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Eric Patrick Clapton was born in England on March 30, 1945. He grew to nine years, believing that his grandparents were his parents, and when they thought that Eric was old enough to know the truth, told him that his “sister” was actually his mother, and that he had not been told before so you did not suffer because of his illegitimacy.
It was a quiet and polite boy, and a student with a clear aptitude for art. After hearing the “King” and Buddy Holly, Clapton was enthusiastic for music, and at age of 13, his grandmother bought him his first guitar, an acoustic Spanish Hoya 14 pounds. The blues was the kind of music that got into Eric Clapton, and he began listening to artists like Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, and many more.
When he was already 16 years, Eric Clapton was inducted into the Kingston College Of Art, thanks mainly to its magnificent works of art. Although he chose to study stained glass design, failed to finish most of the work as entrusted, and who spent most of the time playing the guitar. Later he found work in construction, and when he managed to save a good amount of money, bought what would be his second guitar, a Kay Electric 100 pounds, and began playing in folk clubs at night. Thus, Eric Clapton delved into the world of music.
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Although his first band was The Roosters, Eric Clapton began to have success when he joined The Yardbirds. During his stay with the Yardbirds nicknamed him “Slowhand,” the nickname that is still known. After six months, disillusioned with the new musical direction the band had left the Blues to dig deep in the pop, then Clapton left the band, just as they achieved their first success in the UK. Weeks later, he was invited to join the group John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. During his stay with John Mayall, Clapton finally made a name for himself as for the group as a whole, it is during this period are painted in London’s famous “Clapton Is God.” The album John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton shows for the first time Clapton’s unique talents.
In 1966, Mayall left the group and joins Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker to form the first supergroup of the history of Rock, Cream. After three years of successive and large concerts recordings especially in the United States the group broke up in 1968 after heated debate between Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
In 1969 a new group called Blind Faith in the presence of Steve Winwood. An album with the wonderful “Can not Find My Way Home” and “Presence Of The Lord” and a U.S. tour was the musical background of this great band that only lasted a year. That same year Eric Clapton was invited by John Lennon to play in several concerts with him and to record the single “Cold Turkey.” In late 1969 and early 1970, Clapton’s band played in Delaney and Bonnie. With the help of the members of this band Clapton recorded his first solo album in 1970 titled Eric Clapton and contains classics of the repertoire of Clapton as “Let It Rain”, “Blues Power” or “After Midnight.”
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In 1970, Eric worked in the recording of the magnificent triple LP of George Harrison “All Things Must Past” and formed a new group with three members of the band Delaney and Bonnie, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock and Jim Gordon. The group was called Derek and the Dominos, with this group and the help of guitarist Duane Allman, Clapton recorded the best album of his career “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” that he wrote inspired by George Harrison’s wife, Patty Boyd, with which Clapton later married, although in his day but not had the recognition he deserved and went virtually unnoticed. During the sessions of the All Things Must Past, Clapton began his addiction to heroin. After the failure of Layla, the death of his father Jack Clapp and his friend Jimi Hendrix, it became even greater dependence for two long years and disappeared from the music scene, appearing only in the concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and with Leon Russell in concert in London.
In January of 1973, Eric Clapton after a successful therapy based on acupuncture left his problems with drugs and his friend Pete Townsend organized a comeback concert at London’s Rainbow Theatre, where Clapton and Townsend also participated Ron Wood and Steve Winwood.
In July 1974, Clapton recorded 461 Ocean Boulevard album is number one on the U.S. charts and includes the version of the Bob Marley classic “I Shot The Sheriff.” Clapton also appeared that year in the film Tommy the Who. In April 1975, recorded Clapton There’s One In Every Crowd and a live album in August entitled, EC Was Here, followed by No Reason To Cry in August 1976, which helped the group The Band, Ron Wood and Bob Dylan.
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But the real commercial success as a solo artist came in November 1977 with the album Slowhand. The LP contains the hit singles “Lay Down Sally”, “Wonderful Tonight” and the classic “Cocaine” and sold more than 3 million copies in the U.S. In November 1978, Clapton Backless edit entering the Top 10 with the song “Promises.” In the late ’70s, Clapton’s career began to feel the effects of his addiction to drink. In May 1980, published the magnificent double live album Just One Night recorded in Japan in late 1979.
In April 1981, edited Another Ticket and again reached the Top 10 with “I Can not Stand It..” That same year, Clapton collapses during a performance in Madison, Wisconsin (USA) and is hospitalized immediately. He was diagnosed several sores about the size of a tangerine. After which he entered a clinic to solve their problems with alcohol.
In February 1983, Clapton signature by the record company Warner Brothers and publishes Money And Cigarettes. At the same time there is a greatest hits compilation of his tenure with the company Polydor entitled Time Pieces-Best of Eric Clapton which sells more than 7 million copies in the USA In March 1985, he recorded Behind The Sun that includes “She’s Waiting,” “Same Old Blues” and “Forever Man.” That summer participate in the big concerts Live Aid where he made a striking good performance and is a turning point in Clapton’s career, attracting thousands of new fans and rejuvenating music. He also composed several songs for the soundtrack of the series Edge of Darkness, which received several prestigious awards.
In November 1986, published August that includes the hits “It’s In The Way That You Use It” (which also appears on the soundtrack of the film The Color Of Money) and “Tearing Us Apart” (with Tina Turner). Q Magazine called the album as ,”… the official start of the rebirth of Clapton’s career …”.
In February 1987, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Institute. In April 1988, he published his first box set entitled Crossroads which includes 73 songs from all periods and groups. In 1990, Crossroads gets to be the first box set in history to achieve platinum (and later the double platinum). Also in 1988, Clapton recorded two songs for soundtracks and Lethal Weapon 2 Homeboy.
In November 1989, published Journeyman. This LP is regarded as its roots back to the blues-rock that was the hallmark of Clapton’s music in the 60s and 70s. We emphasize mainly “Pretending” and “Bad Love.”, With the latter issue in 1991 Clapton got his first Grammy as a solo artist and in 1990, Journeyman won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album.
1990 was also a year of tragedy for Clapton. After a concert in Alphin Valley with Steve Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy, several team members of the American tour of Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, die in helicopter crash. In 1991 tragedy strikes again when his son Eric of four years died after falling from the window of a skyscraper in New York.
In October 1991, is published twice live album, 24 Nights which includes several live performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1990 and 1991. In December of that year he toured Japan with George Harrison. In January 1992, Eric Clapton recorded a concert for MTV acoustic and two new soundtracks Rush and Lethal Weapon 3 (which includes the song “It’s Probably Me” with Sting). In August, the concert was published under the title Acoustic Unplugged, which contains the éxitoseric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” dedicated to his son and a new acoustic version of the classic “Layla.”. The LP earned six Grammys and sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Clapton also won the award for Best Video at the MTV Video Music Award for “Tears In Heaven..”
1993 was the year of the awards for Clapton. Not only received six Grammys for Unplugged above, but also entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the group Cream (TheYardbirds had entered earlier). As for Clapton recordings appeared in several tribute albums: A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield, Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert. In September 1994, edited From The Cradle, which is the first album entirely recorded by Clapton blues. The book offers a collection of blues classics. The album won the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1995 and sold more than 3 million copies in the U.S., being the blues album has sold more than ever.
That year, the name rang Clapton in the London press as a possible substitute for Lennon died for the fourth component of the “Beatles” as part of a project designed to link back to the survivors of the famous group of Liverpool .
In April 1996, published a new compilation box with the title Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies, which basically consists of live performances recorded during the ’70s, along with four tracks previously unpublished study. Clapton also achieved great success this year with the theme “Change The World” in collaboration with Babyface. He also participated in a tribute concert to Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Prince’s Trust concert in Hyde Park in London, where she made a memorable performance.
In 1997, Eric Clapton collaborated with Simon Climie on a techno album called Retail Therapy (which appears under the pseudonym “X-Sample”). Clapton also won this year another three Grammy: Record Of The Year and Best Male Pop Vocal for “Change The World” and shared the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “SRV Shuffle.” the tribute album to Steve Ray Vaughan.
In March, Clapton released the album Pilgrim and in July opened a clinic for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics in the Caribbean island of Antigua with the name “Crossroads Center.
In 2004 published a tribute album to the best bluesman in history: Robert Johnson. “Me and Mr. Johnson” includes 14 versions of 29 tracks recorded by the master of the blues of Mississippi during his brief career in the 30s. Many call Johnson the greatest bluesman of all time by his great influence on the careers of Muddy Waters, Howlin ‘Wolf, The Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers Band. Eric Clapton has recorded this album with a band of true luxury: Billy Preston (keyboards), Nathan East (bass), Andy Fairweather Low (guitar) and Steve Gadd (drums) among others. Clapton had already recorded a song before the master Johnson, in his solo albums such as when the band was part of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Cream. But “Me and Mr.Johnson” will be the first full tribute Clapton has done in his career.
In 2007, during the celebration of 25 years of his song ‘Layla’, Eric Clapton offers a double CD compilation with 36 tracks with the best of his career. ‘Layla’ was composed in 1972 by Clapton as a tribute to Patty Boy, wife of the late Beatle George Harrison, and then the wife’s own convirtiría Clapton.
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