<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Eric-clapton ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/eric-clapton Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:49:24 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Nobody had ever made that kind of noise on record before”: The life and times of Mike Vernon, the British blues legend who got Eric Clapton his Bluesbreakers tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-vernon-obituary 7gYpxPJBec8kffu84FfxW6 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:49:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I started this business, I had two kinds of people: those who believed in it and those laughing at me”: Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/matts-guitar-shop-interview UzQ65Wpr3uDnpZii3qViJ9 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were two camps. I came out of the Yardbirds camp – the Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck kind of things”: Why Todd Rundgren chose to play Gibsons over Fenders ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/todd-rundgren-on-why-he-chose-gibson Sha68JyCq3YcfnURFeFPRC Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:33:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A piece of rock and roll history”: Guitars gifted, played and modded by Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen and Keith Richards are all going to auction – and expected to sell for more than $1,500,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/backstage-auctions-eric-clapton-keith-richards-2026 5L3XgxuxhxYPZvvBDNMyYi Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A guitar that sits at the intersection of love, collaboration and some of the most influential songwriting of the late 1960s”: The 1913 Gibson used to write Here Comes the Sun and Let It Rain – owned by Eric Clapton – is now up for auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/the-1913-gibson-used-to-write-here-comes-the-sun-and-owned-by-eric-clapton-is-up-for-auction exz3raWE7gB9sSyd4wuMV4 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:13:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I can't walk away, so I've come back to do the thing I know how to do best, which is play”: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/2026-eric-clapton-crossroads-festival-announced SuYnntMvQBPMB9uCMmtp4N Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:07:13 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With the solo, my mindset is that we’re at the start of a musical journey, and it’s my mission to tell a story”: Jared James Nichols on his melodic soloing ideas every guitar player can take from Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa and SRV ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nicholes-melodic-soloing-like-eric-clapton ZHbnkebXZ3vzSZTfWykV8W Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:21:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Those Fender Jazz basses sounded fantastic, but they scared the hell out of me”: Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/paul-samwell-smith-the-yardbirds-lost-woman WEuVJAUMbkgiV9fFAMFGvE Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:15:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:51:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/jim-irsay-collection-guitar-auction-final-results r8x5LXstnFudBfrpcYospB Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:23:25 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:42:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Jim Irsay Collection sale live: David Gilmour's Black Strat sells for record-shattering $14.5 million in the biggest guitar auction in history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/live/jim-irsay-collection-auction-live 5TWdAdtefDQU8GBcHvashJ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:03:06 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Why an SG? Perhaps he was fed up that his two Les Paul ’Bursts had been stolen”: The history and preservation of Eric Clapton’s The Fool SG ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/eric-clapton-the-fool-gibson-sg-jim-irsay-collection 6jB9RLX6sFp8FS9WDL8Jd5 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He felt a responsibility to look after these things. He was aware that you can’t be buried with them – you are but the temporary custodian”: Inside the greatest guitar auction of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/behind-the-scenes-at-the-jim-irsay-guitar-collection PsDMyD3CbXGaw7o2ZLz7JW Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:53:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton announces US tour – and he’s bringing another blues guitar hero on the road with him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/eric-clapton-us-tour-2026 nrpuSChY23WAkS2DSwThzP Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:13:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/cream-chronicled-nettie-baker-interview 6MCzxU8nizTqC3dbcyAqse Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:50:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Knowing that I had the other one, Eric starts calling me and asking if I would sell it. He was offering me £200 for it, more than twice what I’d paid for it”: The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-clapton-cream-guitars Cc3v7PJFDyoxCNg7nNdzKK Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought my computer actually broke”: Bass phenom Kinga Głyk recalls the moment her rendition of an Eric Clapton classic went viral – and made her career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/kinga-glyk-on-the-eric-clapton-cover-that-made-her-career 5uU4VMZA85qGewWATG3td Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:59:35 +0000 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:46:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As soon as they started to jam, all three felt the magic. They instinctively knew they were on to something”: Their first single was so bad, the label pulled 10,000 copies. Yet they went on to be one of the most influential supergroups in music history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-history-of-cream tHT2DxZbSz2QCFiyeMTLcM Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I asked for a cash discount. The shop assistant said, ‘I could phone up Eric Clapton and he’d come and buy it’”: Robert Fripp’s life in three guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-fripp-three-favorite-guitars d45qu6gkc44L85xpgEm8JT Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I walked into a Guitar Center one day and took it off the wall. It launched 1,000 ships of people chasing that sound”: The guitar that changed Billy Corgan’s life ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-guitar-that-changed-billy-corgans-life vCcCaqg7kRgrWtAFAy43TF Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:24:13 +0000 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:23:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jim Irsay was so proud of having acquired this guitar. It was like the jewel in the crown of his collection”: Getting up-close with a $10m trio of guitars once wielded by Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/jim-irsay-christies-auction-preview-march-2026 cqneCKnBXJXjtLGpSWixDm Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:16:33 +0000 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:15:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Atlantic Records told me, ‘Eric should be the singer. You’re just the bass player.’ So I cried in the corner while they came up with Strange Brew”: Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/jack-bruce-eric-clapton-cream yBKt45GUvvL6oXttdaeNFH Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:40:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The night he died, I was at Buddy Guy’s club waiting for Buddy, Stevie and Clapton. Then we were told they’d all gone down”: Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/larry-mcray-heartbreak-city vVtbvZbR9PQBwEPej285Qf Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There would be a tremendous outpouring of applause – that annoyed Roger quite a lot”: Pink Floyd session guitarist says Roger Waters was “resentful” of Eric Clapton ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-roger-waters-was-resentful-of-eric-clapton DG9LccCZHqY4saLphQ37De Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:07:47 +0000 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:58:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jim Irsay was an incredible collector with an eye for rare treasures”: Details emerge of the historic guitars in the Jim Irsay Collection auction – including David Gilmour’s Black Strat and Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/details-emerge-of-the-historic-guitars-in-the-jim-irsay-collection-auction qKsmXH2AcdRf5KMWRP5CbP Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:24:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob Dylan had me, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Ronnie Wood, Levon Helm and Paul Butterfield. It wasn’t the greatest music I ever played”: Bob Margolin on The Last Waltz, the jam party afterwards and his years with Muddy Waters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bob-margolin-muddy-waters-last-waltz 75YnRd9VhFTbJsa5YJkyYg Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was going to record it, so they put it on hold so nobody else could. But he didn’t actually record it”: Sheryl Crow says Don Henley told her to stop giving her songs away after she wrote a song for Eric Clapton that never got released ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/sheryl-crow-says-she-wrote-a-song-for-eric-clapton-that-he-never-recorded BWVfCeu8bG7rvL9mjo5ipi Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:03:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An icon of late 1960s rock history”: George Harrison and Eric Clapton both married the same woman. Now the historic 1913 Gibson acoustic named after Pattie Boyd is headed to auction – months after it was listed on Reverb for almost $1,000,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/eric-clapton-and-george-harrisons-1913-gibson-pattie-acoustic-auction-november-2025 UQyoCqqGiViiPQPcrSidWk Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:42:49 +0000 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:50:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric said that the only way he’d play on it is if he sounded like the Beatles”: Legendary Abbey Road record producer, Ken Scott, explains how Eric Clapton ended up playing an uncredited solo on a Beatles classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-eric-clapton-ended-up-playing-an-uncredited-solo-on-a-beatles-classic kmqQ5yhXibMrNjF23A8ivG Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:33:19 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:00:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Iasked Eric, ‘Can I play them?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, ofcourse.’ So he went home and I had full licence to play his guitars”: Stephen Dale Petit on break-ups, cancer, Eric Clapton and why the original “blues hooligan” is no gun-for-hire ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/stephen-dale-petit-be-the-love JzFcQnZbWWnmz4jzG88sdg Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:17:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You only get one shot to do this correctly. And I think we nailed it”: Joe Bonamassa once called Eric Clapton his favorite guitar player of all time. Now, the two blues greats are set to collaborate on a B.B. King classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-teams-up-with-eric-clapton-on-b-b-king-tribute-project 9FbMetYUYohFqWRJtUjWqP Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:52:25 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:10:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went to the Crossroads Festival when I was 7. I've been married to my Eric Clapton Strat since I was 13”: Meet NYC trio Tchotchke and their six-string hotshot Emily Tooraen – who caught the blues bug when she saw B.B. King and ZZ Top as a kid ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tchotchke-emily-tooraen xZKBvxmKSC7Ew8zeM8WxpX Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:52:26 +0000 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:17:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/pino-palladino-ernie-ball-music-man-signature-stingray LAfcwTrh65zJhykF64JiaJ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:09:14 +0000 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:08:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of history”: Jim Irsay’s billion-dollar guitar collection is going to auction, with legendary instruments from Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour up for grabs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/jim-irsay-guitar-collection-going-to-auction hMpZqAuy84qfSKYRJ4D3GM Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:52:37 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:30:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was standing two feet from me. When he was done, he said, ‘Well, what do you think?’ And I said, ‘I want to cry’”: How this bluesman linked up with Eric Clapton – and got him to play a solo on his album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/stephen-dale-petit-on-getting-eric-clapton-to-play-on-his-album 8eFuzmYqsWGSj7enRMQNiC Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:16:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think he took the blues up as his personal crusade”: Why Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds and joined the Bluesbreakers, according to his former bandmate ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jim-mccarty-oneric-claptons-time-in-the-yardbirds fuRaH5uxsVwCZHL6iok9S3 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:25:11 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:52:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This actual guitar has been on something like 10 number one records”: From Green Day to Eric Clapton, meet the Taylor acoustic guitar you didn't know was responsible for some of the biggest songs in the world ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/meet-the-taylor-guitar-responsible-for-some-of-the-biggest-songs-in-the-world swpmRhDxats3RdVMAGLrgm Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:05:53 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:33:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘That’s my music.’ His manager said, ‘You’re a girl. You don’t have the money to fight this’”: Rita Coolidge alleges she helped write Eric Clapton’s Layla – but never got credit for it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/rita-coolidge-eric-clapton-layla-credit PSvu5oHMfywcdLAwzxrVKa Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:13:14 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:09:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Oh, when did you get Eric Clapton to play on that?’ He said, ‘He’s not playing on it. That’s me’”: Paul McCartney guitarist Robbie McIntosh on the time he mistook John Mayer’s guitar playing for Slowhand’s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robbie-mcintosh-mistaking-john-mayer-for-eric-clapton AZnDW8iLPyesbGwH3MCiWC Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:12:17 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:29:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The big thing was the neck shape that Clapton wanted. We made about a dozen neck samples for him to play”: From Slowhand’s Strat to “tongue-in-cheek” relics, this is the hidden history of the Fender Custom Shop ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/the-hidden-history-of-the-fender-custom-shop ojiDA5pBBCRHeqvbyiY4EC Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:02:43 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:18:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The same when I first saw Prince, it was like, ‘We’re safe’”: Mk.gee was named Eric Clapton’s favorite new guitarist – now he’s making waves with a guest spot on Justin Bieber’s new album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/mkgee-justin-bieber-swag 7ejzXz26ypNG4e5TFA3Ypc Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:14:54 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:08:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of Eric Clapton’s guitars went for half a million dollars. I was, as I often am, in trouble with the IRS. I thought, ‘This is probably the time’”: Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/todd-rundgren-eric-clapton-the-fool-gibson-sg gMpWTwaLjcUyJq6WoEncvR Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:09:18 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:02:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Two world leaders solidify diplomatic relations by delivering their own rendition of an Eric Clapton classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/two-world-leaders-solidify-diplomatic-relations-by-delivering-their-own-rendition-of-an-eric-clapton 8eaSi8QxQmfLameuFLiuMP Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:53:37 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:38:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would listen to Eric, but my responsibility was with the rhythm section”: You know the tune, but maybe not the player – how an unassuming bassist carved out a spot in music history on Derek & the Dominos’ Layla ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/carl-radle-eric-clapton-layla gkMVEJqTv6iiEPjaLrbToe Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:03:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had no idea you could get a sound like that”: The player that almost convinced The Office star Creed Bratton to give up guitar altogether ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/creed-bratton-on-eric-clapton ZA3NXa4bNcCb5mrhvPfYDF Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:22:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:34:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A rare and culturally critical guitar directly tied to the end of the Beatles and Cream”: A 1913 Gibson acoustic – played and owned by George Harrison and Eric Clapton – has been listed on Reverb ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/1913-gibson-o-style-acoustic-george-harrison-eric-clapton fCWHM4xAcj88NJ4c8d3fXe Fri, 16 May 2025 10:44:04 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:31:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m pretty sure that statement was not meant to be a compliment”: Gary Clark Jr. on the time he bumped into Eric Clapton at a show – and what Slowhand said about his tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gary-clark-jr-eric-clapton-comment d7k83j93hKhkNT5WJAwfH4 Mon, 12 May 2025 14:43:35 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 09:57:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kurt Cobain's 1989 Takamine expected to fetch up to $500,000 at auction – alongside guitars played by the likes of Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, David Bowie, Joe Perry and Melissa Etheridge ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/kurt-cobains-1989-takamine-acoustic-at-auction kSErk5LWoPqd48NreEcQPQ Fri, 09 May 2025 12:08:02 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:31:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “At first, I honestly thought it was a joke. Even now, it hasn’t quite sunk in”: Eric Clapton recently named Toshiki Soejima as one of his favorite contemporary Japanese players – now, the neo-soul guitarist has finally met his guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-clapton-meets-toshiki-soejima NeU55nTrg7rqGZF6d8Wtq6 Fri, 02 May 2025 14:16:17 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:51:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ English folk icon Wizz Jones – guitar hero of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Thurston Moore – has died at 86 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/english-folk-icon-wizz-jones-guitar-hero-of-keith-richards-eric-clapton-and-thurston-moore-has-died-at-86 MHBvfRqHSRQmp44a7N4Djb Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:42:41 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:08:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved working with David Gilmour… but that was an uneasy collaboration”: Pete Townshend admits he’s not a natural collaborator – even with bandmates and fellow guitar heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-admits-hes-not-a-natural-collaborator M5cxjStn8CeYHkmSDwrokW Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:28:19 +0000