Lee and Clapton with the Les Paul Custom. Lee is photographed performing with Clapton at Ahoy, Rotterdam, April 23, 1983.

They’d come to see Duane, not knowing I was playing second guitar with him.” Eddy made being a guitarist look cool to a generation of teenagers – Clapton, Beck and Albert Lee, included.

Last month, Gibson released 150 Murphy Lab replicas of a special 1958 Les Paul Custom. Although Gibson has given Eric Clapton’s name to the run, the guitar has belonged to Albert Lee since 1979.

Lee has won two Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammies for Earl Scruggs’ “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” in 2001 and for Brad Paisley’s “Cluster Pluck” in 2008. Lee also has released 10 solo and ...

Steve Lukather has recalled the time he performed secret jam shows with Eddie Van Halen, Steve Morse and Albert Lee, surprising audiences by booking the gigs under false names. In his latest ...