Jenna Espenschied
Mrs. P
World Literature 10
8 November 2017
Eric Clapton Research Paper Eric Clapton the only person to ever get inducted into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame three times. Eric is the most influential rock artist of the modern era. Eric has been through so much in his life, but he has still continued making music and to this day is still touring. Eric Clapton, born on March 30th, 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England to Patricia Clapton and Edward Fryer. Edward was a Canadian soldier who was in England to help fight in World War II. Patricia, who was only 16 at the time of meeting Eric's father met with him at got pregnant with Eric. After finding out that Patricia was pregnant Edward went back to Canada with his wife there. Patricia
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Joining this group made Eric's career start going upward. During this time Eric was known as Slowhand and people were finally starting to recognize him. With the Yardbirds, Eric, and the rest of the Yardbirds got a Grammy in the year 1992. Then, as the Yardbirds music genre started to change Eric still wanted to pursue the genre of electric blues and quit the Yardbirds. Next, Eric joins the group the Bluesbreakers and in this group he establishes a reputation and gains the nickname “God.” This nickname is gained from a fan who spray painted graffiti that said “Eric Clapton is God.” After leaving the Bluesbreakers in the year 1966 Eric joins up with Jake Bruce and Ginger Baker to create the group Cream. Clapton went on tours in America with them and released three albums called Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, and Wheels of Fire. Even though Cream was only around for two years people today still consider them to be the most influential rock music group of this era. During this time Cream won a Grammy in the year 1993, making this Eric's second Grammy in a one year …show more content…
Eric is still touring around, but wants to stay close to home to spend as much time as he can with his daughters. Recently Clapton came out and said that he has damage to his nervous system called peripheral neuropathy. Clapton has said that it is a miracle that he is even alive right now due to his past addictions and everything that has happened so far. Eric said to Classic Rock Magazine that the pain felt like “electric shocks going down your leg”(June 15,2017). Then, in 2013 he was forced to cancel several shows from this pain. The most recent shows that he had to cancel were two shows in Los Angeles that were scheduled to play Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26. These shows were cancelled from severe bronchitis and later that day he was seen in a wheelchair at LAX. Clapton made a speedy recovery though, and performed the shows on September 13th and September
Eric Clapton is a blues and rock guitarist, songwriter and a singer. His interest in musical instruments started when he was given a guitar as a present for his fifteenth birthday. Even though he faced challenges at the beginning, Eric has risen to be one of the most influential and important guitarists of all time (Johns, pp.20). At the age of 16, his work had been noticed as he played on various occasions alongside his colleague David Brock. When he turned 17, he joined the R&B group, a local band
Robert Johnson I went down to the crossroads fell down on my knees. Robert Johnson went to the crossroads and his life was never the same again. The purpose of this essay is to tell you about the life of Robert Johnson. He is the root of much of the music of today. If he didn't influence the musicians of today directly, he influenced the bands that influenced today's music. Robert Johnson is more than just another Blues man with a sad story. To sing the blues with as much soul as Robert Johnson
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The Beatles continued on, with McCartney stepping up and trying to take over the management role. But during this time their lives began to go in different directions. Lennon met artist Yoko Ono, George was seeking enlightenment from Ravi Shankar, and Paul fell into the arms of photographer Linda Eastman. The BeatlesAlthough their songwriting styles were increasingly contrasting, there were still striking similarities, as both songs were about the Liverpool of their childhood. Lennon's lyrics to
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The Origin of The Beatles The origin of the phenomenon that became the Beatles can be traced to 1957 when Paul McCartney (b. 18 June 1942, Liverpool, England) successfully auditioned at a church fête in Woolton, Liverpool, for the guitarist's position in the Quarrymen, a skiffle group led by John Lennon (b. 9 October 1940, Liverpool, England, d. 8 December 1980, New York, USA). Within a year, two more musicians had been brought in, the 15-year-old guitarist George Harrison (b. 25 February 1943