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Jimi Hendrix in Sacramento

How Jimi Hendrix died - and the mysteries surrounding his death

By Harry Shapiro

Was Hendrix murdered by a manager with debts to the Mafia? Hendrix biographer Harry Shapiro talks to former roadie James ‘Tappy’ Wright and reconsiders the mysteries surrounding Jimi's death

A shot of Gary Moore playing live

Ego, tempers, affairs: The tumultuous story of BBM

By Harry Shapiro

When Gary Moore joined Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in the ‘ersatz Cream’ BBM, it was a dream come true for the guitarist – but one that was over almost as soon as it began

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers sitting against a wall, Eric Clapton reading a copy of the Beano comic.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton: The Making of 'the Beano album'…

By Harry Shapiro

Released in 1966, John Mayall’s Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton changed the musical landscape. Here’s how Beano came to be…

BBM: Gary Moore, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce

'We're not Cream!' - How Gary Moore, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker made an album

By Harry Shapiro

In 1983 Gary Moore, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce joined forces to form BBM. When they got to the studio, it started to get really interesting...

A close-up of Gary Moore

Gary Moore: the story of Still Got The Blues

By Harry Shapiro

1990's Still Got The Blues album was an abrupt and risky game-changer that reignited the tradition of blistering British blues guitar

Jack Bruce 1943-2014

By Harry Shapiro

The bass master, as remembered by his official biographer.