Toshiki Soejima was first introduced to Eric Clapton's music through his dad, who once handed over a CD of the Robert Johnson cover album, Me and Mr. Johnson. Fast forward to 2025, and Clapton has ...

Gibson has continued its fine form of recreating legendary artists’ electric guitars by unveiling the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom – a replica of Slowhand’s famed triple-humbucker Gibson Les Paul ...

Clapton may have turned 80 in March, but his age didn’t show as he ripped off one blazing guitar solo after another throughout the evening. His voice also sounded strong, although most of the songs’ ...

Eric Clapton played the first of several scheduled U.S concerts on Tuesday night at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Jimmie Vaughan served as the opening act. Clapton's 1971 Derek and the Dominos ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eric Clapton returns to one of Billboard’s genre-specific rankings ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eric Clapton may not be God, but Thursday night he put to rest any debate about his place in the rock ’n’ roll pantheon with a blues-heavy show for a packed Rocket Arena crowd. The ...

Eric Clapton’s fifth solo album Slowhand debuts on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart at No. 2, nearly netting the guitarist another No. 1. British guitarist Eric Clapton performing on stage at the ...

When it comes to guitar heroes, there aren't too many musicians out there considered to be in the same league as Eric Clapton. Ever since a fan spray-painted the words "Clapton Is God" on a London ...

“See if you can spot this one,” Eric Clapton told the small audience in a Windsor television studio in January 1992, just before he began playing a dramatically different arrangement of one of his ...

Of course, the guitar has quite the musical history. Clapton, who actually owned the instrument, and Harrison can be seen with the axe in a private songwriting session back in October 1968. (You can ...