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Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom 1964 Eric Clapton ES-335
Epiphone to unveil replica of Eric Clapton’s 1964 ES-335TDC at Crossroads Guitar Festival 2026

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Gibson will be at Crossroads 2026 with a booth where you can try guitars and win this Clapton 335. Will it have the “Hare Krishna” stamp? We'll find out when it drops in summer 2027

Guitars
Robin Trower and Jack Bruce photographed circa 1980, just before they would collaborate on BLT.
Legendary guitarist Robin Trower on the ’80s supergroup he created with Jack Bruce

By Jonathan Horsley Published

In 1981, Robin Trower got together with former Sly And The Family Stone drummer Bill Lowden and former Cream frontman Jack Bruce and made one delicious blues-rock sandwich

Guitarists
Eric Clapton performing on stage with Cream during their first live appearance in 1966
How Eric Clapton’s mission to spread the blues gospel was the making of the first guitar ‘god’

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The discovery of Freddie King was the Eureka! moment in the origin story of Slowhand's ascent as the British blues scene's greatest player

Artists
Jack Bruce wears a long coat as he plays his cherry red EB-1 violin bass onstage
Cream legend Jack Bruce’s EB-1 violin bass to go on display at the Gibson Garage London

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The life of the late Cream bassist will be commemorated with an all-star jam to raise funds for the Jack Bruce Foundation as the Gibson Garage London celebrates its first anniversary

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“I think that the whole band was kind of misunderstood by everybody, and it gave us a sort of an edge, you know": The story of Cream's Disraeli Gears

By Jamie Dickson Published

Best of 2024: How Baker, Bruce and Clapton transcended their (and their management's) very different ambitions for Cream to track a '60s masterpiece

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
“One of the best guitar solos ever!”: The Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved

By Neville Marten Published

The real story of Cream’s Crossroads

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
“That was just the way it was at that point because Ahmet Ertegun was more or less in love with Eric. He thought Eric should be the frontman”: Cream and the trouble with Strange Brew

By Matt Frost Published

The classic opener to Disraeli Gears was never a favourite of Cream's members, and this is why

Bands
Eric Clapton demos a Guitar Center exclusive signature Martin D-45
“The first time I saw a Martin, it was like an exotic creature”: Watch Eric Clapton run the rule over his Guitar Center exclusive signature acoustics

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Check out the other models in a limited run that celebrates 25 years of Crossroads Guitar Festival – including signature Clapton Strats and a PRS Private Stock Carlos Santana

Guitarists
Eric Clapton and Robbie Robertson perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua July 28, 2007 in Bridgeview, Illinois
Eric Clapton pays tribute to Robbie Robertson in rare interview: "He was the visionary. I have no doubt that he wrote all those songs"

By Rob Laing Published

Slowhand isn't talking to mainstream journalists anymore – but one YouTuber has become a trusted outlet for his thoughts

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Ginger Baker, Cream’s legendary drummer, dies aged 80

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Baker will be remembered as one of the most-talented drummers the world has seen

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