Summer 1965. An Immediate records session at Decca studios, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North London. Men wearing white lab coats over shirts and ties, their hair neatly trimmed, stand ...

If there’s one song Eric Clapton probably wished he’d never written, it’s Tears In Heaven. A lament to his deceased son Conor, and also full of Clapton’s own self-loathing, it garnered Grammy Awards, ...

Cream was one of the most iconic rock supergroups of the 1960s, and it’s wild to think that they were only together for a handful of years. During those years, though, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and ...

Clapton may have turned 80 in March, but his age didn’t show as he ripped off one blazing guitar solo after another throughout the evening. His voice also sounded strong, although most of the songs’ ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eric Clapton may not be God, but Thursday night he put to rest any debate about his place in the rock ’n’ roll pantheon with a blues-heavy show for a packed Rocket Arena crowd. The ...

As suggested by the title, there is no traditional anniversary being celebrated by “Eric Clapton Unplugged . . . Over 30 Years Later.” It’s kind of funny, actually. But the return of the landmark MTV ...

Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later, now streaming on Paramount+, revisits the Hall of Fame singer, guitarist, and songwriter’s 1992 acoustic set for MTV, which revitalized his career for a new ...

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