Derek and the Dominos

The guitarist's best album wasn't credited to him – and he wasn't even in a real band.

He also played on material by the Beach Boys, John Lennon, Steely Dan, Alice Cooper and George Harrison.

'All Things Must Pass' did more than launch his post-Beatles solo career.

The 1957 Gibson Les Paul had been with same owner since 1977.

Back in the day, there weren't too many artists as antsy as Eric Clapton.

The Derek and the Dominos hit "Layla" is a rock classic and one of the crown jewels of Eric Clapton's career, but there may be more to the story than the world was previously led to believe.

It's impressive enough that the guitarist was just a teenager when he joined Santana.

Eric Clapton was on a hot streak during the late '60s and early '70s, and for proof, you need look no further than 1969's Blind Faith and 1970's Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

Jim Gordon, the noted session drummer who racked up an impressive list of credits that included co-writing the Derek and the Dominos classic 'Layla' with Eric Clapton, has been denied parole until at least 2018 after serving 30 years in prison for the 1983 murder of his mother.

Eric Clapton’s guitar skills have been so revered that “Clapton is God” was once spray-painted on a wall in London. In tribute to his holiness – the lord of the Les Paul, the sultan of the SG, the sovereign of the Stratocaster – we offer this tribute of the Top 10 Eric Clapton Guitar Solos.