Eric Clapton Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

All Songs Reconsidered

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 16 and Savaged, American Woman, Belsen Was A Gas, Christine Sixteen, Cocaine In My Brain, Deep Purple, Dillinger, Eric Clapton, Highway Star, Kiss, Lay Down Sally, Silverhead, Sweet FA, The Guess Who, The Sex Pistols, The Sweet

The song remains the same; it is our perception of it that changes

Beatle Remembrance

George Harrison Left the Material World 20 Years Ago Today

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 Ron Hart 4 Comments 20th Anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Cloud Nine, Electronic Sound, Eric Clapton, Extra Texture, George Harrison, Get Back, Live In Japan, Peter Jackson, RIP, The Beatles, Thirty Three and 1/3

Looking back on five of his most underrated solo albums

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock

A Final Farewell to Poco Legend Paul Cotton

August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Illinois Speed Press, Jim Messina, Paul Cotton, Poco, Richie Furay, RIP, Rusty Young

Rock & Roll Globe recalls some of the amazing memories shared by the late guitarist, singer and songwriter

Beatle

Thanks For The Pepperoni: A Half-Century of All Things Must Pass

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1970, All Things Must Pass, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Gary Wright, George Harrison, Ginger Baker, peter Frampton, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Woodstock

Looking back at the emancipation of George Harrison

adblock Music Journalism

The Ballad of Virus Van and COVID Clapton

December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 Tim Sommer 6 Comments COVID-19, Eric Clapton, Miley Cyrus, No More Lockdown, Phil Ochs, The Jam, Van Morrison

Van Morrison is a cranky old man, and that’s okay. Eric Clapton is a crappy old racist, and that’s not okay.

Blues Records Rock

An Offer from the Godfather of the Blues that Fans Cannot Refuse

December 4, 2020December 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Box sets, Cream, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Madfish, Manfred Mann, Peter Green, Snapper Music, Stone the Crows, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, The Yardbirds

A massive new John Mayall box set serves as an essential acquisition for anyone interested in the pathway between blues’ American origins and its full exposition within the creative confines of the U.K.

Beatle Soul

All Things (Must) Pass: Encouraging Words Turns 50

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Apple Corps, Apple Records, Apple+, Billy Preston, Bobby Keys, Delaney Bramlett, Encouraging Words, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jim Price, John Lennon, My Sweet Lord, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sam and Dave, Sly Stone, The Band, The Beatles, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Originally released on September 11, 1970, Billy Preston’s second Apple LP is a soulful paean to his status as “The 5th Beatle”

North Americana Rock

The Shape They’re In: Stage Fright at 50

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, Bob Dylan, Capitol Records, Eric Clapton, Garth Hudson, George Harrison, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins, The Band

The third album by The Band would prove to be one of most auspicious efforts of their career

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

Cream’s Longest Goodbye

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1968, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Goodbye Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Toad, White Room

A new four-disc box set revisits the trio’s 1968 farewell tour in the band’s first release since the death of Ginger Baker

African jazz Psychedelics Rock

Ginger Baker Did Not Want To Be Remembered As The Best Drummer In Rock

October 7, 2019October 7, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Art Blakey, Bill Frisell, Blind Faith, Charlie Haden, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker Trio, Hawkwind, Jack Bruce, Kofi Baker, Ltd., Masters of Reality, Max Roach, Public Image, RIP

Jim Sullivan recounts his testy interview with the legendary percussion great upon his passing at 80

Blues Rock Soul

A Modern Bluesman’s Political Awakening

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Warner Bros.

Gary Clark Jr. holds nothing back on his third album This Land

Pop Rock

George Harrison on George Harrison

February 20, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Beatles

40 years of the Quiet Beatle’s eponymous opus

Pop Rock Soul

Give The Drummer Some

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 Jim Allen 0 Comments Average White Band, Brian Eno, Eric Clapton, Genesis, George Harrison, Phil Collins, Phillip Bailey, Quincy Jones

Phil Collins’ career gets a new view on Plays Well With Others

Rock Soul

Street-Legal at 40

June 15, 2018August 1, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 6 Comments 40th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Eric Clapton, Street-Legal

A closer gaze at an oft-overlooked work in the Bob Dylan canon