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Carlos Santana: 'My guitar is my best lover, ever'

“Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage

The Independent UK

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

Five EC pieces for the Slowhand in training...

Guitar World

Tony McPhee obituary

Influential British blues guitarist and singer with the rock band the Groundhogs

The Guardian - UK

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The Groundhogs guitarist and frontman Tony McPhee dies aged 79

The influential British rock guitarist backed John Lee Hooker, recorded with Jimmy Page and played with Eric Clapton and John Mayall

Guitar World

How a psychotic reaction inspired The Groundhogs' revolutionary classic Split

In 1971 The Groundhogs released Split, a savage, four-part suite titled documenting a traumatic brush with drugs experienced by frontman Tony McPhee

Louder

Eric Clapton announces exclusive show at Liverpool M&S Bank Arena

The guitar legend last played at the arena in 2009

Liverpool Echo

Pixies to play Dublin's 3Olympia as tickets set to go on sale

The American alt-rock legends will play their cult classic 4AD albums Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde in their entirety for the first time, as well as other classics from their catalogue

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Eric Clapton announces Dublin gig as tickets set to go on sale

The 'Wonderful Tonight' hitmaker will be playing Dublin as part of a short UK and Ireland tour which will see him perform at five major cities

Dublin Live

Eric Clapton announces UK & Ireland tour

Eric Clapton will play six UK and Ireland shows in May 24, and yes, two of them are at the Royal Albert Hall

Louder

Learn 7 of the greatest blues guitar licks of all time

Featuring classics by Hendrix, BB King, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Freddie King, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker

MusicRadar

Why I ❤️ Derek & The Dominos' Layla (And Other Assorted Love Songs), by Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell on growing up in church and being inspired by Eric Clapton and Janet Jackson

Louder

Eric Clapton and Gary Clark Jr. played Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers at the recent Jeff Beck tribute – see how they handled the show’s most daunting task

The two guitar heroes were performing at the recent Beck tribute concerts at London’s Albert Hall organized by Clapton

Guitar World

Watch Metallica's Kirk Hammett play John Lennon and Yardbirds classics alongside Johnny Depp, Ronnie Wood, Billy Gibbons, Imelda May at Jeff Beck tribute gig

The first of two all-star Jeff Beck tribute concerts in London featured some of the world's most celebrated guitar heroes

Metal Hammer

Watch Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton jam on The Sky Is Crying at the Jeff Beck tribute concert

The old Elmore James classic brought the house down with Clapton trading solos with Tedeschi and Trucks at the Royal Albert Hall

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Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kirk Hammett and more close out first Jeff Beck tribute concert with star-studded rendition of Going Down

Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, John McLaughlin, Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr. and many more all squeezed onstage to pay tribute to the late guitar great

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

Guitar World

This week's essential guitar tracks: Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton's final collaboration is revealed, and psychedelic titans channel their inner thrash demons

Hear fresh, vital new guitar work from Nita Strauss, Joe Bonamassa, Red Devil Vortex, R.L. Boyce, Bully, Creeping Death, and many more

MusicRadar

Jeff Beck Tribute EP released, featuring previously unheard recordings of the late guitar hero that were played at his funeral

The EP features poet Imelda May delivering a spoken word poem over Midnight Walker and two live cuts, and it arrives ahead of two all-star concerts hosted in Beck's memory at the Royal Albert Hall

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Vito Bratta names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The virtuoso behind White Lion’s platinum rock sound pays dues to the players who showed him what to do on guitar (and what not to do), and recalls an emotional encounter with Eddie Van Halen

Guitar World

Gene Simmons: “Eddie Van Halen talked about being a fan of Eric Clapton. I’m sorry, I don’t see that. What he did was closer to classical music”

The Kiss frontman has been fretting over the guitar hero’s legacy, sharing concerns that “millennials need to know about the most important musician since Jimi Hendrix”

MusicRadar

"When he felt the spirit, he was untouchable" – the story of Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green

Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums and the greatest guitar handover in blues history

MusicRadar

Eric Clapton releases cover of Moon River featuring the late Jeff Beck on stellar form in one of his final recordings

Moon River is released ahead of a pair of Jeff Beck tribute shows and is yet another reminder that no one could wrangle a Fender Stratocaster quite like Beck

Guitar World

Eric Clapton releases Jeff Beck collaboration Moon River – an emotional new single showcasing Beck’s masterful guitar work

Recorded in January 2022, Moon River is one of the last studio recordings Beck committed to tape, and puts the late guitar legend's six-string excellence on display

Guitar World

Ed Sheeran says this is why he never learned to shred

The chart-smashing singer-songwriter has been discussing Eric Clapton and guitar playing with Howard Stern, but says he “made a choice when he was younger”

Guitar World

George Benson on the time he met Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney made of his Beatles tribute

One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on upsetting guitar companies, receiving praise from Frank Sinatra, and what it was really like working with Miles Davis

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