Getting heralded as a great guitar player by Eric Clapton might be the greatest compliment a player could get. He’s undisputedly one of the greats. Needless to say, his opinion is taken as irrefutable ...

Though Pino Palladino’s resume is staggering, his approach to work is quite simple: “I just turn up with a couple of basses, to be quite honest,” he tells Bass Player. Of course, it’s not that simple.