Eric Clapton

A look at the legendary guitarist over the course of his long career in music.

Track appears on his new LP 'Happy Xmas.'

The late Butch Trucks recalled the moment “Layla” was fired up by five notes in late-night studio session.

On May 11, 1995, nearly five years after the helicopter crash that killed him, some of Stevie Ray Vaughan's talented peers united on a single stage to pay tribute to a life and career that ended too soon.

On Eric Clapton’s suggestion, the Yardbirds initially approached a session guitarist they knew as a possible replacement. Jimmy Page instead suggested Jeff Beck.

'Slowhand,' released on the first day of November 1977, came at a crucial point in Eric Clapton’s career.