Books: Eric Clapton, Day by Day: The Early Years, 1963-1982, by Marc Roberty (2013)
The Early Years, 1963-1982 , Marc Roberty takes us into the earliest days of Derek and the Dominoes — with the arrival of key collaborator Bobby Whitlock.
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The Early Years, 1963-1982 , Marc Roberty takes us into the earliest days of Derek and the Dominoes — with the arrival of key collaborator Bobby Whitlock.
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Eric Clapton has cancelled two upcoming concerts this week in Austria and Germany, citing back problems.
Read MoreThere are some pretty obscure pieces of trivia in the Guinness Book of World Records, but "Artist associated with the most And Bands" is probably not one of them.
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"Love Can Build A Bridge" has one of the best line-ups of any charity single – three women who have each made, on their day, magnificent pop records.
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Starting out with The Yardbirds in the early 1960s, Eric Clapton was the archetypal lip-curled young gun, with the swagger of a desperado and the virtuoso technique of an old master.
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As Pattie Boyd talks about old photos of George Harrison and Eric Clapton, she remains — perhaps appropriately, given that she was the inspiration for Clapton's love-lorn "Layla" — unable to decide which had been more inspirational.
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In the Wall Street Journal , there is a caricature drawing I did of rock and roll legend, Eric Clapton.
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Keith Richards appeared on stage with Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night (April 13).
Read MoreJust like the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton is celebrating 50 years in the music business; and following the release of his latest album, 'Old Sock' , he will be playing arenas in the UK & Ireland in May as part of a World Tour. No doubt he will be playing songs from the new album including the single 'Gotta Get Over'.
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So, the local church down the block was having its annual MAMMOTH GARAGE SALE.
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Yes fans joined in a celebration of Peter Banks' life after the guitarist passed last month, and dug into a pair of talks with Jon Anderson as the founding vocalist explored the band's shared legacy.
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David Bowie's long-awaited single "Where Are We Now," in a roundabout way, helped inspire the name of Eric Clapton's new album Old Sock, which the guitarist reveals originally had a far different working title.
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Eric Clapton is in the midst of his Fifty Years Further On Up the Road tour celebrating his fiftieth year in the business, bringing the show to Gwinnett Arena in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday night.
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The Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection is officially onsale now.
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Noel Gallagher has described his performance with Damon Albarn as like "John Lennon playing with Eric Clapton".
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Reggae, show tunes, Hank Snow and low-temperature choogling as far as the ear can hear – "All of Me", "Born to Lose", Gary Moore's "Still Got the Blues", buttressed by the rhythm attributes of Willie Weeks and Steve Gadd. Messrs Winwood and Macca in da house, too.
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This month's MOJO magazine cover star is Eric Clapton , the man who invented rock's cult of the lead guitarist then abdicated the high throne of its ruling deity.
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Eric Clapton is about to release his 20th studio album, Old Sock. The 12-track LP, which features guest appearances from Paul McCartney and Steve Winwood, will be released on Polydor on March 25.
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Eric Clapton 's March 17th concert in Austin, Texas – the third date on his latest North American tour – was a career overview that covered all of his major turning points as a guitarist and most of his commercial successes: Cream , Derek and the Dominos , the Seventies solo hits and his matured resurgence in the Eighties with the MTV Unplugged performance and album.
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David Bowie and Eric Clapton return with albums that recall their glory years, while Shooter Jennings — both as a solo artist and as a producer with Fifth on the Floor — makes two appearances on our list.
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In talking about Ginger Baker, his band mate in both Cream and in Blind Faith, Eric Clapton ends up going in depth about his own battles with addiction.
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Like 461 Ocean Boulevard , but with better singing, Eric Clapton's Old Sock is similarly thin on original songs, swerves into an amiable island-inflected vibe, and never gets too far outside of its super-mellow box.
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Eric Clapton will hang up his guitar when he turns 70.
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Eric Clapton is about to release his 21 st solo album, Old Sock , on March 12th and head out on a spring U.S. arena tour , including the guitarist's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden in April.
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Old Sock, his 21st studio album, is produced by Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley and Simon Climie.
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One of rock's most iconic guitarist, Eric Clapton has little left to prove.
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Universal Music's Polydor division will handle the release of Eric Clapton's upcoming 21st studio album 'Old Sock' outside of North America via a partnership with the guitar man's own label Bushbranch.
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One of two original songs on the forthcoming Eric Clapton album Old Sock has leaked.
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Music fans and critics alike enjoy annually complaining about the Grammy Awards' winners, losers, surprises and snubs.
Read MoreThis week, Eric Clapton announced details of his upcoming studio album, Old Sock. It's a fitting title for an artist who has been around for a very long time but never quite seems to go away.
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Eric Clapton announced plans for a new studio album this week featuring guest appearances by Paul McCartney , Steve Winwood, Chaka Khan and Jim Keltner.
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Dave Hann, anti-fascist and writer, pieced together a collective history of anti-fascism that also re-defines political activity as participation in street protest rather than adhering to a party line.
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When we updated our upcoming releases list on Saturday, we added the mysterious listing for a new Eric Clapton album, Old Sock. The album will be out around March (March 12 is listed but the date is tentative) via Clapton's own Bushbranch Records, distributed by Surfdog Records.
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A pair of lavish reissues arrive just in time for the Christmas buying season, one a classic Eric Clapton release — maybe his very best — and the other a signature effort from Rush, only days after their induction into a certain hall of fame.
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It will be held on December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden.
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Tickets to see The xx at Hammerstein Ballroom go on sale today at noon.
Read MoreAfter the Rolling Stones hosted Jeff Beck and Mary J. Blige (and former Stones Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman) onstage last weekend , the band featured special guests Eric Clapton and Florence Welch last night at the second of two London shows at O2 Arena.
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