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The Open Road John Hiatt

The Open Road is the new album by John Hiatt, just released March 2nd on New West Records.
His website says the new songs are inspired by life on the road; Hiatt should know, The Open Road is his 19th studio album. It’s roots rock ‘n roll, the kind of stuff I fell in love [...]

J.J. Cale Rolls On

J.J. Cale will be featured in a rare interview on American Routes public radio on March 10th. It’s a perfect fit; a reclusive guitar and songwriting hero from Tulsa on a roots radio program from New Orleans. You can also find past shows in the online archive at americanroutes.publicradio.org
Almost five years have passed [...]

2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival

Eric Clapton will be hosting his third Crossroads Guitar Festival this summer. The guitar festival is June 26th at Toyota Park in Chicago.
I went to the first festival in Dallas and it was truly awesome. It started on Friday night and went all day Saturday and Sunday. Plus there was [...]

Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has released his autobiography, “Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top.” Not only does he describe his incredible ride to the top with one of rock’s most successful bands, but he also shares his personal highs and lows, including his battle with substance abuse and resulting [...]

Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck Together & Apart

Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck on tour together, how rare is that?
The two guitar giants are currently headlining 2 nights at Madison Square Garden, then they’re off to Toronto and Montreal for the two final shows of their historic tour together.
Clapton and Beck just finished two big shows at London’s O2 arena, playing to [...]

Bob Lefsetz

I totally agree with this statement by Bob Lefsetz…
Music needs to be meaningful and fun, loose yet precise, it’s got to encapsulate all elements of life. To the point where we can’t help but be drawn in, jump up and dance, wide-eyed and elated.
From his post about The Telethon:
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I’ve been reading Bob’s posts about [...]

Fender Limited Edition 3G Android Phone

Guitar Geeks take notice! Fender is about to launch a Limited Edition Eric Clapton phone! It’s a 3G smart phone from T-Mobile that runs on the Android platform, and will use many of the 16,000 Android Market apps available from Google, like Guitar: Solo and Music Light.
The new signature phone will be available [...]

Decade of Classic Rock 2000-2009

I read plenty of music reviews about the end-of-the-year and end-of-the-decade, but none of them really captured what I felt was a good look at the classic rock scene in the past ten years. So here’s my take on the past decade in classic rock…
2000: Santana wins a record nine Grammy Awards, including [...]

WheresEric.com

whereseric.com has a new design!
If you haven’t seen Eric Clapton’s new Fan Club Magazine website, check it out at whereseric.com
Besides the Fan Club Magazine, there’s news, tour info, photos, discography, and even an Eric Clapton FAQ!

Ronnie Scott’s Golden Anniversary

1959: Ronnie Scott and Pete King opened their bar and club in London.
2009: Now fifty years later, Ronnie Scott’s Club is celebrating it’s Golden Anniversary by presenting two weeks of all-British Jazz, beginning August 1st through August 15th.
Ronnie’s will also be hosting competitions, classes and workshops, plus a special celebrity quiz. And [...]

Eric Clapton Steve Winwood Tour

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood recently performed an awesome show in Dallas. The crowd was blown away, myself included. A lot of blues were played, ala Derek and the Dominos, which was just fine with this audience. The Blind Faith songs sent a chill up my spine, especially when they launched into [...]

Happy Birthday Mick Fleetwood

Happy Birthday to Mick Fleetwood who just turned 62 years old. Born on June 24, 1947, “Big Mac” is one of my favorite drummers. I’ve always admired his work with Fleetwood Mac, but did you know he played drums with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers back in the sixties?
Gutarist Peter Green was also [...]

Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton Tour Japan

It’s about time Jeff Beck got nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We think it’s long overdue! Just about the time you wonder what he’s up to, he comes out with a new album, or shows up on TV.
Now he’s back on tour, and there’s a couple of [...]

Delaney Bramlett 1939 – 2008

Unfortunately we have to add another great musician and songwriter to the list of those we’ve lost this year. Delaney Bramlett died on December 27th after suffering ill health for months. Bramlett is best known for co-writing the hit song “Superstar” with his wife Bonnie (in 1969) and Leon Russell.
His band Delaney & [...]

Cream Farewell Concert

November 26, 1968. Cream’s farewell performance at the Royal Albert Hall. It was the end of a brief but intense two year existence of the first super group of rock. The band actually did two performances at Albert Hall that year, but not until 1977 was there an official video release of [...]

The Beatles White Album

It was forty years ago this week when The Beatles released The White Album. Music collectors regard this double album to be the band’s best work, and many publications list it in their Best Top 10 or Top 20 Albums of all Time.
Regardless of your opinion, this album continues to endear The Beatles to [...]

Happy Birthday Rick Grech

Rick Grech is best known for his bass guitar, cello and violin work with some of my favorite bands, Blind Faith and Traffic.
He was born November first, 1946 in Bordeaux, France, and died at age 43 in March of 1990. Rock and roll history places him in very good company in the sixties and [...]

Happy Birthday Carlos Santana

We just gotta say “Happy Birthday” to one of our favorite guitarists and band leaders, Carlos Santana. He just turned sixty-one years old on July 20th.
I remember getting blown away by Santana’s performance at Woodstock with the extended jam of “Soul Sacrifice.” The bite of his guitar riffs on “Jingo” off the first [...]

TuneGlue

I recently found a new music website called TuneGlue. The site is described as a Relationship Explorer. Hmm, interesting.
A little click and drag action brings up various applets for discography, news, artists websites and most importantly, relationships. That’s the one that really makes this site tick, because relationships shows the [...]

Sgt. Pepper’s Bass Drum Beats A Million

The world’s most famous drum head, the hand-painted bass drum skin for The Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” sold to a private buyer for $1.1 million on Thursday July 10th. That made it the star attraction at Christie’s rock and pop memorabilia auction in London, among other items from The Beatles, [...]

Sonny Landreth “From the Reach”

The amazing Sonny Landreth has a new album coming out on May 2oth. “From the Reach” is his new album of collaborations with other guitar greats. There are guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffett.
Sonny had this to say about “From the [...]

Steve Winwood’s Nine Lives

Steve Winwood’s Nine Lives CD is finally available today! I’ve only heard a couple of tracks from it, because I bought the single from iTunes already. The “Dirty City” video is below, which features Eric Clapton on a smokin’ guitar solo.So I’m getting this CD today. It doesn’t matter that Winwood hasn’t [...]

Tom Dowd & the Language of Music

This DVD is a fascinating look behind the board, inside the studio, and into the heart and soul of the music we all know and love. Again I have to say, if you’re really into collecting music, this is a historical document and a must have for any fan of classic rock, R&B [...]

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 DVD Review

I finally got all the way through this double DVD set from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival. This massive one day concert took place in Chicago last July, which is the second get together of these guitar legends. This follows slowhand’s first guitar festival, which stretched over a three day weekend [...]

Steve Winwood Dirty City Video

Video: “Dirty City” from Steve Winwood’s forthcoming album ‘Nine Lives,’ featuring Eric Clapton. The CD is set to release on April 29th. Video posted on YouTube by winwoodonline
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=dsN9rTzz9aY[/youtube]
Two entire songs from the new album are streaming from Winwood’s website at stevewinwood.com. This song “Dirty City” reminds me of a cross between [...]

Clapton & Winwood reunite at MSG

Classic rock fans rejoice as one of the truly great musical collaborations begins tonight. Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton performing together for three nights (February 25, 26 and 28th) at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Their touring band features Chris Stainton on keyboards, Willie Weeks on bass and Ian Thomas on drums. This is [...]

Video: “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out”

“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” was originally sung by Bessie Smith, and has been covered by a great many artists including Nina Simone and Eric Clapton.
But I’ve never heard this version by the Spencer Davis Group until now. The treatment Steve Winwood gives the song in this video almost reminds me [...]

Grammys 50th is Solid Gold

Events like the Grammys are great learning moments. There’s so much more to most of these artists than their “hit songs.” Once you dig into their catalog and their roots, you find all kinds of things you may not have known before. But one thing’s for sure. This year’s [...]

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton

Here’s a great companion video to our post on John Mayall.
Clapton jamming with his old buddy’s band, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGL5LDb4u8[/youtube]

DVD: John Mayall Live from Austin Texas in 2007

John Mayall: Live From Austin Texas 2007 DVD
From the vaults of the award-winning Austin City Limits show on PBS TV. This is the latest release in the acclaimed Live From Austin, TX series on DVD-Video, Live, NTSC Language: English Region 1 U.S. & Canada;
Run Time: 59 minutes ; Rating NR; Studio: [...]

VH1 Classic Series

I recently read this on whereseric.com/news:
VH1 Classic just began a new television series called “Classic 60 Minutes” featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews. The debut episode put the spotlight on Eric Clapton, and will feature a host of classic rock artists. It’s really great to see one of the so-called music channels actually [...]

Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built

This DVD and book cannot be overlooked, especially for any serious music collector. Just think of all the great music that you’ve heard and loved over the last fifty years. Most of it (or at least half) is probably covered in this DVD or book.
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built:
This 2007 DVD [...]

1968 Gibson SG

There are a lot of great musical things that came out of 1968.
The 1968 Gibson SG is a real beauty. Here’s a video of Eric Clapton playing his psychedelic SG in ‘68, during his Cream days. You can hear the unique tone he used in that group.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vxOoSS5RY[/youtube]
1964 Gibson Les Paul SG, first [...]

007 Year in Review

2007 was an amazing year for classic rock! We flashed back to the Summer of Love in 1967 and celebrated musical milestones like the Monterey Pop Festival. We saw some of our favorite groups reunite for a world tour, like Genesis and Van Halen. And [...]

Rock & Roll Read

CNN Entertainment has a great article about all the rock and roll autobiographies in the bookstores this holiday season. Of course, I’m buying the Eric Clapton book first, but there’s also new titles from these great (and not so great) artists…
Currently Available:
Bob Dylan (from 2004)
Genesis (currently on tour)
Nikki Sixx (Motley [...]

Gregg Allman 60

Gregg Allman just turned sixty years old on December 8th. But he’s “not about to let them catch up with the midnight rider.”
The Allman Brothers Band is one of my favorites from way back to 1970. From their first album Beginnings, I was a big fan. Songs like “Dreams” & “In [...]

Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton

The previously sold out shows for Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden in February will have some more tickets on sale TODAY !
Tickets that were being hold by the production staff will go on Sale at Noon EST December 7th. Tickets can be purchased via ticketmaster.com.
“The 2008 Madison Square Garden shows will [...]

George Harrison Tribute

Born in 1942, the former Beatle passed away on this date (November 29th) in 2001. My friend Nellie O’Apple at FansOnTheRun posted a cool YouTube video that’s the perfect tribute to George Harrison, the man and his music.
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is from the Concert For George, at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2002, [...]

The Complete Clapton

Eric Clapton recounts his amazing 40 year music career, his personal life, his loves, addictions and blessings, in his first ever autobiography. I just saw his interview with Larry King Live on CNN, in which Clapton describes his feelings with great clarity and sobriety. Almost as if he has lived multiple lives as [...]

Eric Clapton plays Robert Johnson

I just saw a really great documentary on PBS of Eric Clapton’s roots ‘n blues tribute album to Mississippi Delta blues icon Robert Johnson.
If you love blues, then you’re familiar with the legendary Robert Johnson, who wrote “Traveling Riverside Blues,” “Milkcow’s Calf Blues” and “Come on in My Kitchen,” among others.
Clapton has [...]

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