Tag Archives: Eric Clapton
The Yardbirds at 50
This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Yardbird’s debut album Five Live Yardbirds. At first glance, the album appears to be just another British Invasion knock-off packed with blues covers — in fact, the band had just taken over the Rolling Stones’ old residency at the Crawdaddy Club before recording this live collection. [...]
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Tagged British Invasion, Eric Clapton, Five Live Birds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds
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Blind Faith: Revelation
This year marks the the 45th anniversary of the debut of one the first supergroups: Blind Faith. The band boasted Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker from Cream, little Stevie Winwood from Traffic and Ric Grech, bass player for the progressive rock outfit Family and an jam session pal to both Clapton and Winwood. Blind Faith’s [...]
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Tagged 1969, Blind Faith, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Hyde Park, Ric Grech, Stevie Winwood
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