Eric Clapton

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

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African jazz Psychedelics Rock 

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

October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 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

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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

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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

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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

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Rock Soul 

Street-Legal at 40

June 15, 2018June 24, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 4 Comments 40th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Eric Clapton, Street-Legal

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

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