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About Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE we born on March 30, 1945. Clapton, nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning British guitarist, singer and composer, who became one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock-era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Eric Clapton is one of rock music's most successful and indelible artists. Ranked fourth on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarist of All-Time," Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on three separate occasions: as a member of the Yardbirds, as a member of Cream and as a solo artist. Clapton is regarded as the innovator of two sub-genres of rock and roll, blues rock and psychedelic rock, and he's also credited with introducing Bob Marley to the mainstream and popularizing Robert Johnson.

Before launching a successful solo career in the 1970's, Clapton played in a series of ground-breaking rock bands: The Yardbirds, Cream, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith, Delany and Bonnie and Friends, The Plastic Ono Band, and Derek and the Dominos. The last band produced one album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, which feature one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all-time, "Layla."

Clapton' solo career began in 1970 with the release of his self-titled debut album. However, his career really took off in 1974 with the release of 461 Ocean Boulevard. That album featured a cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff," as well as "Motherless Children," "Willie and the Hand Jive," and "Let It Grow." For the next 35-plus years Clapton released a string of hit records including 1977's Slowhand, 1986's August, and 1994's From the Cradle.

Apart from solo and group projects, Clapton has collaborated with dozens of other ground-breaking artists including Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Steve Windwood, Roger Waters, Phil Collins, and Frank Zappa. Lifelong friends with George Harrison, Clapton played guitar on The Beatles song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" found on the White Album (1968). After recording several of his songs, like "Cocaine," and "After Midnight," Clapton cut an album with guitarist and songwriter J.J. Cale in 2006. Clapton also released an album with B.B. King, "Riding with the King," which was released in 2000.

Known as rock's consummate bluesman and one of the greatest guitar players to ever live, Clapton's career has been littered with drug and alcohol addiction (which he has overcome), infidelities, and tragedy. The most notable tragedy in Clapton's life was the death of his son, Conor. In 1991, his son, who was just four-years-old at the time, fell from the 53rd-storey window of a New York City apartment building. The incident inspired Clapton's Grammy Award winning song "Tears in Heaven."

Although Clapton's musical style has varied throughout his career, it has always remained rooted in the blues. Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of his career, which have included blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and hard rock (with Cream). Clapton has also achieved great chart success in genres ranging from delta blues (the tribute to Robert Johnson with Me and Mr. Johnson album), psychedelic rock ("Sunshine of Your Love"), pop ("Change the World") and reggae ("I Shot the Sheriff").