Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer date somewhere in history
24 June 2026
On 24 June 1999, guitar hero ERIC CLAPTON put no less than 100 of his guitars
up for auction at Christie’s in New York City to raise money for his drug rehab clinic,
the Crossroads Centre in Antigua in the Lesser Antilles.
His 1956 Fender Stratocaster named Brownie, which was used to record the electric
version of Layla, sold for a record $497,500. The auction helped raise nearly $5 million
for the clinic.
No, Eric, no more cocaine.