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Cory Wong and Wampler unite for the Wong Compressor – “the most versatile compressor that has ever existed”

The dual-function stompbox features a flexible compressor circuit, a boost inspired by an Eric Clapton-favored unit, and offers an XLR output for connecting straight to PAs, mixers and audio interfaces

Guitar World

We once asked Leslie West who his favourite guitarist was: his answer was not what we expected

Mountain's Leslie West on the guitarist who sounded like a "45-year-old blues guy when he was barely in his twenties"

Louder

Custom Flying Vs, strange open tunings and massive bends: how Albert King created his own strain of the blues – and inspired Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan

A left-hander, King flipped a right-handed guitar upside down, put it in an unorthodox tuning, and forged a style steeped in steely drama and epic bends

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Joan Armatrading pens first symphony as she eyes career move into classical music

The 72-year-old’s used to playing stadiums with the likes of Queen and Eric Clapton, but she’s now looking forward to the world premiere of 'Symphony Number One'

Daily Mirror

Derek Trucks names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The Tedeschi Trucks Band slide maestro reveals his formative influences – from the obvious to the obscure – what he thinks is the "fiercest" guitar solo of all time, and why rhythm guitar is a lost art

Guitar World

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival: 11 of our favourite performances from past years

The 2023 line-up is phenomenal and features past artists that helped set the standard including John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr and Vince Gill

MusicRadar

Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, Santana, ZZ Top… Crossroads 2023 might offer the greatest lineup of guitar talent ever assembled

From H.E.R. to John McLaughlin and Marcus King to Stephen Stills and Gary Clark Jr, the LA event takes place this September and features an eclectic, once–in-a-lifetime lineup

Guitar World

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Eric Clapton launches The Definitive 24 Nights box set, announces global cinema event

Recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall, The Definitive 24 Nights includes previously unreleased versions of many classics - video for Layla out now

Louder

Slash on his love of Les Pauls: “That Kris Derrig Les Paul came in the 11th hour when we were doing Appetite. It just sounded f**kin’ perfect – like a gift from on high”

The Guns N' Roses guitarist and rock icon talks about the guitars he treasures most – including buying and returning Joe Perry's Dark Burst LP – and reveals how his love for Les Pauls has inspired and shaped him as a player...

Guitar World

J Mascis: 10 albums that changed my life – “The Stooges was definitely my guitar sound inspiration. That’s still the best sound I’ve heard for guitar on a recording”

The Dinosaur Jr frontman picks the albums that took him from a young drummer under Ian Paice's spell to pioneer of US alt-rock, and warns of the danger of the pastel-coloured sports jacket

MusicRadar

Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

MusicRadar

John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends - Album Of The Week Club review

More than a dozen of John Lee Hooker's superstar duets, gathered together in a collaborative showcase

Louder

Joe Bonamassa names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The king of modern-day blues-rock on "the greatest rock guitar player that ever was", who he considers "the Frank Sinatra of the blues" and "Immaculate Conception as a guitar player" – and why he regularly apologizes to Eric Johnson

Guitar World

Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton

King was on tour in France when super-collector Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop dropped by with a very special single-cut in tow

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Ed Sheeran's final album will be "perfect" and released "after I die"

Star reveals he wants to build the posthumous album "for the rest of my life"

Louder

Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Nick Mason and more join list of artists calling for Roger Waters' concert ban to be reversed

Frankfurt's city council forced the cancellation of a scheduled performance by Roger Waters - and now a list of notable names have lined up to support the former Pink Floyd man

The Guardian - UK

Jim Gordon obituary

Accomplished rock drummer of the 1960s and 70s who played with George Harrison and Eric Clapton

Guitar World

Bruce Kulick names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The hard-rock guitar slinger names the unlikely influences behind a number of his best-known Kiss riffs, and the player he likens to "a race car champion with the soul of a great blues musician"

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Jim Gordon, drummer with the Beach Boys and Eric Clapton who killed his own mother, dies aged 77

Jim Gordon featured with a host of well-known acts

WEKU

Jim Gordon, a famed session drummer who was convicted of killing his mother, dies

Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77.

The Guardian - UK

Jim Gordon, session drummer on dozens of hits such as Layla, dies aged 77

After playing with the Beach Boys, George Harrison and other mid-century stars, Gordon was convicted of killing his mother during a psychotic episode in 1983

The Independent UK

Jim Gordon death: Drummer for Eric Clapton and Beach Boys dies in prison aged 77

The session drummer was convicted of killing his mother in 1983 and was serving time in prison when he died

Daily Mirror

Jim Gordon dies: Drummer for Eric Clapton and George Harrison, jailed for murder dies at 77

Jim Gordon, drummer for Eric Clapton and George Harrison, has passed away from natural causes aged 77

Los Angeles Times

Jim Gordon, famed session drummer convicted of murdering his mother, dies at 77

LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the prolific session drummer who played with some of rock’s biggest stars — including the Beach Boys, several Beatles and Eric Clapton, whose classic “Layla” he’s credited with co-writing — before he was sentenced to prison for killing his mother, died Monday at the state-run…

Tribune News Service

How Tedeschi Trucks Band dug into 'Layla' source material for 4-part album

Under normal circumstances, one of your backup singers suggesting that the band read a 4,600-stanza Persian poem from the 12th century would seem preposterous.

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