Eric Clapton
Acting
- Born:
- 1945-03-30
- Place of birth:
- Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Pino
Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later
The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Eric Clapton: To Save A Child - An Intimate Live Concert
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock
Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights - Blues
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Orchestral
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Laurel Canyon
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
The Quiet One
Echo in the Canyon
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Jeff Beck: Still on the Run
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Eric Clapton - Live in San Diego
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Soundbreaking
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
The Beatles 1+
Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Three Days in Auschwitz
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Eric Clapton - Planes, Trains and Eric
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The 74-75 Recordings
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Eric Clapton - Live At Baloise Session 2013
Eric Clapton - Live on Basel
12-12-12
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Beware of Mr. Baker
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Close Up
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
The Love We Make
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Eric Clapton: Wonderful Tonight - Live in Japan 2009
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up
A Concert by the Lake
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Light My Fire