It’s fair to say that Eric Clapton tends to polarise opinion. To the unknown graffiti artist who scrawled ‘Clapton is God’ on the wall of Islington tube station back in the mid-60s, and the fanatics ...
Who were The Dirty Mac? They never made an album, but this John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell supergroup are rock’n’roll legends. It seems fantastical on paper ...
But as Eric Clapton found out, sometimes the artist needs to be viewed through fresh eyes in order to remind listeners of quite how good he is. Sometimes, it requires a deep dive back into the archive ...
The former Drive-By Truckers member has carved out a stunning solo discography full of country-soul numbers drenched in character studies filled with the kind of details only a novelist could ...
The highlights: “Runaway Train,” his rhinestone blues duet with Eric Clapton (from the Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack), and the Pet Shop Boys–style mirror-ball hymn “Simple Life.” ...