George didn’t have the same problem when he played with, say, Bob Dylan or his friend Eric Clapton. During a trip to America in late ’68, George jammed with both Dylan and Clapton, the latter of whom ...

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, ...

Is Eric Clapton’s solo in Cream’s version of Crossroads the greatest live blues-rock solo ever recorded? Here, we pose the question - and bust a few myths in the process. Robert Johnson’s Delta blues ...

Legacies are tricky. You can’t see or touch them, yet they can be an unbearable weight to carry around. One has to imagine that’s the case for Kofi Baker, son of late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ginger ...

“I thought of Cream as sort of a jazz band,” bassist Jack Bruce once said, “only we never told Eric he was really Ornette Coleman! Kept quiet about that.” Like a jazz band, Cream made spirited, ...

Normally closed for events in July, and August, World Records couldn’t resist opening up for a classic rock experience. On Saturday, the downtown venue will host The Cream of Clapton Band, which will ...

It was hard to shake the feeling inside the hallowed halls of The Forum in Los Angeles on Monday night. Was this it? Was this really going to be Eric Clapton’s last stand? The former Yardbird, Cream ...

Talking about Eric Clapton can get a little thorny these days. While many recognize him as one of the greatest guitar players ever, he has also had his fair share of controversial moments, whether ...

The director of a new film profiling Ginger Baker is interviewed in the new issue of Uncut (dated January 2013, and out now), explaining why the Cream drummer broke his nose during filming… As a ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. Jim Clash: I’ve read that early on there was a push to make Eric ...

Drummer Kofi Baker, son of Cream’s Ginger Baker, brings classics to City Winery. Legacies are tricky. You can’t see or touch them, yet they can be an unbearable weight to carry around. One has to ...