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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-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and jazz musician born in Ripley, Surrey, England, in 1945. He is right-handed and speaks English. Clapton has been a member of the bands Cream, The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, and Blind Faith. His musical genres include rock music, blues, blues rock, and psychedelic rock. He has recorded for Atco Records and Polydor.

Clapton has received several awards, including induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Silver Clef Award. He participated in Live Aid and The Concert for Bangladesh. He is married to Pattie Boyd and owns the guitars Blackie and Brownie. Clapton was educated at Kingston University and has a medical condition of peripheral neuropathy.

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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…

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  • 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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Gender
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Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1945
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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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Instance of
human
Given name
Eric
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ripley
Occupation
recording artist
Languages spoken
English language
Participant in
The Concert for Bangladesh
Genre
hard rock
Instrument
keyboard instrument
Record label
Polydor
Discography
Eric Clapton discography
Official website
www.ericclapton.com
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Eric Clapton - Royal Albert Hall - Wednesday 24th May 2017 EricClaptonRAH240517-30 (34987232355) (cropped).jpg
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Eric Clapton
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handedness
right-handedness
birth name
Eric Patrick Clapton
medical condition
peripheral neuropathy
start of work period
1962-00-00
name in native language
Eric Patrick Clapton CBE
pseudonym
Slowhand
copyright representative
PRS for Music
social media followers
1600000
related category
Category:Films scored by Eric Clapton
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end of work period
2023-00-00
short name
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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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