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Quote of the day by Eric Clapton: “My enlightenment has come from....” — Timeless life lesson from an inspiring quote on sadness, emotional strength, acceptance, empathy, self-understanding and why shared pain can sometimes make us feel less alone, by the legendary British guitarist and singer

Quote of the day by Eric Clapton explores how sadness can sometimes bring comfort instead of despair. His words offer a thoughtful life lesson about emotional strength, empathy and shared human experiences. Difficult feelings can make us feel isolated. But recognising that others face similar struggles can bring perspective, acceptance…

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B.B. King’s journey from Mississippi to ‘King of the Blues’ gets new film

The music legend’s estate is opening its archives for a feature documentary exploring his extraordinary career and enduring influence on generations of musicians.

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“On a couple of gigs we had Eddie Van Halen playing with us. He said, ‘I can't play on that!’ I said, ‘Yes, you can!’” Albert Lee is the legendary British picker who found his home in country music – and made guitar heroes quake in their boots

The icon of rock and country guitar tells all: what it was like performing alongside Eric Clapton and George Harrison, how he inspired Jimmy Page and why he hates distortion

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Pete Townshend pulls out of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival due to injury: “One day I hope I can accept Eric's invitation to appear with him”

Townshend has also quietly confirmed a reunion with The Who is in the works

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“I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with”: Angus Young’s thoughts on Eric Clapton – and the players he prefers

When the AC/DC guitarist was coming up, Clapton was the player blowing everyone's mind but his

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Quote of the Day by Eric Clapton: “The healthiest thing for me to do in actual fact is the opposite of...” — a powerful life lesson from an inspiring quote on confronting pain, creative expression, emotional honesty, and personal growth, by the legendary Grammy-winning guitarist known for his iconic blues-rock compositions

Quote of the day by Eric Clapton frames active creative output and direct engagement with personal distress as a far healthier path than isolation. In daily life, this dilemma arises when individuals face emotional loss, career setbacks, or relational conflicts, balancing the instinct to retreat against the need for open…

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The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, a kids’ TV theme and the most unlikely collaboration of the 1980s: “It was like going down a really challenging ski run. I was very much conscious of his talent and his incredible aura”

What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio

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Brian May and Billy Gibbons hook up on posthumous Steve Cropper single My Angels Are Calling

My Angels Are Calling comes from the late Steve Cropper's poignantly titled album Watching The Tide

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“These guitars are sacred things to me”: Guitar Center unveils its latest Eric Clapton charity collab, with the 2026 Exclusive Crossroads Guitar Collection featuring stunning Martin acoustics and the return of the Blind Faith Tele

Martin unveils a Brazilian rosewood $24,999 Custom 000-42, PRS paints the Silver Sky blue and more – all exclusive to Guitar Center with a portion of sales going to the Crossroads Centre

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"If we do this correctly, I think this could be one of the best blues songs ever!": How Joe Bonamassa and Kevin Shirley took an obscure Tim Curry track to a whole new level

Bonamassa was one of many who paid tribute to Curry after the actor's death was confirmed yesterday

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Guitar Center unveils Crossroads 2026 collection with limited-edition Eric Clapton and John Mayer models: “These guitars are sacred things to me”

An exclusive PRS Silver Sky that will see action at the festival and a recreation of Clapton's Blind Faith Telecaster headline the drop

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Why I spent 15 years playing guitar to killer whales: “I thought I was going to be the next Eric Clapton. As it turned out, I did something very unusual”

His work was dismissed by scientists, but Jim Nollman’s playing was admired by orcas for years. Now he’s releasing an album of oceanic field recordings that capture his efforts

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“He was known as the best guitar player in town... He actually gave me a little tip": Brian Fallon on the Roy Buchanan trick that Bruce Springsteen taught him on guitar

The Gaslight Anthem frontman assures us the Boss “can really rip” on guitar and taught him how to play pinched harmonics just like Roy Buchanan and Eric Clapton

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“He fired the whole band at the end of that tour, and I managed to survive”: Albert Lee on his time as Eric Clapton’s sideman

Lee was Clapton’s right-hand man for five years and was part of Slowhand’s legendary live album Just One Night, recorded in Tokyo

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“It just seemed really distasteful. Eric had been a friend of mine, and I couldn’t possibly have been a party to that”: Why Jimmy Page turned down multiple offers to join the Yardbirds – and why he relented

Jimmy Page could have been a Yardbird before Jeff Beck, had he accepted the somewhat clandestine offers of the band’s management

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Quote of the day by Eric Clapton: 'Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my...' - emotional quote by English singer famously known as Slowhand teaches life lessons on how music can heal fear, confusion and difficult emotions

Quote of the day by Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton found music became a personal healer during difficult family times. He learned to listen deeply, which helped him process fear and confusion. Clapton began playing guitar as a teenager and joined the Yardbirds in 1963. He later formed Cream and achieved…

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"The album's brevity is its biggest advantage. There is no chance of getting bored." J.J. Cale keeps it short on the easygoing Okie

J.J. Cale's most famous songs were made famous by others, but Okie's laid-back charm is enticing in its own right

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Why Jeff Beck said no to replacing Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers: “He called my mum several times. She said, ‘That John Mayall sounds very nice!’”

Beck was asked to follow Slowhand’s footsteps out of the Yardbirds and into the Bluesbreakers before he decided to go solo

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“Every artist that has played it goes crazy about it – it has been owned by two legends for a reason”: Up close with the Les Paul Custom that both Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton owned

Dubbed the ‘Fretless Wonder’, the Les Paul Custom waltzed onto the scene in 1954. This particular mid-’50s model found its way into the hands of two guitar heroes

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“I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. It was like seeing an instrument from outer space. I said to myself, ‘That’s the future – that’s what I want’": The story of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars

Beyond the tales of Clapton’s lost ’Bursts, the guitarist reached for a variety of instruments during his tenure in Cream, from the iconic ‘Fool’ SG to a mid-’60s ES-335

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“He said, ‘We’re going to make a record, and we’re going to have two guitar players.’ Then we made the Layla album”: Duane Allman on the first time he met Eric Clapton and made an instant classic

The two had huge respect for one another and quickly became close collaborators, resulting in a historic record

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From Hendrix’s pyrotechnics to Cory Wong’s hot-buttered funk, for 72 years the Strat has revolutionized how we play guitar. These are the 25 players who wrote – and burnt – the playbook

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

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"John Belushi always used to try to get off with my ex-wife. I'd say: 'John, I can hear you, you fat git'": Ronnie Wood's wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan and Axl Rose

Living with Hendrix? Jamming with Dylan? Giving Axl relationship advice? Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has done it all

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“The Queen guys were great but their fans just threw things at us – cigarette lighters, shoes, car keys, a loaf of bread, whatever”: How INXS endured a trial by fire to become a stadium rock band in their own right

“We learnt a lot from that whole experience”

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“Clapton kept calling Andy Summers and said, ‘You need to sell me your guitar. I’m going to record Fresh Cream and I need a Les Paul – that’s the sound I want’”: The hidden history of Eric Clapton’s 1960 Summersburst Les Paul Standard

When his ‘Beano’ ’Burst was stolen, Slowhand reached out to Andy Summers for a replacement – and the guitar became the sound of Cream

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