Jerry Lee Lewis' new album, "Mean Old Man," is due Sept. 7 on Verve/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). The record features appearances by Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Willie Nelson, plus a handful of younger stars including John Mayer and Sheryl Crow.

'I'm imbued with so much self-doubt about my singing, that it's very difficult for me to get to that freedom,' the acclaimed singer admits.

He owns one of the most famous blues joints in the world. He's been a major influence on Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Beck, who in turn have influenced myriad guitar players in the generation that followed.

Blues-rock guitarist Eric Clapton's musical legacy rests largely on the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful body of work that he created during the decade of the 1960s. First coming to prominence with popular British blues-rockers the Yardbirds, Clapton would jump from that band to John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, lending his enormous talents to a single, near-perfect album with Mayall, one of the godfathers of British blues, before his restless ambition would lead him to form the legendary band Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.

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Emerging out of his five-yearA hiatus, guitar god Eric Clapton is releasing his 19th solo album in September.

). The 14-track set is co-produced by Clapton and his longtime collaborator Doyle Bramhall II. Cale joins Clapton on the album as does drummer Jim Keltner. In addition, there are guest appearances ...

Eric Clapton will release his first solo album in five years on September 28, his Reprise Records label said.

His first album in five years called 'Clapton' would contain a collaboration with the singer whom he dated back in the '90s.

Eric Clapton is set to release his first solo album in five years - with a little help from ex-girlfriend Sheryl Crow.The guitarist hasn't worked on an individual...

Eric Clapton will release his first solo album in five years on September 28, his Reprise Records label said today

Eric Clapton will release his first solo album in five years on September 28, his Reprise Records label said on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - Eric Clapton will release his first solo album in five years on Sept. 28, his Reprise Records label said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Eric Clapton will release his first solo album in five years on September 28, his Reprise Records label said on Wednesday.

Rock legend Eric Clapton has announced the release of "Clapton," his 19th solo studio album and first in five years, due Sept. 28 on Reprise Records. The 14-song disc was co-produced by longtime collaborator Doyle Bramhall II and features guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Allen Toussaint and Derek Trucks, among others.

A box set featuring the music of British blues legend John Mayall , who helped bring about the careers of Eric Clapton , Mick Fleetwood , Jack Bruce and more, was released Tuesday.

Of all the weekend-listening suggestions I've posted since whenever this started, that Freddie King KZEW revue ranks high on the list -- I've listened to it start-to-finish a dozen times since posting two weeks ago.

Little Feat co-founder Richie Hayward has passed away after contracting pneumonia as he battled liver cancer. The jam band drummer, who has played with Eric Clapton and Robert Plant, died on Thursday...

For a seven-night, 13-show tour of England in 1969, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends were joined by Eric Clapton and George Harrison. A new four-CD deluxe set celebrates this short-lived rock band.

LITTLE FEAT co-founder RICHIE HAYWARD has passed away after contracting pneumonia as he battled liver cancer.The jam band drummer, who has played with Eric Clapton and...

Rhino Entertainment has set a November 9, 2010 release date for the Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 concert DVD.

Rhino Entertainment has set a November 9, 2010 release date for the Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 concert DVD. The two-disc set will be available on both DVD and Blu-Ray, and features over four hours of performances, artist interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. The third Crossroads Guitar Festival, an eleven-hour marathon jam, was held on June 26, 2010 at Chicago's Crossroads Park to benefit The Crossroads Centre, the addiction-treatment facility founded by Clapton on the Caribbean island of Antigua in the early-1990s.

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One Track Mind: Gary Moore "Enough of the Blues" By Pico There's plenty of blues rock guitar gunslingers out there who only understand the blues as filtered by the likes of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

Delaney and Bonnie Bramlette join George Harrison, Dave Mason, Bobby Keys, Rita Coolidge, Jim Price, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock 'On Tour with Eric Clapton.' Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' 'On Tour with Eric Clapton' box set goes for $79.98 but you can get the original disk for a lot less.

Even guitar heroes can be humble, shy and quiet. Jonny Lang had never met Eric Clapton.

Even guitar heroes can be humble, shy and quiet. Jonny Lang had never met Eric Clapton.

It has been nearly a decade since Robert Randolph took the pedal steel guitar out of the House of God Church, where he received most of his spiritual as well as musical education, and onto concert stages with Eric Clapton, the Dave Matthews Band and other decidedly secular acts.

By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-1970, he was long established as one of the world's major rock stars due to his group affiliations -- the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith -- which had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his ...

Jerry Lee Lewis is breaking out the big guns for his next album, Mean Old Man. In addition to cameos by Merle Haggard, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr, the record will feature contributions from three members of the Rolling Stones: Keith Richards, who plays guitar on a cover of the Stones’ “Sweet Virginia;” Mick Jagger, [...]

IAN Siegal's live shows confirm him as one of the leading bluesmen in Britain . It has been said that had Siegal been around in the 60s he would today be accorded the same reverence as artists such as Van Morrison, Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton.

Here's a new feature we're starting... Today's Battle . It's the chance to pick between two musicians that have something in common.

Silverstone circuit hosted the first race of the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship in 1950 in front of the United Kingdom's King George VI &$ &$ and Queen Elizabeth. This year's 60th anniversary delivered classic racing - and excellent entertainment - to 300,000 people over the event's three days. Faces in the paddock included musician Eric Clapton, comedian Rowan ...

When Jeff Beck performed at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007, it also resulted in his first official appearance on a concert DVD. This appearance was much too brief, however, as o...

For a brief moment in December 1969, Eric Clapton and George Harrison were in the same band — as backup players. Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, fronted by singer-guitarist Delaney Bramlett and his wife, Bonnie, was a sort of white man's Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Between 1967 and 1972, ...

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When you've recorded as many platinum records, collaborated with as many big names and topped as many best-guitarists-of-all-time lists as Eric Clapton, you can get pretty much anything you want. And the ironically nicknamed Slowhand is known to have a taste for Ferraris . So much so that when he stopped by the factory in Maranello, even Ferrari couldn't pass up the opportunity to interview him .

Neither could Quattroruote , for that matter. While speaking with the Italian car-mag, Clapton reportedly professed his love for the new 458 Italia... with just one caveat: He's not such a fan of eight cylinders. Could he get it with V12?

According to Quattroruote , apparently he can, as Ferrari has reportedly agreed to build it for him, with the 6.0-liter V12 from the 599 GTB Fiorano. We'll believe it when we see it, which is pretty much exactly what we said the first time we heard the guitar riff on Layla.



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The sky's the limit when cost is no object. Case in point: celebrated blues guitarist and recording legend Eric Clapton , who has reportedly placed a very special order from Ferrari .

Clapton's a known Ferrari aficionado, and upon visiting the factory recently in Maranello, apparently fell in love with the new 458 Italia . Just one thing: instead of the V8 engineered for the car, he wants one with the V12 from the larger 599 GTB Fiorano - the same engine, more or less, that was in the Enzo, we might add.

Ferrari has, according to reports, agreed to build the special supercar according to Clapton's specifications. The question on our minds is whether the car will end up sounding better than its owner.

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Eric Clapton Wants a Ferrari 458 Italia with a V12 originally appeared on Luxist on Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Film News: Crossroads concert to get high-def treatment -- "Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010," a feature drawn from sets at the guitarist's June 26 festival in Chicago's Toyota Park, will unspool as a high-definition theatrical event July 27 on more than 475 U.S. screens.

Music News: Crossroads concert to get high-def treatment -- "Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010," a feature drawn from sets at the guitarist's June 26 festival in Chicago's Toyota Park, will unspool as a high-definition theatrical event July 27 on more than 475 U.S. screens.

Music News: Crossroads concert to get high-def treatment -- "Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010," a feature drawn from sets at the guitarist's June 26 festival in Chicago's Toyota Park, will unspool as a high-definition theatrical event July 27 on more than 475 U.S. screens.

Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Guitar legend Eric Clapton means different things to different generations.

Rock legend Eric Clapton delighted fans at his Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday (26Jun10) by declaring the 2010 event would not be the...

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The Crossroads Guitar Show took Chicago by storm this weekend -- and by storm, we mean that Bill Murray is hilarious. Yes, the actor turned on his legendary charm for a great cause, joining Eric Clapton to raise funds for The Crossroads Centre, an ... Read more

 

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John Mayer, in concert, at the United Center on Saturday, April 10, 2010. (Chris Salata, Chicago Tribune / April 10, 2010) John Mayer was spotted at Luxbar and the Underground on Friday while in town for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Toyota Park on Saturday. Clapton stopped by Crimson Lounge at Thompson Hotels' Sax Chicago on Friday and Saturday. Gwen Stefani watched her husband, Gavin Rossdale, perform at the Taste of Chicago on Saturday. Flavor Flav hung out at Crescendo on Saturday.

The festival presented some two-dozen guitar-slingers during a sold-out, 11-hour concert.

Billy Gibbons, right, Dusty Hill, left, and Frank Beard, center, ZZ Top played at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 in Bridgeview, Ill., on Saturday.

June 27, 2010 -- Eric Clapton, B.B. King, ZZ Top, Cheryl Crow, John Mayer and Bill Murray were out in Chicago last night performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in front of thousands of people.

Reuters - Allman Brothers Band co-founder Gregg Allman underwent liver-transplant surgery on Wednesday, forcing the veteran group to pull out of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival on Saturday near Chicago.

We just heard the news about the death of Scottish bluesman Tam White. Although not very well known among stateside blues fans, White was a legend in his homeland, a gravel-throated singer who had held his own performing alongside such stars as B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and Rod Stewart, among many others. It is believed that White, 67 years old at the time of his death, had suffered a heart attack sometime last week and died on Monday, June 21, 2010 after returning home to Edinburgh.

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A killer collection of guitars owned by some of the great rock gods are the starring attraction in Christie's ' Rock and Pop Memorabilia sale in London on June 24. While George Harrison 's acoustic Yamaha guitar from 1994 signed by the Beatle is the priciest at an estimated $72,000 - $86,000, in aesthetic terms it's the least interesting lot. We much prefer the collection of instruments owned by members of The Who (above), in particular Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. The top pick is a custom made mahogany Gibson SG used by Townshend during the band's 1971 U.S. tour, estimated at $29,000 - $43,000. An newer acoustic guitar of his meanwhile is estimated at $8,500 - $11,500. Entwistle's Peter Cook Custom bass from the 1970s is estimated at $21,500 - $29,000, while his 1962 Fender Precision bass is estimated at $11,500 - $14,500. Eric Clapton 's 1996 Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary edition with a gold-plated body is pricey at $29,000 - $43,000; much better deals are to be had with Marc Bolan of T.Rex's 1968 Fender Custom Telecaster and an early 1970s Gibson Les Paul owned by the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones, both estimated at $14,500 - $22,000.

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Rock Gods' Guitars Star in Christie's Sale originally appeared on Luxist on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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He’s only 33 but guitarist Joe Bonamassa's already been professional for 20 years. The rock and blues specialist tells Catherine Nicholson about touring with BB King at the age of just 12 years old…and playing alongside Eric Clapton during his own sellout solo show at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Bret Michaels Do you recognize these Rock and Roll legends as they looked many moons ago? Some have preserved rather nicely, others, not so much. But one thing is for sure, these guys are still rocking our worlds! Eric Clapton rocking a slump, Jon Bon Jovi in those hot stonewashed painted on jeans! Mick Jagger when his lips fit [...]