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“One of the best guitar solos ever conceived - captured live on stage!”: Uncovering the truth about the Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved

The real story of Cream’s Crossroads

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“I’m told that I introduced Ozzy to cocaine when Black Sabbath opened for Mountain on their first American tour”: Leslie West’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Hanks

Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon -late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more

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"I remember Jimmy yelling at us and calling us hooligans": Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Jeff Beck and the chaotic session that sowed the seeds for Led Zeppelin

In a small London studio, two Yardbirds, one member of The Who and a pair of passing session maestros united to record a spontaneous instrumental track. Things would never be the same again.

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“I know I can bring out something great in you... I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us”: Newly unearthed Lennon letter to Clapton reveals plans for supergroup

Ex-Beatle hoped group would “bring the balls back in rock 'n’ roll”

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“We are honoured that our company’s relationship with the legendary guitar player continues to this day”: Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby

Doing that scrapyard bling...

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“One of our first and most important Cry Baby artists”: Eric Clapton was one of the Cry Baby’s earliest champions – now he’s been awarded a gold signature version of his favorite wah pedal

The special edition wah will help raise funds for Clapton’s Crossroads Centre

Guitar World

“The Who, Van Halen – the whole thing where there’s a separate singer from the lead guitar player. That started with Hubert Sumlin and Howlin’ Wolf”: Vernon Reid on the 7 riffs that inspired him, from Hendrix to Chic, Cream, and more

The Living Colour guitarist reveals the seven riffs that stopped him in his tracks – and hints at how Jimi Hendrix might have inspired Cult of Personality

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“Herbie Flowers was supposed to do the date, but he couldn't make it. So Bowie said to me, ‘You'll have to play bass’”: Trevor Bolder speaks out on his storied history with David Bowie

How could anyone who played bass on Ziggy Stardust not be a rock legend?

Guitar World

“People used to say to me, ‘Oh, you’re better than Eric Clapton.’ I didn’t know where to put myself”: The triumph and tragedy of Peter Green, the man who founded Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green was one of the greatest guitarists of the late 60s British blues boom – but he never truly conquered his demons

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‘We were cheeky outlaws getting away with it’: the total euphoria of Liverpool’s 90s club scene

From abandoned factories to snooker halls, pre-superclub promoters dodged police to put on some of the UK’s wildest nights. Former ravers recall how they supercharged the city

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“There was one gig where Eric and I stopped playing for two choruses. Jack didn’t even know”: Cream were one of the loudest rock bands of their time – but the excessive volume tore the band apart

During Cream's late '60s heyday, and again during their brief reunion in 2005, drummer Ginger Baker felt that both his – and even Eric Clapton's – contributions were often drowned out by bandmate Jack Bruce's

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“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all

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“Both wahs sound fantastic, and it’ll come down to whether you dig a wah with a more vintage quack or an articulate sweep”: Vox V846 Vintage and Real McCoy Wah review

Whether you are a Cream fiend and Hendrix fanatic or disciple of the Schenker school, there is a gourmet flavor of wah for you in this retro-accurate wah pairing from Vox

Guitar World

“Eric was a bit taken aback”: When Jack Bruce radically reworked Cream hits to Eric Clapton’s surprise – and that time Marvin Gaye asked him to join his band

Some people believe rock ’n’ roll should never leave the cozy three-chord confines of the garage – and then there’s Jack Bruce

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"God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can": The tortured and tumultuous life of the late Ginger Baker

Driving across deserts, owning polo ponies, making and losingfortunes, influencing generations of musicians… Ginger Baker‘s story nothing was like no one else's

Guitar World

“That song has a Led Zeppelin-meets-Frank-Zappa unison riff up front, but I tried to imagine what Krist Novoselic might play”: Fusion bass great Jimmy Haslip breaks down his 2001 project with Robben Ford and Vinnie Colaiuta

Jimmy Haslip is a lefty who plays a left-handed 6-string bass with the strings reversed

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John Mayall obituary

Bandleader, composer, instrumentalist and singer who nurtured players such as Eric Clapton and put British blues on the map

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John Mayall death: Influential British blues pioneer dies aged 90

Musician’s band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars

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“You could argue that Cream was the first fusion band. Eric Clapton was our Ornette Coleman – we just didn’t tell him!” How Jack Bruce tapped into his jazz roots with fusion supergroup Spectrum Road

Jack Bruce launched Spectrum Road in 2012, featuring drummer Cindy Blackman-Santana, and Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid

Guitar World

“He had this ’65 Firebird III hanging on the wall. It was one of the best guitars I’d ever played. Some weeks later, I dreamed about it. I was like, ‘That’s the Holy Grail!’” DeWolff’s Pablo van de Poel on the quest to land his literal dream guitar

The Dutch psych-rock maestro checks in to show us his guitars and in the process makes us A) want a Firebird and B) wonder if it's time to have three fuzz pedals on our pedalboards

Guitar World

“Beck, Clapton and Page are okay. But they’re no better than Jim McCarty from Cactus and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels”: Ted Nugent weighs in on top guitarist lists and the unsung heroes who deserve more recognition

Ted Nugent names the guitarists he thinks deserve to be championed as much as Beck, Clapton and Page

Guitar World

“When Fender and Gibson embrace new tech, it’s usually not well received. It’s better to work with a young, disruptive company who wants to break the rules”: Inside Cream Guitars, the no-copy Mexican brand shaking up guitar with color-changing finishes

How a doctor (who also sidelined in designing suits for firefighters) ended up creating Cream Guitars, one of the most groundbreaking new brands in the industry

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"I remember this cold, damp day in Barnes Cemetery, lugging this plexiglas coffin around with Mickey Mouse": The curious story of Free's debut album

Recorded for just £800, Free’s Tons Of Sobs remains one of rock’s greatest debut albums

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“This guy came up to me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Jimi Hendrix, can I sit in with your band?’ I said, ‘Well, I dunno – let’s go and find out’”: In June 1968, Jack Bruce came close to forming a band with Jimi Hendrix

Speaking in 2003, the late Cream bassist Jack Bruce recalled his first encounters with Jimi Hendrix

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"He told me 'I'm giving all the magic stuff up and I’m just going to play.' A few days later he was dead": The apocalyptic life of Graham Bond, one of British music's great lost talents

Graham Bond told people he was the son of Aleister Crowley. His life was blighted by drugs. And on May 8, 1974, he died under a train in North London

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