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"I'm not too struck on Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, I never saw what was in Clapton at all". In 1975, Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore was asked for his thoughts on his peers: he did not hold back

Blackmore on Hendrix, Beck, Page, Clapton, Townshend and more

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"I came home from school and learned all the sounds, and learned all the songs note for note. I could just relate to it somehow": How the blues galvanised Gary Moore

Heavily influenced by the 60s boom, Thin Lizzy’s perennially under-rated guitarist Gary Moore would take blues rock to the next level and beyond

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“Duane Allman played a great solo, came back, and Eric says, ‘Well, I want to do mine again!’ This went on for at least an hour or two”: How Eric Clapton went from God to all-'round guitar genius in the ‘70s

After the writing on the wall proclaimed him a deity in the '60s, where else was there to go for Eric Clapton but on a search of self-discovery, musical improvement, and new artistic frontiers

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Elton John, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson and more to appear on posthumously created album of duets with Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell Duets revisits the late country star's Ghost On The Canvas album - listen to contributions from Eric Clapton and Eric Church now

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“Nobody in Decca studios had ever witnessed somebody setting up their guitar and amp and playing at that volume. People in the canteen were complaining”: How Eric Clapton revolutionized electric guitar in the ‘60s

It was a febrile time for popular music, and in Eric Clapton, guitar had a hero in waiting who would change forever how we would play the instrument

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Green Day, Ace Frehley and George Harrison's last Beatles guitar – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! Code Orange, Johnny Marr, Chelsea Wolfe, Eddie Martinez, Marty Friedman, Adam Jones and the sad tale of Ted Nugent's original Gibson Byrdland

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The 10 greatest slide guitar moments in rock

From Johnny Winter to Led Zeppelin, here’s how a hit of slide guitar can lift a song to the heavens

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Stratocaster vs Telecaster: What’s the difference between these legendary guitar siblings?

Two seminal guitars from the same manufacturer; what are their similarities and differences, and which is right for you?

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"I charged him £200 for it. It's worth about two million now": The Police's Andy Summers on the guitar he deeply regrets selling to Eric Clapton

For The Police guitarist Andy Summers, seller's remorse is a very real emotion

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Neil Slaven obituary

Other lives: Blues aficionado who founded Blue Horizon Records

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“Eric Clapton’s a great guitarist, but Gary Moore’s a more exciting player”: Jack Bruce on the brilliance of Gary Moore and why Cream’s real chemistry was between Bruce and Ginger Baker

In 1993 the late Cream bassist joined forces with Gary Moore and Ginger Baker to form the short-lived power trio BBM

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"Every single note he played could kill me with its beauty": Celebrating the life of a man regularly described by his peers as the greatest guitarist of them all, Jeff Beck

A look back on the life, times and truly extraordinary music of the The Guv’nor

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Del Palmer, Kate Bush’s bassist, engineer and former partner, dies aged 71

The songwriter’s studio linchpin played and engineered everything from Hounds of Love to sessions with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton

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Long John Baldry helped found the British blues scene, inspired Eric Clapton, discovered Rod Stewart, and gave his name to Elton John: He was also the voice of Sonic The Hedgehog's Dr Ivo Robotnik

A homage to Long John Baldry, a man whose influence on the bands and musicians of the British blues boom made him a pivotal figure in UK music

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“Leslie West said: ‘I prefer your licks, Pete. Eric seems to be playing things he’s learned, that he’s picked up from other blues players’”: Pete Townshend says the Mountain legend favored his expansive rock licks over Eric Clapton’s blues vocabulary

“I think that is a fair comparison, although I have seen Eric play live, where he really goes sky high,” the Who hero added

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Pete Townshend talks Clapton and more: "I remember Leslie West saying to me, ‘I prefer your licks to Eric’s. He seems to be playing things that he’s learned, that he’s picked up from other blues players’"

Who legend goes on record in extensive magazine interview

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"The crowd was berserk, and Bruce just beaming. It was like he knew. He'd taken a massive step": Bruce Springsteen and the long road from Sunday matinees to stardom

Like many young teenagers in the 60s, Bruce Springsteen was obsessed with rock'n'roll. A decade and a lot of hard graft later, he was being hailed as its future

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The world’s most influential guitar gear designers: meet the pioneers behind the innovations that changed the electric guitar forever

It’s not just star guitarists who have changed the way we play – these are the innovators whose inventions forever altered the course of the guitar itself

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“Eric Clapton played with a stately authority. It’s missing in guitar today. It seems every great player has to play very fast. It can be distasteful, honestly”: Scott Holiday says Slowhand’s slow hand is still the gold standard for expressive playing

Clapton remains an ever-present force in the Rival Sons star’s own sound – here’s why Holiday views his hero as one of the most influential guitarists of all time

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The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Best of 2023: Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

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A new in-depth look at Eric Clapton in the '60s, '70s and '80s – only in the new Guitar World

Featuring brand-new Slowhand-centric interviews with Steve Lukather, Eddie Kramer, Albert Lee, Phil Palmer, Chuck Kirkpatrick, Danny Flowers, Albhy Galuten, Joe Bonamassa and more

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Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2023

We had to say goodbye to a staggering number of guitar geniuses this year. We salute those players and their contributions to the instrument

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Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

Best of 2023: On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

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As teenagers Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck jammed and traded licks. As young men they changed the sound of rock'n'roll. In 1999 they sat down to talk about it

“Jimi Hendrix? What about him? He stole my fuzz box!"

Guitar World

“At four in the morning, I got a call from David Bowie. He said they needed a guitar player for Iggy Pop’s album”: As right-hand man for everyone from Mark Knopfler to Eric Clapton, ‘Session Man’ Phil Palmer more than earned his nickname

Armed with a Nocaster given to him by his uncle, the Kinks’ Dave Davies, Palmer became a go-to guitarist for some of music’s biggest names, landing an official role in Dire Straits – and narrowly missing out on playing Clapton’s MTV Unplugged set

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