Eric Clapton has announced Happy Xmas, a Christmas album featuring a mix of holiday standards, lesser-known Christmas songs and one original track, “For Love On Christmas Day.”
The album—Slowhand's first full-length foray into holiday music—will arrive October 12 via Bushbranch/Surfdog. It's the legendary guitarist's first album since 2016's I Still Do.
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