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Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Eric Clapton’s “Disraeli Gears” 1958 Les Paul Custom
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Cream of the crop for collectors, this forensic reproduction ships with a second pickguard signed by Slowhand and Lee, a custom Duck Brothers case and a lot of mojo

“Put it away and get a proper guitar!”: Andy Fairweather Low on playing with Eric Clapton
By Jonathan Horsley published
Low got the Teisco Spectrum V bug after seeing Ry Cooder with one. Eddie Van Halen loved them too. Clapton? Not so much...

“I wanted to do it as if it was brand new”: Eric Clapton's classic Unplugged performance now features previously unseen footage
By Paul Elliott published
The show that spawned the best-selling live album of all time!

“I think that the whole band was kind of misunderstood by everybody, and it gave us a sort of an edge, you know": The story of Cream's Disraeli Gears
By Jamie Dickson published
Best of 2024: How Baker, Bruce and Clapton transcended their (and their management's) very different ambitions for Cream to track a '60s masterpiece

When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page
By Neil Crossley published
Best of 2024: The inspirational playing of the last living American blues legend: "I was bringing it up to Eric and Jimmy – ‘Have you heard this stuff!?'"

"I'm going to pretend I'm Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview
By Guitarist magazine published
Best of 2024: "The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"

“One of the best guitar solos ever!”: The Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved
By Neville Marten published
The real story of Cream’s Crossroads

Newly unearthed John Lennon letter to Eric Clapton reveals plans for supergroup
By Will Simpson published
Ex-Beatle hoped group would “bring the balls back in rock 'n’ roll”
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