(On October 11 in New Haven, Cream gave one of the last performances ... they were generous with their conversation. We were lucky. Eric Clapton, the most approachable of the three, had shaved ...

Young Clapton’s interest was sparked after hearing ... It wasn’t just thirty-year-old Blues songs that Eric and Cream loved; Albert King’s ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’ was given the ...

The major band which featured bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker – along with guitarist Eric Clapton — was Cream. Often regarded as the ... “We go all the way back to ‘Young Girl Blues’ ...

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- On Friday, July 19, 2024, the Wellmont Theater presents The Cream of Clapton Band. Endorsed by the man himself, family, friends and band mates celebrate Eric’s record breaking ...

during a show at Regent Street Polytechnic when Eric Clapton held out a figurative hand to a young guitarist who was desperate for a shot at the big time. The 1966 event can be seen as a turning point ...

Throughout the decades, no guitarist has been more prominent in the world of music than Eric Clapton. First as a member of highly influential bands like The Yardbirds, Blind Faith and Cream and ...

In 1965, British blues artist John Mayall enlisted Eric ... Clapton joined the Bluesbreakers, replacing Roger Dean. While he departed months later (forming another band and touring Greece), the ...

Cream went to go see Jimi Hendrix perform in London, and that was about all bassist Jack Bruce needed in order to come up with what would become the riff for "Sunshine of Your Love." Eric Clapton ...

I was a young man, around the age of 18 or 19 ... many musicians who would go on to achieve icon status. Eric Clapton left to ...

The likes of Eric ... Clapton put it best, in his response to the blues icon’s passing: “I want to say thank you, chiefly for rescuing me from oblivion and God knows what when I was a young ...

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.