Between 1965 and 1967, Eric Clapton and Peter Green blew through John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and lit the fuse of the British boom. This is the true story of the greatest handover in blues ...

Cream had the talent and clout to become one of the greatest bands of all time. Though, thanks to two factors, that never ...

Few guitarists will forget the first time they heard Clapton’s ecstatic playing on the track Hideaway from the Bluesbreakers ...

Eric Clapton may be a guitar master, but he wouldn't have got there if it weren't for the power of some pivotal songs that ...

How the pressure put on Cream by their record label were as much a part of why they broke up as Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and ...

Eric Clapton earned the moniker "God" with a Gibson Les Paul Standard in his hands. It was his guitar of choice during his mid-1960s stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and the Gibson brand ...

Eric Clapton always professed his wish to be the ... and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (leaving because he felt that he couldn’t quite express himself creatively under Mayall’s oversight).

Eric Clapton had already carved out a respectable career before he issued his first solo album in 1970. Since then, he's released nearly two dozen LPs under his name. And it's been kind of a ...

A journey through Eric Clapton's live performances at the ... until he left to join the purist blues of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, to the dynamism and musical synchronisation with Ginger ...

Eric Clapton may have the most impressive résumé in rock ‘n’ roll history, having played in the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluebreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos.