One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though ...

Eric Clapton might be anointed as a rock and roll god, but he knew that there was no point in competing with a drummer this ...

Paramount announces a restoration of Eric Clapton’s 1992 performance on “MTV Unplugged,” an expanded re-release of the famous set. Taking inspiration from A24’s re-release of The Talking Heads’ ...

When it comes to guitar heroes, there aren't too many musicians out there considered to be in the same league as Eric Clapton ...

Eric Clapton's chart-topping cover of Bob Marley's biggest hit song sparked a debate about race and representation in music.

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...

"People underestimate what he does,” said Eric Clapton of his friend the Band's Robbie Robertson. “They want to try doing it." ...

Eric Clapton could make nearly any band better, but he felt that he needed to check one group off his creative bucket list.

If Eric Clapton tried to — in one evening — mark every period of his triumphant career playing in bands such as Yardbirds, Blind Faith, and Cream, it would be a very long night. The 79-year-old ...

The 13-track collection offers up a variety of jazz- and blues-flavored tunes, including covers of such well-known songs as The Beatles’ “Yesterday,” The Bee Gees’ “How Deep Is Your Love,” and the ...

The guitar Eric Clapton used to write the 1977 ballad “Wonderful Tonight” is headed to auction this week, and with an estimate of at least US$380,000, the sale shows how strong nostalgia buys are ...

Eric Clapton and George Harrison had a friendship that weathered some seemingly insurmountable challenges. They admired one another’s talent as guitarists and worked together on music. When Harrison ...