Latest about Eric Clapton
Albert Lee is the legendary British picker who found his home in country music – and made guitar heroes quake in their boots
The icon of rock and country guitar tells all: what it was like performing alongside Eric Clapton and George Harrison, how he inspired Jimmy Page and why he hates distortion
Pete Townshend pulls out of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival due to injury
Townshend has also quietly confirmed a reunion with The Who is in the works
![Angus Young wears his school uniform as AC/DC play Donington Monsters of Rock [left]; Eric Clapton is suited and playing a pale blue Strat in the mid '80s.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QgAfKvcwAsJVc5suVA6JUK-840-80.jpg.webp)
Angus Young’s thoughts on Eric Clapton – and the players he prefers
When the AC/DC guitarist was coming up, Clapton was the player blowing everyone's mind but his
Guitar Center unveils Crossroads 2026 collection with limited-edition Eric Clapton and John Mayer models
An exclusive PRS Silver Sky that will see action at the festival and a recreation of Clapton's Blind Faith Telecaster headline the drop
“I managed to survive”: Albert Lee on his time as Eric Clapton’s sideman
Lee was Clapton’s right-hand man for five years and was part of Slowhand’s legendary live album Just One Night, recorded in Tokyo
Why Jimmy Page turned down multiple offers to join the Yardbirds – and why he relented
From the Archive Jimmy Page could have been a Yardbird before Jeff Beck, had he accepted the somewhat clandestine offers of the band’s management
Why Jeff Beck said no to replacing Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers
From the Archive Beck was asked to follow Slowhand’s footsteps out of the Yardbirds and into the Bluesbreakers before he decided to go solo
Up close with the Les Paul Custom that both Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton owned
Dubbed the ‘Fretless Wonder’, the Les Paul Custom waltzed onto the scene in 1954. This particular mid-’50s model found its way into the hands of two guitar heroes
