eric clapton early years

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE born 30 March 1945is 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 timeClapton 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 Tim
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 musicIn 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers
Contents
1 Career
o 1.1 Early years
o 1.2 1960s
+ 1.2.1 The Yardbirds and the Bluesbreakers
+ 1.2.2 Cream
+ 1.2.3 Blind Faith & Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
o 1.3 1970s
+ 1.3.1 Derek and the Dominos
o 1.4 Solo career
o 1.5 1980s
o 1.6 1990s
o 1.7 2000s
o 1.8 2010s
* 2 Influences
* 3 Legacy
* 4 Guitars
* 5 Other media appearances
* 6 Political views and advocacy
o 6.1 Controversy over remarks on immigration
* 7 Wealth and assets
* 8 Awards and honours
* 9 Football
* 10 Clapton's music in film and TV
* 11 Discography
* 12 See also
* 13 References
* 14 Further reading
* 15 External links
Career
Early years
Eric Patrick Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, the son of 16 year old Patricia Molly Clapton b. 7 January 1929 and Edward Walter Fryer 21 March 1920 - 15 May 1985, a 24-year-old soldier from Montreal, Queb Fryer shipped off to war prior to Clapton's birth and then returned to Canada. Clapton grew up with his grandmother, Rose, and her second husband Jack, believing they were his parents and that his mother was his older sister. Their surname was Clapp, which has given rise to the widespread but erroneous belief that Clapton's real surname is Clapp Reginald Cecil Clapton is the name of Rose's first husband, Eric Clapton's maternal grandfather Years later, his mother married another Canadian soldier and moved to Canada, leaving young Eric with his grandparents in distant Surrey

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