*eric clapton*

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*OFFICIAL LINK*

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*SONGS*

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*THE CLAPTON DIARIES*

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”modern marvels”

*as of ‘current date’*

‘last time you spoke’

‘according to…’

‘as for as we know…’

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*date of birth*

*place of birth*

*current location*

“current condition”

‘single’ / ‘married’ / ‘divorced’
(children?)
(‘biological’ or ‘adopted’?)

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(born ’30 march 1945′)

(2 years younger than ‘honorary elder brother’ george harrison)

(grew up believing that his mother was his older sister)
(this can cause severe problems down the road)
(‘jack nicholson’ was the same way)

(after leaving school in 1961 (at age 16), ‘clapton’ studied at the ‘kingston college of art’ but was dismissed at the end of the academic year because his focus remained on music rather than art)

(around this time ‘clapton’ began busking around ‘Kingston’, ‘Richmond’, and the ‘West End’ of ‘London’)

(in 1962, ‘Clapton’ started performing as a duo with fellow blues enthusiast ‘David Brock’ in the pubs around ‘Surrey’)

(then he was 17 years old ‘Clapton’ joined his first band, an early British R&B group, called “The Roosters”)

(he stayed with this band from ‘January 1963’ through ‘August 1963’)

(in ‘October’ of that year, ‘Clapton’ did a brief 7-gig stint with ‘Casey Jones & The Engineers’)

(in october 1963, ‘Clapton’ joined ‘The Yardbirds’, a blues-influenced rock and roll band, and stayed with them until ‘March 1965’)

(then he fell in love with George Harrison’s wife and recorded the album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” in 1970)

(he became a reclusive heroin addict after the recording of “layla and other assorted love songs”)
(released in november 1970)
(his comeback album “461 ocean boulevard marked the end of his “heroin phase)
(released in july 1974)

(features the traditional song ‘Motherless Children’)

(sung with relative passion)

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(“Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter)

(he is the only 3-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 2nd in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and 4th in Gibson’s “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time”)

(he was also named #5 in Time magazine’s list of “The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players” in 2009)

(in the mid-1960s ‘Clapton’ left the ‘Yardbirds’ to play with ‘John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers’)

(immediately after leaving ‘Mayall’, ‘Clapton’ formed the power trio ‘Cream’ with drummer ‘Ginger Baker’ and bassist Jack Bruce, in which ‘Clapton’ played sustained blues improvisations and “arty, blues-based psychedelic pop”)

(furthermore, he formed blues rock band ‘Blind Faith’ with ‘Baker’, ‘Steve Winwood’,, and ‘Ric Grech’)

(for most of the 1970s 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 reggae reach a mass market)

(2 of his most popular recordings were “Layla”, recorded with ‘Derek and the Dominos’; and Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads”, recorded with ‘Cream’)

(following the death of his son ‘conor ‘in 1991, Clapton’s grief was expressed in the song “tears in heaven”, which was featured on his unplugged album)

(‘clapton’ has been the recipient of 18 ‘Grammy Awards’, and the ‘Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music’)

(in 2004, he was awarded a CBE at ‘buckingham palace’ for services to music)

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(in 1998, ‘clapton’ (a recovering ‘alcoholic’ + ‘drug addict’) founded the ‘crossroads center’ in ‘antigua’, a medical facility for recovering ‘substance abusers’)

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*WIKI-LINK*

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☜ *“FAMOUS ERICS” (MODERN MARVELS)*

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*“MODERN BRITISH SOLO CLASSIC ROCKERS”* ☞

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* *TABLE OF CONTENTS* *

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*we won the war*