Keith Richards Challenged Eric Clapton to Write a Riff in 8 Minutes — The Result Was INSANE Keith Richards bet Eric Clapton $3,000 he couldn’t write a riff in 8 minutes. What Clapton created was legendary. It was March 23rd, 1990 and the backstage area of Madison Square Garden was buzzing with the nervous energy…
Eric Clapton to John Mayer: ‘Your Generation Needs ORIGINAL Mayer, Not New Clapton’ Eric Clapton watched John Mayer perform Your Body Is a Wonderland on television in 2002 and thought, “This is who they’re comparing to me.” Mayor was talented clearly, but he was a pop star singing soft rock ballads to teenage girls. When…
Eric Clapton Walked Into Eddie Van Halen’s Guitar Clinic — Van Halen Stopped Then Did THIS Eddie Van Halen was demonstrating his revolutionary tapping technique to a crowd of 200 guitarists at a Los Angeles music store when Eric Clapton walked in unannounced. The room went silent. Eddie had been dismissing Clapton’s style as outdated…
John Lennon Walked Into Abbey Road Calling Guitars ‘Decoration’ — Clapton Left Everyone Silent George Harrison had invited Eric Clapton to Abbey Road for a reason, to show John Lennon that guitarists weren’t just hired help. The tension between Lenin and Clapton had been building for months. Lenin believed songs were about lyrics and melody….
Eric Clapton Played ‘Layla’ Solo With ONLY 5 Strings — Here’s How He Did The Impossible at MSG Madison Square Garden, 1974. Eric Clapton was halfway through the Leila solo when his E string snapped with a sound like a gunshot. The sound engineer screamed, “Stop the show!” into his headset. But Clapton didn’t stop….
Jimi Hendrix Calls Clapton 3 Days Before Death — What He Said Left Clapton SPEECHLESS for 50 Years September 15th, 1970, 3 days before Jimmyi Hendrickx died in a London hotel room. According to one witness, Hendrickx spent part of that day at Olympic Studios, made a phone call to Eric Clapton. The witness claims…
Priscilla ARRIVED at Graceland Alone That Night — What She Found Wasn’t Planned Graceland, November 18th, 1975. 11:47 at night. Priscilla Presley pulled her car through the gates she’d once called home. She wasn’t supposed to be here, hadn’t called ahead, hadn’t told anyone she was coming. But something about Elvis’s voice on the phone…
He served 40 YEARS unseen — Elvis opened one locker and changed EVERYTHING every morning at exactly 6:00am Albert Thompson arrived at the Las Vegas International Hotel employee entrance hung up his jacket and became invisible for the next 10 hours guests would hand him their coats without looking at his face staff would discuss…
He Called It the Saddest Song He’d Ever Heard — Elvis Sang It Through His Tears Las Vegas, 1976. The International Hotel was packed with 2,000 people waiting for Elvis Presley to take the stage. When the curtain rose, something was different. Elvis wasn’t wearing his usual jeweled jumpsuit. He was dressed simply, almost somberly,…
The Song That Made Elvis Cry: ‘The Saddest I’ve Ever Heard,’ He Said Memphis, 1977. >> [clears throat] >> The lights dimmed in the recording studio as Elvis Presley sat alone at the piano, his hands trembling above the keys. The musicians had already packed up for the night, but the king of rock and…
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