The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mix of instruments but also offers up a mystery or two

Charlie Wilkins uncovers how early British blues shaped today’s scene, and hears from some of the guitarists carrying the torch forward

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IF YOU’VE SEEN recent footage of Eric Steckel in action, you’ll probably have noticed that his take on the blues is an undeniably aggressive one. It’s a new thing for him, he tells GW, having started

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60 years ago history was made and the rulebook rewritten when Clapton, Bruce and Baker united to form one of the most influential supergroups in British music