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Buddy Holly And The The Crickets
“He was a great hero to all of us”: Paul McCartney salutes a rock ’n’ roll legend who influenced The Beatles

By Paul Elliott Published

Buddy Holly influenced The Beatles, the Stones and many more

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Clapton in 1970
"There had to be some sort of telepathy going on”: The genius of Eric Clapton's controversial masterpiece, Layla

By Neil Crossley Published

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Eric Clapton sits on a cream sofa and plays one of his new signature Martin acoustics, with the other sitting on a stand beside him
Martin recreates Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged acoustic for limited edition 30th anniversary run

By Jonathan Horsley Published

These two versions of Slowhand's pre-war 1939 acoustic were announced on his 80th birthday and celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first signature Martin

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Gibson Custom Murphy Lab Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom Ebony
Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Eric Clapton’s “Disraeli Gears” 1958 Les Paul Custom

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Cream of the crop for collectors, this forensic reproduction ships with a second pickguard signed by Slowhand and Lee, a custom Duck Brothers case and a lot of mojo

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Andy Fairweather Low (left) leans into a note as he plays a solo on his black hollowbody electric; Eric Clapton (right) plays his Black Strat live in the early '90s.
“Put it away and get a proper guitar!”: Andy Fairweather Low on playing with Eric Clapton

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Low got the Teisco Spectrum V bug after seeing Ry Cooder with one. Eddie Van Halen loved them too. Clapton? Not so much...

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“I wanted to do it as if it was brand new”: Eric Clapton's classic Unplugged performance now features previously unseen footage

By Paul Elliott Published

The show that spawned the best-selling live album of all time!

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American blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs live playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar on the American Folk Blues Festival tour in London in October 1965
When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page

By Neil Crossley Published

Best of 2024: The inspirational playing of the last living American blues legend: "I was bringing it up to Eric and Jimmy – ‘Have you heard this stuff!?'"

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Pete Townshend of The Who smashes a Fender Telecaster guitar into the speaker cab of his amplifier during a concert at the Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Germany, 17th April 1967. Singer Roger Daltrey is behind him on the left. Marshall amplifier heads are visible behind the speaker cabs and the guitar is fitted with a Fender Stratocaster neck
"I'm going to pretend I'm Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview

By Guitarist magazine Published

Best of 2024: "The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"

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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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John Lennon and Eric Clapton
Newly unearthed John Lennon letter to Eric Clapton reveals plans for supergroup

By Will Simpson Published

Ex-Beatle hoped group would “bring the balls back in rock 'n’ roll”

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