Mayall's restrained sound at the start of the decade revealed a more thoughtful approach to the blues and a propensity to continue evolving his music's sound and style. At the time of the interview, ...

Few guitarists will forget the first time they heard Clapton’s ecstatic playing on the track Hideaway from the Bluesbreakers’ ‘Beano’ album. The tone EC achieved on that record has become one of the ...

Derek and the Dominos were a blink-and-you’ll-miss-them group. After forming spontaneously in the summer of 1970, the Eric Clapton–led quartet recorded an album, Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, ...

Ask John Mayall for some tips on longevity, and he’s liable to recommend bus travel, turnpike food, and lots of late nights in bars. At 73, the Brit-blues patriarch shows no signs of a senior slowdown ...

In a rare 2012 interview with Classic Rock from 2012, eight years before his death, the reclusive Green explained how he managed to talk his way into the band to become Clapton's replacement. The move ...