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Down at the Crossroads: An Interview with Eric Clapton

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[3.Aug.07] :. In the early `60s, Eric Clapton began a passionate, long-distance love affair with Chicago. Upon hearing the blues of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Hubert Sumlin on vinyl records, Clapton saw his future as a guitarist.

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Clapton’s Crossroads festival was fit for a King

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[30.Jul.07] :. Bill Murray brought the laughs, and B.B. King took care of the tears. Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jeff Beck and Steve Winwood kept stealing the show from one another. Robbie Robertson made a rare...

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