Eric Clapton

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3 time inductee to the rock and roll hall of fame, 18 time grammy award winner and the 2nd greatest guitarist according to rolling stones. This is Eric Clapton, one of the greatest ,musicians of all time. He grew up in a house of music which would lead him into creating and founding some of the most influential rock bands of the time. He has had several songs reach the top of the billboards and on the list of the “greatest songs of rock and roll”. Eric Clapton has been one of the most influential artists and his work certainly reflects that.
Born in Ripley, Surrey, England on March 30, 1945. Eric was born into unstable environment, his mother had him at the age of 16 and Clapton grew up thinking she was his older sister, his father left him at an early age leaving him to be raised by his grandparents. Clapton grew up in a house of musical talent and it wasn't long before he discovered his own receiving his first guitar, a cheap acoustic steel string at the age of 13. He grew up learning and playing the blues which can be seen reflected in his later works. After Clapton establis...

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