Eric Clapton Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Jim Gordon’s Dire Demise

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alice Cooper, All Things Must Pass, Art Garfunkel, Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton, Eric Crapton, Frank Zappa, George Harrison, Jim Gordon, Johnny Rivers, Layla, Leon Russell, Pet Sounds, RIP, the Righteous Brothers

The troubled drummer who jammed with everyone dead at 77

Rock

Alone Together: An Interview With Dave Mason

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alone Together, Blue Cruise, Dave Mason, Delaney and Bonnie, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, Jim Capaldi, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Mama Cass Elliott, Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood

Conversing at sea with the English guitar legend who’s seen it all

Blues Remembrance Rock

Bidding Farewell to Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Silvester, Brice Portius, Chicken Shack, Chris Youlden, Cream, Dave Walker, Eric Clapton, Foghat, John Lee Hooker, Kim Simmonds, Martin Stone, Paul Raymond, RIP, Savoy Brown

The British blues pioneer has passed away at age 75

North Americana Rock

Lilly Winwood Accentuates the Positive, Takes Turn for the Verse

August 20, 2022August 21, 2022 Michael Bialas 3 Comments Cream, England, Eric Clapton, Lilly Winwood, Nashville, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, Talking Walls

With new LP, daughter of English rock legend goes on amazing journey of her own

Music Journalism

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 21 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 8 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

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