Actor Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton
Photo of actor Eric Clapton
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 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. In the mid sixties, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand", and graffiti in London declared "Clapton is God." Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, the power trio, Cream, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the seventies, 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 gain reggae a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Clapton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of birth
Ripley, Surrey, England, UK Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Date of birth
30th March 1945
Movies that starred Eric Clapton (8 in total)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 [2020]

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue poster

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue [2017]

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 [2013]

Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 [2010]

Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 [2007]

Self
Cream: Royal Albert Hall poster

Cream: Royal Albert Hall [2005]

Himself - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 poster

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 [2004]

Self
Eric Clapton Live at Budokan, Tokyo poster

Eric Clapton Live at Budokan, Tokyo [2001]

Himself - Vocals, Guitar
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