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Eric Clapton

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Eric Clapton

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Also known as Eric Patrick Clapton, Slowhand

British musician

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Eric Patrick Clapton is a British and American guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and jazz musician. Born on March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England, he was educated at Kingston University. His musical career spans rock, blues, blues rock, and psychedelic rock genres. He has performed with Cream, The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, and Blind Faith. Clapton is married to Pattie Boyd and speaks English.

He has recorded for Atco Records and Polydor. His discography includes works such as *Backtrackin'* and *Six-String Stories*. Clapton has received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Silver Clef Award. He is recognized in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame collection.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Eric Clapton
  • Dion
  • Clapton par Eric Clapton (French Edition)
  • Backtrackin'
  • Six-String Stories

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Acting · 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…

Known for

  • Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self2026
  • Pino — Self2025
  • Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later — Guitar / Vocals2025
  • Eric Clapton: To Save A Child - An Intimate Live Concert — Self2024
  • Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson — Self2024
  • The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words2024
  • Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self2024
  • Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues — Self2023
  • Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock — Self - Vocals, Guitar2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1945
bluesblues rockguitarguitaristsrocksoft rock

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,437,820
Total plays
82,123,882

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bluesclassic rockblues rockrockguitar

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Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) 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. He 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". In 2023, Rolling Stone named Clapton the 35th best guitarist of all time. He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Clapton">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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  2. UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis

    · 2004 · cited 44,323x

  3. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,494x

  4. The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 26,077x

  5. Array programming with NumPy

    · 2020 · cited 23,441x

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Music

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Quotes

  • “Did you plan your leads, or, for that matter, do you plan them now?”
  • “Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?”
  • “Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.”
  • “Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?”
  • “And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."”
  • “All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945) 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 Players" in 2009.

After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds from 1963 to 1965, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1965 to 1966. After leaving Mayall, he formed the power trio Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop". After four successful albums, Cream broke up in November 1968. Clapton then formed the blues rock band Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech, recording one album and performing on one tour before they broke up. Clapton then toured with Delaney & Bonnie and recorded his first solo album in 1970, before forming Derek and the Dominos with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. Like Blind Faith, the band only lasted one album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, which includes "Layla", one of Clapton's signature songs.

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