Browsing: Eric Clapton

It’s a sound that’s so deeply embedded in music history that it can never be undone — but the Fender Champ didn’t happen overnight. The story is as fascinating as the sound!

Here is a fun article from The Onion, the satirical fake newspaper, on Eric Clapton releasing a new blues album.

73 years ago today, Robert Johnson is said to have passed in Greenwood, Mississippi. While nearly nothing is known about the legend as a man, the music he left was some of the most influential in history.

We recently spoke with Chris Antonik, the hard working, sharp dressing Canadian blues guitarist and vocalist who’s gaining a lot of support in the blues community!

We sat down with the hard-working blues and soul man Hamilton Loomis, where he talked about his Stax/Volt influences and bar-b-qin’ and being mentored by Bo Diddley.

A mere month from turning 75, the six-time Grammy winner was a ball of energy this past Saturday at the first annual Greenwich Town Party in Connecticut.

Robert Johnson’s famous “Stop Breakin’ Down” has been recorded by Clapton, the Stones, the White Stripes & Junior Wells, it’s seen it’s day in court and, over 70 years, has become a landmark blues song.

With less than a week until Robert Johnson’s upcoming 100th birthday, we’re releasing a series of videos and articles on Johnson. Today: Cream plays “Crossroads”.

The recent auction of more than 70 of Eric Clapton’s prized guitars has raised $2.15m for his charity! American Blues Scene recently reported on the auction, which was expected to raise around $400,000.

Tomorrow, Eric Clapton will be auctioning off over 70 guitars and dozens of amplifiers from his personal collection to aide his charity, the Crossroads Centre.