
Eric Clapton
Born: 1945-03-30
Place of birth: 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 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.
Filmography

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026

Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock
2023

Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Orchestral
2023

Eric Clapton: Live at Budokan
2009

Ringo Rama
2003

Eric Clapton Live at Budokan, Tokyo
2001

A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
1996

Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child
1996

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014

Close Up
2012

Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
1985

Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions
2021

Live Aid
2004

The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024

Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights - Blues
2023

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020

Seven Ages of Rock
2007