Andrei MihaiEric Clapton is about to release his 21st solo album, Old Sock, on March 12th and head out on a spring U.S. arena tour – and you may want to pick up your tickets as soon as possible, because Slowhand announced he will only be touring for a year or two: “The bit onstage, that’s easy,” Clapton, 67, tells senior writer Brian Hiatt. “If I could do that around my neighborhood, that would be great….
B. B. King gets another chart record
B. B. King is not the artist that sold the most albums in the world, he’s not the artist that attracted the biggest crowd at a concert, but he’s an artist that can release more passion and feeling in a single note than most guitarists can give in a lifetime. Perhaps the most respected blues player of all time, B. B. King is believed to be the third-greatest guitarist of “the 100 greatest guitarists of…
New Steve Winwood (feat. Eric Clapton) video: ‘Dirty City’
Tibi PuiuWinwood seems off and running lately, with an opening slot on the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tour this summer to boot. But today we’ve got a treat for all you old school blues fans, as the following video features two legends, former Blind Faith colleagues singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and guitar master Eric Clapton. “Dirty City” is the first single off of Steve Winwood’s latest solo record, in which he partners with his old brother…
Clapton heads for North Korea
As it turns out, North Korean officials have invited blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton to play a concert in the communist state. This comes as a very big surprise, because North Korean authorities have long shunned rock and pop music, sistematically rejecting any chance of getting great singers to perform there.Ah, but there’s a catch here. Kim Jong Chol, the Swiss-educated son of national leader Kim Jong Il, is reportedly a fan of Eric Clapton. He…