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Eric Clapton: The Artist Formerly Known as God By By Brad Tolinski and Harold Steinblatt published 18 April 08 On Pilgrim, Eric Clapton demonstrated that there’s more to salvation than a heavenly guitar solo. He tells Guitar World why.
