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“He’s real tough, and when he’s liquored up, he can really play!” Pat Hare influenced Stevie Ray Vaughan, beat Cream and Led Zeppelin to the blues-rock punch, and recorded an eerily prescient guitar knockout called I’m Gonna Murder My Baby

A remarkably gifted, but equally volcanic, guitarist who played with Howlin’ Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, and Bobby Bland, Hare made a seismic (and largely forgotten) impact on the development of blues-rock, before receiving a life sentence in prison

Guitar World

A swift history of the concert film, from The Last Waltz to the Eras Tour

I felt I was missing something when I went on a Sunday night in late October to see Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour at my local independent cinema. I was: it was the audience.

The Conversation

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

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“It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound

Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing

Guitar World

“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

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

MusicRadar

Eric Clapton pays tribute to Robbie Robertson in rare interview: "He was the visionary. I have no doubt that he wrote all those songs"

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

MusicRadar

"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’" – How Robbie Robertson wrote The Band's classic song, The Weight

"I sat the guitar on my lap and I was kind of bent over it and I looked inside the sound hole on the guitar and it said, Nazareth, Pennsylvania"

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“If it hadn’t been for music, I’d have ended up killing myself”: the epic life and turbulent times of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler

An epic career-spanning interview with Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler

Metal Hammer

Things you could do in the 1990s you can't anymore

The decade will feel like only yesterday for many

Liverpool Echo

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream

The couple take on Sunshine of Your Love with the help of dairy products

Guitar World

Toyah and Robert Fripp perform Cream cover, cover themselves in cream

Things get extremely literal in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen, with a cream-enhanced cover of Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love

Louder

‘If you have dreams, follow them!’ Paul Nicholas on Bowie, the Bee Gees, playing Jesus – and ruffling the king’s hair

In six decades in showbiz, he has been murdered by Screaming Lord Sutch, played the lead in Hair, had hit singles and a hit sitcom – and surprised Serge Gainsbourg

The Guardian - UK

Learn the playing styles of every Eric Clapton era with this epic lesson

Five EC pieces for the Slowhand in training...

Guitar World

Pete Tong on 'special bond' he has with the city of Liverpool

The DJ will be performing in the city later this month

Liverpool Echo

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The Guardian - UK

Pete Brown, countercultural poet, singer and Cream lyricist, dies aged 82

British poet who wrote lyrics for Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and many more also had acclaimed solo career

Liverpool Echo

'Music seems far more important in Liverpool - we get it'

“Eurovision is a chance to exhibit what is happening [within the music scene] here all of the time”

Guitar World

Custom Flying Vs, strange open tunings and massive bends: how Albert King created his own strain of the blues – and inspired Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan

A left-hander, King flipped a right-handed guitar upside down, put it in an unorthodox tuning, and forged a style steeped in steely drama and epic bends

Liverpool Echo

15 things you could do in 90s Liverpool that you can't do now

These are bound to stir some memories

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Liverpool Echo

Demolished Liverpool nightclub that clubbers were 'never out of'

It had many different names through the years

Liverpool Echo

15 lost Merseyside bars and clubs we loved in the 90s

They attracted thousands from across Merseyside in their time

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool's 'hidden' music tour where you get to enjoy a pint with a legend

Peter Hooton will lift the lid on bust-ups with Oasis and forgotten gems in the city during the unique experience

Liverpool Echo

15 lost Liverpool bars and clubs that we loved back in the 00s

From celebrity haunts to legendary clubs

Liverpool Echo

Cream at 30: How a Liverpool club night gained legendary status

It started back in October 1992

Liverpool Echo

Creamfields North 2023: how to get tickets, dates, line-up & more

The tickets are on general sale now

Liverpool Echo

Lost Noughties bar loved by 'Scouserati' was place to dress up and be seen

A joint venture between super club Cream's founder and the owner of Blue Bar, Babycream was the place to turn heads

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