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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar…
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entertainment · English musician (born 1945) · guitarist · singer-songwriter · composer · jazz musician · singer · recording artist · musician · also Eric Clapton, Eric Patrick Clapton, Slowhand, Clapton
Born 30 March 1945 · Q48187
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2026· 37 entries
parade.com: 1969 Supergroup Song, First Song Written by Eric Clapton, Is Still a Generational Hit 57 Years Later
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Futuro Chile: El volcánico genio de la batería que desafió a los Beatles y salvó a Eric Clapton: la historia tras un mito del rock
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TicketNews: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Returns With Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Pete Townshend and More
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Blackpool Gazette: 'Authentic tribute' - New Eric Clapton live show with six-piece band coming to Fleetwood's Marine Hall
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Eric Clapton - 2026 tour brings arena shows to Germany and the US - Ad-hoc-news.de
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Published video “Todd Rundgren discusses seeing Eric, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf at New York City's Cafe Au Go Go.”.
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Singersroom.com: 10 Best Eric Clapton Songs of All Time
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parade.com: 1974 Soft-Rock Song, Whose First Note Left Eric Clapton Awestruck, Became a Cross-Generational Hit
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Where's Eric!: Eric Clapton’s 6-Date US Tour Is Just Weeks Away — Kicks Off September 6 in Detroit
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Stereo Cien: Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard: Historia y éxito del álbum de 1974
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Published video “Eric explains the process of recording 'Riding With The King' with @bbking.”.
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Published video “Eric Clapton's run of US tour dates begins next month at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI.”.
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Published video “On this day in 1949: @MarkKnopfler was born.”.
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Published video “@PaulMcCartney and Rick Rubin on Eric's lead guitar contribution to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"”.
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Published video “@warrenhaynes discusses Eric Clapton's influence on his own guitar playing and on rock and roll.”.
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Published video “On this day in 1974: Eric released his second solo studio album, '461 Ocean Boulevard.’”.
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Published video “The reissue of 'Riding With The King' is now available on CD and 180G gold vinyl.”.
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Published video “B.B. King & Eric Clapton: The Making of "Riding With The King"”.
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Published video “On this day in 2014: Eric Clapton released 'The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale.'”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, or Joy Behar say that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, or a dozen other major artists "is just a musician"” Viet Spam.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In September 1992, musician Eric Clapton invited 16-year-old Sarah Mitchell, who was deaf, onstage at a concert in Birmingham, England, and performed for her.” False.
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2025· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Musician Eric Clapton once called U.S. President Donald Trump "a disgrace to America," "a cancer on society" and "the most dangerous and corrupt leader ever."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “In July 2025, musician Eric Clapton donated money to the families of victims of the floods in Texas for funeral expenses and compensation.” False.
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2024· 2 entries
Released album “Meanwhile”.
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Clapton contributed guitar to a re-release of Mark Knopfler's "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Eric Clapton described his “disastrous” experience after receiving a second-dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in a letter penned to friend and lockdown opponent, Robin Monotti.” Correct Attribution.
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“not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present”
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “At a concert in 1976, Eric Clapton went on a racist rant, using deeply offensive racial slurs and calling for the deportation of non-whites from Britain.” True.
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2018· 2 entries
Released album “Happy Xmas”.
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Making him one of the first eleven recipients of a star on the walk, thus joining Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, the Suffragettes, and Albert Einstein, among others who were viewed as "key players" in the building's hi
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “I Still Do”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “When someone asked Eric Clapton what it was like to be the greatest guitar player in the world, he responded: "I don't know, ask Prince."” False.
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2014· 1 entry
Released album “The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale”.
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2013· 2 entries
Released album “Old Sock”.
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A condition involving damage to peripheral nerves that typically causes stabbing, burning, or tingling pain in the arms and legs
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2012· 1 entry
Clapton was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his artwork – the Beatles' Sgt
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2011· 2 entries
Which were held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel
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The Guardian attributed the creation of the cult of the guitar hero to Clapton, ranking it number seven on their list of the 50 key events in rock music history;
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2010· 2 entries
Released album “Clapton”.
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Clapton started appearing as a spokesman for T-Mobile, advertising their MyTouch Fender cell phone
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “20th Century Heroes”.
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Released album “Eric Clapton”.
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Complete Clapton”.
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Clapton learned more about his father, a Canadian soldier who left the UK after the war
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Were sold at the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair for US$4 million
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2006· 7 entries
Released album “The Road to Escondido”.
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Released album “Telephone Blues”.
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Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
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Released album “Guitar Legend: The Very Best of the Early Years”.
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Released album “Eric Clapton & Friends”.
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Released album “Mister Slowhand – The Master Plays The Blues”.
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Performed at the Highclere Castle in aid of the Countryside Alliance and played two set pieces of "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb"
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2005· 5 entries
Released album “Back Home”.
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Released album “Classic Eric Clapton”.
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Released album “Early in the Morning”.
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Performed together for the Tsunami Relief Fund
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Released album “Eric Clapton Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums”.
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2004· 10 entries
Released album “Sessions for Robert J”.
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Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton”.
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2004).
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Released album “Me and Mr Johnson”.
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Clapton released Sessions for Robert Johnson, containing covers of Johnson's songs using electric and acoustic guitars
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Released album “She's So Respectable”.
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“Eric supports the Countryside Alliance. He does not hunt himself, but does enjoy rural pursuits such as fishing and shooting. He supports the Alliance”
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Was awarded a CBE for services to music
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Clapton released two albums of covers of songs by bluesman Robert Johnson, Me and Mr
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Rolling Stone ranked Clapton No
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2003· 4 entries
Released album “Ballads”.
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Released album “Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Eric Clapton”.
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Released album “Alone With My Friends”.
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Released album “Louise”.
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2002· 3 entries
Released album “Unplugged / From the Cradle”.
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They married on 1 January 2002 at St Mary Magdalene Church in Clapton's birthplace, Ripley.
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Released album “The Blues Roots of Eric Clapton”.
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2001· 10 entries
Released album “Unplugged / Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton”.
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Released album “The Legends Collection: The Eric Clapton Collection, Volume 2”.
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Released album “The Legends Collection: The Eric Clapton Collection, Volume 1”.
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Released album “The Yardbird Years”.
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Released album “Reptile”.
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Released album “Eric Clapton & Friends: Let It Rock”.
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Released album “Draggin’ My Tail”.
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Released album “The Guitar Player”.
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Clapton was musical director for the Concert for George
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2000· 5 entries
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000).
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Released album “Riding With the King”.
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Released album “Most Famous Hits: The Album”.
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Clapton collaborated with B
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Released album “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton”.
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Released album “Hits of Fire”.
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Released album “West Coast Idea”.
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1998· 7 entries
Released album “Blues Power”.
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Released album “Pilgrim”.
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Clapton, recovering from addiction himself, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for those recovering from substance abuse
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Released album “Lonely Years”.
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In 1998, Clapton, then 53, met 22-year-old administrative assistant Melia McEnery in Columbus, Ohio, at a party given for him after a performance.
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“s name was Edward Fryer. This was a source of disquiet for Clapton, as witnessed by his 1998 song”
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Released the Grammy award-winning "My Father's Eyes"
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Volume I”.
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Released album “Birth of a Blues Legend ’63–’66”.
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The same year he recorded Retail Therapy (an album of electronic music with Simon Climie under the pseudonym TDF)
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1996· 7 entries
Released album “Strictly the Blues”.
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Released album “Eric Clapton / Jimmy Page & Albert Lee”.
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Had another top-40 hit with the R&B crossover "Change the World"
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Released album “The Very Best: Blues and Ballads”.
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Clapton had a relationship with singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow
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Released album “White Boy Black Boy Blues”.
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Released album “Volume 2”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “Early Greatest”.
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Clapton for the first and only time appeared on a UK No
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Was a limited edition 000-42EC Eric Clapton signature model with a production run of 461
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1994· 5 entries
Released album “From the Cradle”.
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Released album “The Cream of Clapton”.
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Released album “The Blues Years”.
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A former heavy cigarette smoker, Clapton quit smoking in 1994.
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Released album “Beginnings”.
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1993· 3 entries
Released album “Stages”.
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Released album “For Your Love”.
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To perform at the ceremony inducting them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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1992· 3 entries
Released album “Experience”.
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Clapton received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors
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Released album “Mister Slowhand”.
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1991· 4 entries
Clapton appeared on Richie Sambora's album, Stranger in This Town, in a song dedicated to him, called "Mr
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Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and appeared on his Unplugged album
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“s 1991 film Rush and the two remained friends. In an interview for BBC News, Zanuck said that Clapton only agreed to participate if she directed it: I think this got made because Eric was in the right mood. He”
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Released album “The Story of Rock Music Collection”.
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1990· 3 entries
Released album “The First Time I Met the Blues”.
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Released album “Story”.
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And 1991, as well as Clapton's 1992 US tour
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Journeyman”.
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Clapton released Journeyman, an album that covered a wide range of styles, including blues, jazz, soul and pop
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1988· 3 entries
Released album “Crossroads”.
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Played with Dire Straits and Elton John at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium and the Prince's Trust rock gala at the Royal Albert Hall
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Fender introduced his signature Eric Clapton Stratocaster
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1987· 4 entries
Released album “The Cream of Eric Clapton”.
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"I never accepted that I was the greatest guitar player in the world
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Played on George Harrison's album Cloud Nine, contributing guitar to its title track "Cloud 9", "That's What It Takes", "Devil's Radio" and "Wreck of the Hesperus"
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Released album “The Early Clapton Collection”.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “August”.
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1985· 8 entries
Released album “Behind the Sun”.
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“Did you plan your leads, or, for that matter, do you plan them now?”
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“W najgorszych chwilach jedynym powodem, dla którego nie popełniłem samobójstwa, była świadomość, że po śmierci nie będę mógł już pić.”
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“Layla. You got me on my knees. (ang.)”
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“Like a fool, I fell in love with you. You turned my whole world upside down. (ang.)”
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“What will you do when you get lonely? No one waiting by your side. (ang.)”
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“Niech Brytania pozostanie biała. Kiedyś byłem uzależniony od narkotyków, teraz jestem uzależniony od rasizmu.”
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“The only education I ever really had was finding out about the blues. I mean, I wanted to know everything”
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1984· 5 entries
Clapton and Boyd tried unsuccessfully to have children, even trying in vitro fertilisation in 1984, but were faced instead with miscarriages.
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Released album “The History of Rock, Volume Twenty Five”.
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Released album “Backtrackin’”.
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Released album “White Boy Blues – Classic Guitars of Clapton, Beck & Page”.
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Performed on former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters' solo album The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, and participated in the supporting tour
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1983· 5 entries
Waters was a part of Clapton's life
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On the 12-date benefit tour for Action for Research into multiple sclerosis with the first date on 23 September at the Royal Albert Hall
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Released album “Money and Cigarettes”.
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Released album “After Midnight”.
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Released album “Pop Giants, Vol. 7”.
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1982· 3 entries
Released album “Eric Clapton / John Mayall (La grande storia del rock)”.
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Clapton eventually gave up alcohol and other recreational drugs in 1982.
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Released album “Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton”.
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1981· 2 entries
Clapton was invited by producer Martin Lewis to appear at the Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman's Other Ball in London
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Released album “Another Ticket”.
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1979· 1 entry
Clapton gave his signed Fender Lead II guitar to the Hard Rock Cafe in London to designate his favourite bar stool
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1978· 3 entries
Released album “Backless”.
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Released album “The Early Cream of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker”.
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Released album “Big Boss Man”.
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1977· 2 entries
Released album “Slowhand”.
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Harrison and Boyd divorced in 1977 and she married Clapton on 27 March 1979, in Tucson, Arizona.
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1976· 2 entries
Released album “No Reason to Cry”.
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Performed as one of a string of notable guests at the farewell performance of The Band, filmed in a Martin Scorsese documentary titled The Last Waltz
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “There’s One in Every Crowd”.
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Released album “The Blues World of Eric Clapton”.
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1974· 2 entries
Released album “461 Ocean Boulevard”.
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Clapton started living with Boyd (they would not marry until 1979) and was no longer using heroin (although he gradually began to drink heavily)
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1973· 1 entry
Became the backup to the most famous of all Clapton's guitars, "Blackie"
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1972· 2 entries
Released album “Eric Clapton at His Best”.
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Released album “History of Eric Clapton”.
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1971· 1 entry
Released album “The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions”.
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1970· 3 entries
Before forming Derek and the Dominos with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon
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On his first solo album, in concert with Derek and the Dominos as well on the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
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1969· 1 entry
Was composed of Cream drummer Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood of Traffic, and Ric Grech of Family, and yielded one LP and one arena-circuit tour
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1968· 2 entries
Clapton played the lead guitar solo on Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", from the Beatles' self-titled double album (also known as the "White Album")
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Clapton bought a Gibson Firebird and started using the 1964 Cherry-Red Gibson ES-335 again
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1967· 1 entry
Clapton's SG, Bruce's Fender VI, and Baker's drum head were all repainted in psychedelic designs)
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1962· 1 entry
Started performing as a duo with fellow blues enthusiast Dave Brock in pubs around Surrey
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1961· 1 entry
After leaving Hollyfield School in Surbiton, he studied at the Kingston College of Art but was expelled at the end of the academic year because his focus had remained on music rather than art
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1945· 2 entries
Born 1945-03-30.
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“s comments were relevant. In 2018 Clapton stated he was”
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