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Eric Clapton performs onstage during Day 2 of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Crypto.com Arena on September 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California
Eric Clapton announces US tour – and he’s bringing another blues guitar hero on the road with him

By Matt Owen Published

Nathan East and Doyle Bramhall II will make up Slowhand's band for the short run later this year

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Concert, Gigs & Tours
Cream play the Whisky A Go Go in 1967
What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all

By David Mead Published

Nettie Baker’s new book Cream Chronicled debunks a few myths about one of rock’s most influential power trios

Bands
Eric Clapton, pictured in 1967, playing with Cream, playing his infamous Beano Les Paul Standard
The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars

By Neville Marten Published

The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mix of instruments but also offers up a mystery or two

Guitarists
Kinga Głyk performs at Blue Note on March 24, 2024 in Milan, Italy
Bass phenom Kinga Głyk recalls the moment her rendition of an Eric Clapton classic went viral – and made her career

By Janelle Borg Published

Głyk also touches on how social media can be used as a democratizing tool for musicians to access the industry

Bassists
Cream play Madison Square Garden in 1968.
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

By Marc Roberty Published

60 years ago, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker put together Cream. This is the story of the early years of the power trio that changed the face of popular music, and elevated Clapton to God-like status

Bands
A black-and-white image of Robert Fripp playing his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom
“I asked for a discount. The assistant said, ‘I could phone up Clapton and he’d buy it’”: Robert Fripp’s life in three guitars

By Andrew Daly Published

The King Crimson founder has enjoyed the company of all kinds of guitars in his time – from the good, bad to the ugly – but these are the three that have meant the most to him

Guitarists
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performing at Lollapalooza '94 at Downing Stadium on Randall's Island, New York City on August 6, 1994.
The guitar that changed Billy Corgan’s life

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

It soundtracked two of the biggest alt-rock albums of all time, but as the Smashing Pumpkins leader remembers, the guitar itself was far from expensive

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Guitarists
Jim Irsay Guitar auction - Christie's 2026
Getting up-close with a $10m trio of guitars once wielded by Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour

By Phil Weller Published

The truly iconic guitars are due to go under the hammer at Christie's soon – and Guitarist got an exclusive look ahead of the sale

Electric Guitars
Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton from Cream pose together on stage during their farewell performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 26th November 1968.
Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks

By Nick Wells Published

In later years, Bruce jokingly referred to Cream as Da Creams, in a nod to the band’s supergroup status

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Bassists
Larry McCray smiles as he plays his red Guild Polara
Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig

By Amit Sharma Published

Living blues legend Larry McCray is keeping on keeping on and keeping the blues alive, and on his latest LP, Heartbreak City, he's taking his guitar to places his voice can't reach

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