Biography of Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton was born on March 30, 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England. He
was born the illegitimate child of Patricia Molly Clapton, who could
not afford to raise him at the time. He spent his life being raised by
his grandparents, Rose and Jack Clapp, who, until he was nine,
shielded him from the fact that he was illegitimate. They pretended
they were his parents, while his real mother claimed to be his sister.
Even after Clapton knew that he was, in fact, a bastard, he would
still visit his mother, and she would still pretend to be his sister.
From an early age, Clapton had an aptitude for art and especially for
music. At age 14, his grandparent bought him a £14 guitar, on which he
copied the music of the greatest blues artists at the time. From
there, he went on to perform music, at which point he started his
first band, the Roosters (which had member Tom McGuinness who later
joined Manfred Mann).
After the Roosters were through with, Clapton landed himself a spot in
the Yardbirds where he played with the two other major British guitar
heroes of the 60s, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. The Yardbirds became very
popular with their bluesy rock. While on the Yardbirds, he even earned
himself the nickname of "Slowhand" because his forceful string bending
often times led to his breaking a string onstage. He would replace it
right there in front of the audience while they engaged in a slow
hand-clapping.
Clapton left the Yardbirds in 1965 because they were veering too far
from the blues-style rock he really enjoyed playing. He almost
immediately joined another band, the Bluesbreakers. Due to that band's
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and fans once again. However, in 1997, Clapton marked his final
departure from his blues-laced rock with his techno-pedigreed Retail
Therapy. From that point, he released one more album on his own in
1998 and played with BB King in 2000, once again in a traditional
blues style.
"Clapton is God" really isn't that far from the truth. His music was
not only influenced by the greats, but he influenced them all back.
Despite his many problems in life, they only benefited his music and
what we now know as legend Eric Clapton. Clapton is the only rock
artist ever to be admitted into the Rock & Roll hall of fame on three
accounts (once for the Yardbirds, once for Cream, and once as a solo
artist). He is still alive and well today, and even after he dies, he
will remain one of the most influential musicians of all time.
He had difficulty controlling his demeanor and was upset to have been removed from his home. He refused to complete any chores the foster mother assigned to him.
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