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Eric Clapton was my favourite guitarist during my teenage years of the 1960’s. I went to see the Yardbirds in 1965 but he had already left, so i never got to see him but i have a lot of his records the last being Road to Escandido with J.J. Cale.

This autobiography is the story of survival in the drug and alcohol fueled life of this amazing guitarist whose career skyrocketed after the words Clapton is God appeared on a wall near Finchley Station in North London. I think at times in his early life he probably believed this as he charged through several bands notably The Yardbirds, The Blues Breakers, Cream, Blind faith, Derek and the Dominoes, Delany and Bonnie and a host of compilation bands. This musical story is done in chronological order and makes compelling reading.

Clapton was passionate about the Blues and along with stalwarts and influencers like Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Howlin’ Wolf, John Mayall and a host of others, his story is a who’s who of the Blues world. Amazingly my favourite Clapton song is a version of the old standard with a bluesy theme

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Eric Clapton

British musician (born 1945)

This article is about the musician. For his album, see Eric Clapton (album).

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.^[2] He ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"^[3] and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time".^[4] He was named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.^[5]

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 trioCream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop".^[6] After four successful albums, Cream broke up in November 1968. Clapton then formed the blues

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick ClaptonCBE (born 30 March 1945) is an Englishguitarist, singer and composer. Clapton is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists in the history of rock.^[1]Rolling Stone magazine ranked Clapton number 2 on its list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.^[2]

Clapton has played in a variety of different bands, including the Yardbirds and Cream.

Early years

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Eric Patrick Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England on March 30, 1945. Clapton's father, who already had a wife, returned to Canada after World War II. His mother, was not able to bear the shame of raising an illegitimate child (a child of unmarried parents) in post-war Britain. She left Clapton with his grandparents Jack and Rose Clapp (Clapton by her first marriage) and moved to Germany where she married another Canadian soldier. Clapton was raised believing his mother was his sister. His grandmother did not tell him the truth until he was nine years old.

A polite and well-behaved boy, the young Clapton was an above-average stude