Tag: eric clapton

zzus | Blues enthusiasts; motivation (2)

In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, motivation, passion, Nat Blythe, adventures of a ballad hunter, George Lyman Kittredge, Cowboy Songs, John Avery Lomax, Henry Lebermann, Uncle Rich Brown, Muddy Waters, Son Simms, interview Muddy at Stovall's Plantation, Son Simms Four, Bruce Jackson, wake Up Dead Man, Tim Duffy, Eric Clapton, Axel Küstner, Michael Roach, …

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zzwv | Guitarists: Every Day I Have the Blues

In this column: every day i have the blues, Pinetop and Milton Sparks, Memphis Slim, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Albert King, Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, Buddy Guy, Jack Pearson with Josh Smith & Kirk Fletcher, Robert J. Lockwood, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac,  Jimmy Burns, Matt Schofield & Henrik Freischlader, Luther Allison with Otis Rush & …

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zzxd | Iconic guitars: British and an Irish man (5)

In this column: Blackie (Eric Clapton), Greeny (Peter Green), Ex-sunburst (Rory Gallagher), 1956 Fender Stratocaster Black, 1959 Gibson Les Paul, 1961 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst, Lazarus (Joe Bonamassa) Of the hundreds of guitars that blues-rock legend Eric Clapton had his favorite was one that he had a hand in designing. In 1970 Eric was at Sho-Bud …

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