George E. Terry (born in 1950) is an American blues rock and rock and roll guitarist most known for his live and studio work with Eric Clapton during the 1970s and studio work with a long list of artists. Prior to joining Clapton's band, George was already a well-known South Florida guitarist and session musician and had played with several notable bands including "GAME" who released two albums in 1970 and 1971. George was the featured lead guitarist, bassist, and writer of several tunes on both.
Clapton recorded three of Terry's songs, "Mainline Florida", "Lay Down Sally", "Don't Blame Me". Terry was a member of Clapton's studio and touring band until 1979 when it was dissolved.
Terry's song "What'll I Do" with the Bellamy Brothers received heavy radio airplay. Terry released a solo album in 2004, entitled Guitar Drive.
Dave Mason was not around or involved in the Eric Clapton 461 album recordings. There's really not much of a chance he could back up Eric's guitar playing. George Terry worked with Tom Dowd at Criteria Studios and was a perfect match for Eric's guitar work. He was around during the Derek and the Dominos project with Tom Dowd and did a lot of "jamming" with Eric at that time. Later he was responsible for getting Eric to listen to Bob Marley and got him into recording "I Shot The Sheriff". The rest is history.