rock's pioneering power trio

As Cream began to disintegrate barely two years into their existence, the enormously successful band's managers were desperate to keep them going

Louder

“Our manager overheard one of Pink Floyd say something about our keyboardist and he threatened to break their legs”: Andy Fairweather Low’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and Tom Jones

From Hendrix’s backing vocalist to George Harrison and Roger Waters’ right hand man, Andy Fairweather Low is one of rock’s secret MVPs

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“‘Would you like to tune your guitar?’ ‘Oh, no thanks, I’m trying to give up’”: The Tunerette is the healthy option for Clapton and Keef fans looking for that cigarette on the headstock look – and it tunes your guitar

And to think that some people find tuning their guitar to be a drag...

Guitar World

“Copying the people you admire is a healthy thing to do – it teaches you to get inside what they do, then you can take it from there”: Eric Johnson on his G3 reunion with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai – and why the limits of guitar have yet to be reached

We catch up with the maestro to talk all things G3, formative influences, hollow-body Strat designs, and what he has to learn from Wes Montgomery after all these years

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