Johnson is a highly-acclaimed guitarist from the Lone Star State. His 1990 album “Ah Via Musicom” was certified platinum by the RIAA, and the single “Cliffs of Dover” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. While Johnson is most famous for his electric guitar skills,...
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Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is an American guitarist, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. His 1990 album Ah Via Musicom was certified platinum by the RIAA, and the single "Cliffs of Dover" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.Best known for his ele...
Inspired by American blues music and possessing the talent to interpret it as his own, Clapton has achieved success as a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has been inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three separate times and has won numerous prestigious music awards. ...
Guitarist Delaney Bramlett and keyboardist Leon Russel formed Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with Delaney’s wife, singer Bonnie Bramlett, who served some time as one of Ike Turner’s Ikettes when she was 15. The group worked as the opening act for Blind Faith and Clapton enjoyed working with...
H.E.R. won two Grammys in 2019 and has earned critical acclaim for her live performances, including her work as a guitarist. She’s won honors at the MTV Video Music Awards, BET Awards and Soul Train Music Awards and launched R&B hits such as “Focus,”“Best Part,”...
(whom I mentored in the sampling arts at Roland R&D) had gone to work for Hans Zimmer as his personal sound designer. Bob is also a wonderful guitarist and had created a custom guitar sample library from Hans' extensive collection of guitars. We also found an amazing group of people in ...
In December 1967,Eric Claptonwas uneasily carrying the “God” nickname that had followed him since his emergence as the UK‘s premier electric blues-rock guitarist of his generation. He was about halfway through his tenure withCream, the prototype power trio who were, at the time, in the ...
Legendary guitarist readies book, audiotape for 2007 Music By Jessica Robertson Back Home As this title to Eric Clapton's new album has it, the guitar giant has now returned back home from his recent meetings at the crossroads with Robert Johnson (Me and Mr. Johnson, Sessions for Robert J...
15. There is a backup singer in some of the tracks, a woman, who does a good job at unifying your voice with hers, what can you tell us about her? She is Prairie Boulmier, a guitarist and singer here in Beijing. Prairie was a great fit for the two songs she sings backing vocals...