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Stories related to: Eric Clapton

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  • May 2008
    • Smells Like Teen Nostalgia

      Smells Like Teen Nostalgia

      Grunge is passé, but the market for its collectibles isn’t, reports Portfolio . Nostalgia plays a big role in determining what's hot, and prices on items of baby boomer vintage, even from the likes of the Fab Four, are starting to drop. Meanwhile, the demand for Gen X artifacts—skateboards, Star Wars figurines, old video games—is on the rise.  More »

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      auction   memorabilia   Christie's   guitar   Generation X   Nirvana   Eric Clapton   Jimi Hendrix

  • February 2008
    • Clapton Invited to Pyongyang

      Clapton Invited to Pyongyang

      Kim Jong Il is a diehard Elvis fan, but the Great Leader's son is seriously into Eric Clapton, which could be why North Korea has invited Old Slowhand to play a concert in Pyongyang. Though the New York Philharmonic performed there yesterday, a Clapton appearance  would mark the first time a Western pop music star had been involved in a cultural exchange with the regime that more often treats rock 'n' roll as "pollution." More »

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      North Korea   Kim Jong Il   rock and roll   Pyongyang   New York Philharmonic   Eric Clapton   cultural diplomacy

  • January 2008
  • October 2007
    • Clapton Recounts Pain, Triumph

      Clapton Recounts Pain, Triumph

      "Slowhand" takes up a pen in Clapton: The Autobiography. Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll—it’s all there in guitar legend Eric Clapton’s memoir. There’s also the death of a child and more than one journey to sobriety. Vanity Fair excerpts the poignant tale of the man who started the road to recovery one day by falling to his knees. More »

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      music   Italy   England   alcoholism   drug abuse   George Harrison   Eric Clapton   autobiography   Pattie Boyd

    • YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

      YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

      Why is Slash playing so poorly in this clip? Because a Finnish media artist over-dubbed the audio track just well enough to make the Guns N’ Roses axeman sound believably awful. The YouTube user known as StSanders was inspired to bring guitar heroes down to earth when he saw a Steve Vai solo—on mute. Now YouTubers are soaking up his skewering of the greats. More »

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      YouTube   Finland   Eric Clapton   Guns N' Roses   Slash   Metallica

  • August 2007
    • Pattie Boyd Spills About Rocker Loves

      Pattie Boyd Spills About Rocker Loves

      Pattie Boyd, ex-wife of rock legends George Harrison and Eric Clapton, opens up for the first time about their love triangle and her two tempestuous marriages in her new book Wonderful Tonight, ABC reports. A model who met Harrison when she played an extra in the "A Hard Days Night," Boyd was the inspiration for the Beatles' "Something in the Way She Moves" as well as  Clapton's "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight." More »

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      Beatles   George Harrison   Eric Clapton   Pattie Boyd

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