In the fall of 1974, Jamie Oldaker was a 22-year-old drummer riding in the backseat of a car with a girl he met at a club. And he wanted to get to know her a little bit, uh, better. While the couple ...

When I met Galadrielle Allman years ago through a mutual friend, I was surprised to learn that this woman with watchful, curious eyes, living quietly in a north Berkeley, Calif., house filled with ...

For four decades some of the most distinctive riffs in rock music have come straight from the guitar of the man known as "Slowhand," Eric Clapton. His many hits — both solo and with groups like the ...

Also, the set comes housed in a 60-page hardbound book with liner notes and rare pictures which I did not receive. This review is strictly of the five CDs of music in the set. 461 Ocean Boulevard ...

In the same way that Louis Armstrong was at center of the genesis of Jazz in the 1920s, so was Eric Clapton at the center of the British Blues invasion of the 1960s. Between 1965 and 1970, in turn, ...

Toshiki Soejima was first introduced to Eric Clapton's music through his dad, who once handed over a CD of the Robert Johnson cover album, Me and Mr. Johnson. Fast forward to 2025, and Clapton has ...