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Thursday Jun 13 | Country Weekly

Keith Urban Gets Bluesy With Buddy Guy

When Country Weekly caught up with Keith Urban shortly after his We're All for the Hall benefit concert in Nashville in April, he was raving about seeing blues great Buddy Guy perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival.

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Related Topix: Keith Urban, Country, Blues, Black Entertainment, Buddy Guy

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Russia Beyond the Headlines

Fisherman's guide to trophy hot spots in Russia

What media magnate Ted Turner, President Vladimir Putin, singer Eric Clapton and the Prince of Wales all have in common.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, Asia, Blues, Ted Turner, Vladimir Putin, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 767, Travel

Q106

Back problems force Eric Clapton to cancel two shows

A post on Clapton's website says the rocker is suffering from "severe back pain," and he's addressing the situation "with specialists who will be able to better determine the course of treatment" Eric Clapton is taking an unexpected break from his tour.

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Related Topix: Blues, Austria,

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Aquarius Papers

Happy 2013 RIP Birthday to the Legendary Howlin' Wolf

Today would have been the 103rd birthday of blues legend Chester Arthur Burnett, a.k.a. "Howlin' Wolf."

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Related Topix: Blues, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Pop/Rock, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones

Thu Jun 06, 2013

Examiner.com

Eric Clapton FAQ delivers goods on guitar god

"Guitar god" is a phrase you hear bandied about loosely in articles describing the six-string prowess of many rock and roll axe men.

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Related Topix: Blues, Journalism, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Pop/Rock, The Beatles, John Lennon

Wed Jun 05, 2013

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Michael Hill's Blues Mob headlines blues barbecue in Elverson

Michael Hill owes his career in the blues to his love of a good story and Jimi Hendrix.

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Related Topix: Blues, Michael Hill, Elverson, PA, Pop/Rock, Jimi Hendrix, Black Entertainment, B.B. King

Tue Jun 04, 2013

Examiner.com

Rock Hall Anniversary: Death of Bo Diddley

Five years ago in June 2008, the music world lost one of its pioneers when Bo Diddley passed away at the age of 79.

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Related Topix: Blues, Bo Diddley

Mon Jun 03, 2013

Warsaw Business Journal

50 years of excellence

After a five-year break, Eric Clapton is back in Poland, this time with a show in Ld1 4. Mr Clapton's current tour is special, as it celebrates his 50 years as a musician.

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Related Topix: Blues, Pop/Rock, The Yardbirds, The Cream

Sun Jun 02, 2013

NEWS.com.au

My Way pipped as favourite funeral song

GREEN Day's Time of Your Life has overtaken Frank Sinatra's My Way as the song most people would like to have played at their funeral, according to a survey.

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Related Topix: Green Day, Punk, Pop/Rock, Blues

Fri May 31, 2013

Crooks and Liars

C&L's Late Nite Music with Clapton, Sanborn, Miller, Gadd & Sample

What more can you ask in a live show at Montreux with none other than Marcus Miller, Eric Clapton, Steve Gadd, Joe Sample and David Sanborn? All are giants in their respective fields and all are dynamite here.

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Related Topix: Montreux, Jazz, Marcus Miller, Blues, Steve Gadd, Joe Sample

Wed May 29, 2013

Swindon Advertiser

Does anybody know where Brock could be?

GUITARS, PA system, microphones, amps, kettles, footage of atomic explosions, lumps of crystallised industrial dry ice, grandfather clock, clapped out TV set, sledgehammera being Swindon's premiere psychedelic blues band held certain responsibilities back in the late Sixties.

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Related Topix: Watches, Blues, World News, United Kingdom, Gloucestershire County, England,

Mon May 27, 2013

Music-News.com

Eric Clapton - O2, Dublin

One of the attractions of seeing the great iconic acts of the sixties performing is the sense that it maybe a case of 'last chance to see'. With the likes of Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and the Who all nearing their eighth decade one senses there might not be too many more opportunities to catch them in concert, despite them appearing to be ... (more)

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Related Topix: Blues

Sun May 26, 2013

Jamaica Observer

Marleys, Clapton Get Together

MARLEY brothers, Damian and Stephen, recently worked on a 'one drop' remix of rock legend Eric Clapton's latest song Every Little Thing, taken from his current album Old Sock.

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Related Topix: Blues, Reggae, Bob Marley

Sat May 25, 2013

The Guardian

Out of his comfort zone

It certainly isn't the word I would use to describe Resurrection, the Fredericton-based Neilsen's latest musical foray.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Allman Brothers, Blues, Anders Osborne

Thu May 23, 2013

The Daily Republic

Our Music Year No. 143: John Mayer, 'Born and Raised'

After 2005's "Try!" and 2006's "Continuum," John Mayer seemed to have jumped into maturity as a songwriter and was prepared to enter a new phase of his career.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, John Mayer, January, Blues, Jack Johnson, Incubus

Wed May 22, 2013

The Carbon Valley Farmer

Blues Jam time: John Mayall to headline annual Greeley festival

My favorite time of the year is almost here again, with the arrival of the ninth annual Greeley Blues Jam.

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Related Topix: Greeley, CO, John Mayall, Blues, Bluesbreakers, Peter Green

Guitar Player

New from Backbeat Books: 'Eric Clapton, Day by Day - The Early Years 1963 - "1982'

Backbeat Books will publish the first volume of Eric Clapton, Day by Day: The Early Years: 1963-1982 on May 28, 2013.

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Related Topix: Blues, The Early Years, Alternative

Tue May 21, 2013

The Miami Herald

Criteria Recording Studios founder Emerman dies

Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his daughter.

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Related Topix: Blues, Black Entertainment, Soul, James Brown