Eric Clapton was devastated last summer when he learned that J.J. Cale — his musical idol, close friend and periodic collaborator — had died here of a heart attack at the age of 74. But the English ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this interview with Eric Clapton contained an inaccurate quote about meeting the late JJ Cale. Clapton's correct quote: "He showed me a guitar he ...

In a collaboration ages in the making, iconic guitarists Eric Clapton and J.J. Cale recently released The Road to Escondido, a mix of rock, country, folk and blues which still retains the fingerprints ...

NEW YORK — Eric Clapton is paying tribute to his late friend and collaborator J.J. Cale with a new album. Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, John Mayer and others lend a hand on "The Breeze: An Appreciation of ...

There are, you could argue, two strands of Eric Clapton fans: those who love his scorching electric solos and groundbreaking fusions of blues and rock, and those who prefer his mellow, unplugged pop ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – For Eric Clapton, the early 1970s were filled with drug addiction, personal difficulties and growing dissatisfaction with music. Singer-songwriter JJ Cale rescued him and gave ...

“I would like people to tap into what JJ Cale did – that’s the point,” Clapton says in a statement. “I’m just the messenger; I’ve always felt that that’s my job. I try to interpret things so that the ...

“When I was struggling with the Seventies guitar-hero hype, he was the light in the darkness,” Eric Clapton says of singer-songwriter J.J. Cale. “He led me to another path, of finding integrity in the ...