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Eric Clapton

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Also known as Eric Patrick Clapton, Slowhand

guitarrista, cantante y compositor británico

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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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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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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
Image
Eric Clapton - Royal Albert Hall - Wednesday 24th May 2017 EricClaptonRAH240517-30 (34987232355) (cropped).jpg
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handedness
right-handedness
birth name
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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
Eric Clapton
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Eric Patrick Clapton (Ripley, Surrey, Inglaterra, 30 de marzo de 1945), más conocido como Eric Clapton, es un guitarrista, cantante y compositor de rock y blues británico, conocido por su magistral habilidad con la guitarra eléctrica, en concreto con su Stratocaster.​ Apodado Slowhand (‘mano lenta’),​ desde su época en The Yardbirds, y God (‘Dios’) en su época con Cream, es miembro del Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll por partida triple: como miembro de The Yardbirds y de Cream y por su carrera como solista. En opinión de muchos críticos, ha sido uno de los artistas de la cultura de masas más respetados e influyentes de todos los tiempos.​ Aparece en el puesto número 2 de la lista "Los 100 guitarristas más grandes de todos los tiempos" de la revista Rolling Stone​ y en el puesto número 55 de su especial "Inmortales: Los 100 artistas más grandes de todos los tiempos".​ Además, en 2005 la revista Guitar World incluyó cinco de sus canciones entre los mejores solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos. Su estilo musical ha sufrido cambios diversos a lo largo de su carrera, pero sus raíces siempre han estado profundamente ligadas con el blues. Es reconocido como un innovador en varias etapas de su carrera. Practicó el blues rock con John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers y The Yardbirds y el rock psicodélico con Cream, además de haber tocado estilos muy diversos en su etapa en solitario: Delta blues en su álbum Me and Mr. Johnson, pop en su canción «Change the World» o reggae en su versión del tema de Bob Marley «I Shot the Sheriff». Algunos de sus mayores éxitos han sido los temas «Layla» de su época con Derek and the Dominos, «Sunshine of Your Love» con Cream,«Tears in Heaven» dedicada a su hijo fallecido Conor que compuso con Will Jennings y For Your Love con The Yardbirds que fue su primer gran éxito.

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