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and today we’re taking a look at the
life and career of eric clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton was born March 30th
1945 in Surrey England after his father
left his teenage mother he was raised as
his grandmother’s and her second
husband’s son intrigued by the blues
he learned guitar in his teens after
being kicked out of the Kingston College
of Art he started building his name by
performing with local bands
laughter all between 1963 and 65 Clapton
cultivated his style as part of the
yardbirds
but quit the blues rock group once they
embraced a more pop sound following
their first top ten hit
Slowhand solidified his status as an
English guitar guard with the highly
influential Bluesbreakers with Eric
Clapton which resulted from a
short-lived stint with John Mayall & the
Bluesbreakers after parting ways with
that outfit
Clapton merged his fast bluesy guitar
style with Jack Bruce’s unforgettable
bass and Ginger Baker’s flamboyant jazz
inspired drums in creeks
within two years the trio became the
first successful supergroup and
introduced Clapton to an American
audience their live shows were
particularly notable thanks to lengthy
guitar solos and jam session
the walk down the street there’s no one
there the pig went to one you sprout
throughout the late 60s creams blues and
psychedelic rock earned them four top 40
US records including Disraeli gears
that album featured the single sunshine
of your love which exemplified Clapton’s
distorted and muted guitar sound dubbed
the woman tone
wheels of fire became the first-ever
platinum-selling double album and
contained the hit white room
despite international fame cream
disintegrated following member clashes
and substance abuse problems
during his time with cream Clapton
discovered the innovative sounds of
rising guitarist Jimi Hendrix and
collaborated with the Beatles George
Harrison he soon formed the supergroup
blind faith with traffic Steve Winwood
creams Ginger Baker and Families Ric
Grech however after just one
chart-topping eponymous album they
disbanded
it was in 1970 that Clapton unveiled his
self-titled solo debut he also assumed
guitar duties alongside vocalist and
keyboardist Bobby Whitlock bassist Carl
Radle and drummer Jim Gordon in the
newly formed Derek and the Dominos their
only album was the blues rock classic
Layla and other assorted love songs
which also featured Duane Allman’s
dynamic slide guitar abilities though
initially unsuccessful that record is
now considered Clapton’s magnum opus
in the standout track Leila Clapton
revealed his unrequited love for
Harrison’s wife Pattie Boyd
soon Boyd’s rejection the demise of
Derek and the Dominos and the deaths of
Hendrix and almond left Clapton
depressed with only heroin to sustain
him he isolated himself from the world
Slowhand made his comeback at the whose
Pete Townsend’s rainbow concert in 1973
ladies and gentlemen being especially to
knows Eric Clapton and the palpitation
free from heroin he earned his first and
only number-one hit the next year with
the Bob Marley cover I shot the sheriff
from 461 Ocean Boulevard
clapton produced four more albums in the
1970s with slow hand and backless
generating several top tens
okay
he married Boyd in 1979 but the union
was soon tainted by his alcoholism and
infidelity
after 1981’s another ticket
Clapton worked with Jeff Beck and Pink
Floyd’s Roger Waters the 80s also saw
him enter rehab and release four studio
albums including the Phil Collins
produced August which returned him to UK
prominence and the double album journey
man which found him at the top of his
game and Grammy worthy thanks to bad
love
sadly in 1991 tragedy struck when his
four year old son died accidentally that
heartbreak inspired Clapton’s top to hit
tears in heaven from the rush movie
soundtrack which earned him three
Grammys and appeared on the
chart-topping live album unplugged
Clapton spent the remainder of the
decade producing Grammy winning songs
like changed the world from the
phenomenon soundtrack
chin
and my father’s eyes off his 1998 solo
disc pilgrim
after the Millenium Clapton remarried
but kept touring and recording he
collaborated with Phoebe King and JJ
Kael reunited with his cream and blind
faith bandmates paid tribute to the late
Harrison and Robert Johnson and release
top 20 solo albums like reptile back
home and Clapton in 2013 he dropped the
star-studded old sock Lord had mercy on
me
with an incomparable style and
untouchable ear for melody eric clapton
is undoubtedly one of history’s most
significant guitarists
and today we’re taking a look at the
life and career of eric clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton was born March 30th
1945 in Surrey England after his father
left his teenage mother he was raised as
his grandmother’s and her second
husband’s son intrigued by the blues
he learned guitar in his teens after
being kicked out of the Kingston College
of Art he started building his name by
performing with local bands
laughter all between 1963 and 65 Clapton
cultivated his style as part of the
yardbirds
but quit the blues rock group once they
embraced a more pop sound following
their first top ten hit
Slowhand solidified his status as an
English guitar guard with the highly
influential Bluesbreakers with Eric
Clapton which resulted from a
short-lived stint with John Mayall & the
Bluesbreakers after parting ways with
that outfit
Clapton merged his fast bluesy guitar
style with Jack Bruce’s unforgettable
bass and Ginger Baker’s flamboyant jazz
inspired drums in creeks
within two years the trio became the
first successful supergroup and
introduced Clapton to an American
audience their live shows were
particularly notable thanks to lengthy
guitar solos and jam session
the walk down the street there’s no one
there the pig went to one you sprout
throughout the late 60s creams blues and
psychedelic rock earned them four top 40
US records including Disraeli gears
that album featured the single sunshine
of your love which exemplified Clapton’s
distorted and muted guitar sound dubbed
the woman tone
wheels of fire became the first-ever
platinum-selling double album and
contained the hit white room
despite international fame cream
disintegrated following member clashes
and substance abuse problems
during his time with cream Clapton
discovered the innovative sounds of
rising guitarist Jimi Hendrix and
collaborated with the Beatles George
Harrison he soon formed the supergroup
blind faith with traffic Steve Winwood
creams Ginger Baker and Families Ric
Grech however after just one
chart-topping eponymous album they
disbanded
it was in 1970 that Clapton unveiled his
self-titled solo debut he also assumed
guitar duties alongside vocalist and
keyboardist Bobby Whitlock bassist Carl
Radle and drummer Jim Gordon in the
newly formed Derek and the Dominos their
only album was the blues rock classic
Layla and other assorted love songs
which also featured Duane Allman’s
dynamic slide guitar abilities though
initially unsuccessful that record is
now considered Clapton’s magnum opus
in the standout track Leila Clapton
revealed his unrequited love for
Harrison’s wife Pattie Boyd
soon Boyd’s rejection the demise of
Derek and the Dominos and the deaths of
Hendrix and almond left Clapton
depressed with only heroin to sustain
him he isolated himself from the world
Slowhand made his comeback at the whose
Pete Townsend’s rainbow concert in 1973
ladies and gentlemen being especially to
knows Eric Clapton and the palpitation
free from heroin he earned his first and
only number-one hit the next year with
the Bob Marley cover I shot the sheriff
from 461 Ocean Boulevard
clapton produced four more albums in the
1970s with slow hand and backless
generating several top tens
okay
he married Boyd in 1979 but the union
was soon tainted by his alcoholism and
infidelity
after 1981’s another ticket
Clapton worked with Jeff Beck and Pink
Floyd’s Roger Waters the 80s also saw
him enter rehab and release four studio
albums including the Phil Collins
produced August which returned him to UK
prominence and the double album journey
man which found him at the top of his
game and Grammy worthy thanks to bad
love
sadly in 1991 tragedy struck when his
four year old son died accidentally that
heartbreak inspired Clapton’s top to hit
tears in heaven from the rush movie
soundtrack which earned him three
Grammys and appeared on the
chart-topping live album unplugged
Clapton spent the remainder of the
decade producing Grammy winning songs
like changed the world from the
phenomenon soundtrack
chin
and my father’s eyes off his 1998 solo
disc pilgrim
after the Millenium Clapton remarried
but kept touring and recording he
collaborated with Phoebe King and JJ
Kael reunited with his cream and blind
faith bandmates paid tribute to the late
Harrison and Robert Johnson and release
top 20 solo albums like reptile back
home and Clapton in 2013 he dropped the
star-studded old sock Lord had mercy on
me
with an incomparable style and
untouchable ear for melody eric clapton
is undoubtedly one of history’s most
significant guitarists
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