Eric Clapton

Known for ActingBorn 1945-03-30 (age 81)Ripley, Surrey, England, UK

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. In the mid sixties, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand", and graffiti in London declared "Clapton is God." Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, the power trio, Cream, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the seventies, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped gain reggae a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Clapton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Orchestral

Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock

Eric Clapton: Live at Budokan

Ringo Rama

Eric Clapton Live at Budokan, Tokyo

A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan

Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly

Close Up

Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions

Live Aid

The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words

Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights - Blues

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019

Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session

Seven Ages of Rock

Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin'

Eric Clapton and Friends: Live 1986

The Beatles 1+

Jeff Beck: Performing This Week... Live At Ronnie Scott's

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

B.B. King & Friends

Classic Artists: Cream – Their Fully Authorized Story

The A.R.M.S. Benefit Concert from London

Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Laurel Canyon

Eric Clapton - Live in San Diego

Cream: Royal Albert Hall

Concert for George

The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live

The Story of the Yardbirds

George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

Eric Clapton and Friends

Soundbreaking

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

Edge of Darkness

Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues

Yardbirds

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1

Pino

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Live Aid