Rock legend Eric Clapton is parting with dozens of guitars and amps at a New York auction to benefit an alcohol and drug treatment centre he founded in Antigua.

Music legend Eric Clapton is to sell off part of his extensive guitar collection – including one he played on stage with Cream – to raise hundreds of thousands for his rehab clinic.

Jimi Hendrix’s 'Voodoo Child' was today named the greatest guitar riff of all time, more than 40 years after he first recorded the classic cosmic jam.