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See Eric Clapton make a surprise guest appearance with Jerry Douglas to pay tribute to Jeff Beck and play While My Guitar Gently Weeps
By Rob Laing published
Slowhand appeared with the duke of Dobro at Royal Festival to play two songs
Listen to previously unreleased Eric Clapton track Born Under a Bad Sign
By Rod Brakes last updated
Video This rarity appears ahead of new limited edition boxed set release, The Complete Reprise Studio Albums – Volume I
Eric Clapton releases surprise new song Pompous Fool
By Rob Laing last updated
The gritty honky tonk blues track emerges on the day UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as leader of his party
Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for Covid-19
By Jonathan Horsley published
Two forthcoming dates in Switzerland and Italy will be rescheduled following Slowhand's diagnosis – but there is good news as US dates are announced for September
Clapton speaks out: "I'm cut from the cloth where if you tell me I can't do something, I really wanna know why I can't do it"
By Rob Laing published
The guitarist offers his perspective on the recent controversies surrounding his stance on Covid measures – "What's offending me now is I'm being insulted by the media"
Robert Cray on Eric Clapton: “I’d just rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish"
By Rob Laing published
The bluesman explains why their 35-year friendship is over
Eric Clapton announces new album The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions
By Rob Laing published
The intimate acoustic record is a spiritual follow-up to his classic MTV Unplugged record
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite calls Eric Clapton a “complete joker” for anti-vaccine stance
By Jonathan Horsley published
Braithwaite says Clapton “made his career from copying black musicians but then quotes Enoch Powell“
Classic Interview: Eric Clapton – “I was in it to save the world. I wanted to tell the world about blues and to get it right. In a way I thought, ‘Yes, I am God; quite right!‘“
By Guitarist magazine published
In this Guitarist interview from 1994, Slowhand looks back on the early days with John Mayall, The Yardbirds and Cream, and explains why blues was the only education he needed
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