Eric Clapton Celebrates 70th Birthday With All-Star New York Show

For the third song of his set last night at Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton invited out the first guest of the night: John Mayer, who Clapton has called a “master” guitar player. They launched into 1989’s swaggering, gospel-steeped “Pretending.” Midway through, Mayer played a melodic, fat-toned, piercing solo. Clapton shook…