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The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

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Leslie West on Eric Clapton, the album that inspired Mountain — and the bassist who refused to make the group a power trio

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The story goes that Eric Clapton was inspired to form his power trio Cream after seeing Buddy Guy perform with his trio in England.

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