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Musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd, guitar detail of David Gilmour's 'Black Strat which was used to record the Pink Floyd album 'Wish You Were Here,' performs onstage during the Jim Irsay Collection Exhibit and Concert at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Details emerge of the historic guitars in the Jim Irsay Collection auction

By Janelle Borg Published

Compiled over decades by the late billionaire businessman and Indianapolis Colts owner/CEO, the Jim Irsay Collection has achieved a mythical status for its rich trove of historic guitars

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO - OCTOBER 01: Bob Margolin and Al Chesis performed at the 2nd Blues on the Mesa festival at Gold Hill Mesa in Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs on October 01, 2022. (Photo by Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Bob Margolin on The Last Waltz, jamming with Dylan and Clapton – and his years with Muddy Waters

By Andrew Daly Published

Blues veteran recalls the “reefer” moment that landed him a job with his hero, the Gibson archtop that’s seen in the movie, and how he stayed friends with Waters despite business matters

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Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow perform live together at the 2007 Crossroads festival, with Slowhand playing his signature Strat, Crow playing a Telecaster.
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

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Will Slowhand ever release this song? It has been sitting "on hold" for him since the ’90s

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Martin 000 Junior Sapele Special Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural, Sweetwater Exclusive
Martin has been the go-to acoustic guitar brand for the likes of Elvis, Eric Clapton and John Mayer – now you can join the ranks for less than $600

By Janelle Borg Published

Earlier this year, Martin rebooted its Junior lineup – and this Sweetwater-exclusive 000 Junior Sapele Special delivers on all fronts

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George HarrisonEric Clapton 1913 Gibson Pattie Style-0 Sunburst Archtop Acoustic Guitar
George Harrison and Eric Clapton both married the same woman. Now the historic 1913 Gibson acoustic named after Pattie Boyd is headed to auction

By Phil Weller Published

The pair reportedly wrote some of their most iconic songs on the instrument

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George Harrison (1943 - 2001, left) and Eric Clapton at Limehouse Studios in London during recording of the TV programme 'Blue Suede Shoes', spotlighting veteran rockabilly songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins. In the background are drummers Slim Jim Phantom and Ringo Starr
Legendary Abbey Road record producer, Ken Scott, explains how Eric Clapton ended up playing an uncredited solo on a Beatles classic

By Janelle Borg Published

Scott also reveals the recording technique the team used to make sure Clapton's solo sounded Beatles-esque

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Stephen Dale Petite: 3. The Modern Flying V is a divisive design, but its lightweight, ergonomic build makes Stephen a big fan. It was specially made by Gibson’s Custom Shop and features a solid mahogany body, rosewood fingerboard – plus Stephen’s initials as part of the serial number
Stephen Dale Petit on break-ups, cancer, Eric Clapton and why the original “blues hooligan” is no gun-for-hire

By Henry Yates Published

Grave illness and a broken heart have tested Stephen Dale Petit – but the bluesman tells us that completing his Clapton-bolstered masterpiece, Be The Love, is all that matters

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Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa perform on stage at the Royal Albert Hall on May 4, 2009 in London, England
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

By Janelle Borg Published

Bonamassa's star-studded tribute project to B.B. King – B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 – is set to be released in February, with collaborators including Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, Larkin Poe and Jimmie Vaughan

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A black-and-white shot of Emily Tooraen, guitarist in NYC blues-rock trio Tchotchke, holding a Gibson Les Paul
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

By Alice McIver Published

They've toured with the The Gossip and The Makeup, play self-styled diva rock, and on their sophomore album, Playin' Dumb, Tchotchke are taking their '60s-indebted girl-group sound global. As Tooraen explains, it all goes back to the blues

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Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass

By Andrew Daly Published

One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran

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