When casting his mind back to the songs he's most inspired by, Eric Clapton picked out one key song from a blues legend as ...

Clapton was – as Beck pointed out – glad to be out of the Yardbirds fold, and had no enmity toward his successor in the band. At least on the surface.

Eric Clapton reportedly joined thinking it would be a blues trio similar to Buddy Guy’s. Jack Bruce considered the act a jazz ...

When Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds in 1965, dismayed that the band were moving away from their blues roots to a more pop-orientated sound, as signposted by their hit single For Your Love, the ...

These are Jeff Beck's favourite guitar solos and gives an insight into his favourite records as well as the guitarists that he admires the most.

‘The Yardbirds’ Review: The Reign of the Guitar Gods© Mediapunch/Shutterstock The Yardbirds performing with Eric Clapton (third from left), ca. 1964.© Mediapunch/Shutterstock ...

The Who’s Pete Townshend had to create a benefit show for Clapton to help his friend. In 1974, however, Clapton earned his first No. 1 hit, a cover of Bob Marley’s, “I Shot the Sheriff.” ...

Blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan will open. Clapton, who turns 78 on Thursday, began performing as a teenager. In 1963, he joined the Yardbirds, a British band that played Chicago-style blues.