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 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
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Written Information : On March 30th 1945 Eric Clapton was born in a small village in Great Britan. He took up the guitar at the age of 15 and joined a small band called the Roosters. He always had an intersest in music and one day became a solo artest. He played often in Londan. He joined an American band called the Bluebusters and at that point he knew what his future was in America. Then again the age of 20 he joined a knew band called the Yardbirds. Then in 1993 he join Cream which he only stayed in for two years. Eric Clapton jumped from band to band as a young solo artest. He never stayed in a band for more then two years because he liked to be solo. After his years of jumping from band to band he disiceded at last he wanted to be a solo artest and for the next three decades he was a well known solo artest. He often wrote love songs, and songs of the blues. He enjoyed sing about him and others and was very open minded.

All though he was a solo artest he loved to do duets with other majoir guitarists, played with people like Bob Marley. Eric Clapton never quit what he loved to do and over the years people he played with became old and stoped playing, but not Eric he wouldn't stop playing he keeps doing what he loves and doesnt indeand to stop. In 1968 he stared in a film called "Rock and Roll Circus" and was the first time he had been a big hit around the world. Nearing the 70's he became more and more popular. Which made more room for more compintion. In 1971 he joined a new band called the Derek and the Dominos. Which was assorted with love songs. A writer calling it "the most valid double since Blonde on Blonde" Then in 1973 he and an all-star band go to London to perform a solo concert.

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What do you like about his/her style? ||  || With Eric Clapton’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on March 6, 2000, he became the first musician to have been inducted three times. He was first honored as a member of [|the Yardbirds] in 1992, then with [|Cream] in 1993, and finally as a solo artist in 2000. While his stints with the groups were relatively brief - he stayed with [|the Yardbirds] only a year and a half, and [|Cream] lasted barely two years - Clapton has been a solo artist for three decades, beginning with the release of Eric Clapton in 1970. Even Derek and the Dominos, the short-lived quartet that cut the classic Layla...and Other Love Songs in 1970, was less a band of equals (a la [|Cream]) than a Clapton-piloted project that bore his highly personalized stamp. As a solo artist, Clapton has brought his singing and songwriting to the fore while maintaining his stature as rock’s preeminent guitarist. Demonstrating a remarkable resilience, Clapton has managed to establish himself as a vital, hitmaking presence in every decade. Born in the British village of Ripley in 1945, Clapton took up the guitar at age 15 and joined his first group, the Roosters, in early 1963. His first noteworthy band was [|the Yardbirds], whose 1964 concert recording, Five Live Yardbirds, announced Clapton’s talent as a fiery blues stylist adept at the group’s trademark “rave-ups.” In 1965, John Mayall asked the budding star to join his group, the Bluesbreakers. He appeared on the remarkable 1966 recording Bluesbreakers--John Mayall With Eric Clapton. During his yearlong tenure with Mayall, Clapton earned the nickname “Slowhand” and inspired the scrawling of “Clapton Is God” graffiti around London. Next he joined fellow Mayall alumni Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in [|Cream], a trio that proved equally adept at lengthy blues improvisations and arty, blues-based psychedelic pop. After [|Cream] came a brief alliance with American roots-rockers Delaney and Bonnie. This led directly to Clapton’s first solo album, Eric Clapton, which exhibited some newfound emphases. ("Betcha didn’t think I knew how to rock and roll,” he sang in “Blues Power.") Clapton drew from the pool of musicians who played on Eric Clapton in forming Derek and the Dominos, which found him joined by keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. The double album Layla...and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) became one of the cornerstone rock records of the Seventies. Clapton became addicted to heroin during this period, and a second Derek and the Dominos album was begun but never completed as he became ever-more reclusive. A January 1973 comeback concert at London’s Rainbow Theatre re-introduced him to public performing, but his solo career really commenced in earnest a year later with 461 Ocean Boulevard. Recorded in Miami, it was influenced by the mellower likes of J.J. Cale and [|Bob Marley]. Striking a chord with the public, 461 Ocean Boulevard topped the album charts in 1974. Meanwhile, Clapton’s cover of “I Shot the Sheriff,” originally by [|Bob Marley] and the Wailers, helped introduced reggae to a mass audience. Working with a steady band that included guitarist George Terry, Clapton pursued a mellow, song-oriented course that accentuated his husky, laid-back vocals. His Seventies output, including such albums as There’s One in Every Crowd (1975) and No Reason to Cry (1976) has been largely underrated and is ripe for rediscovery. Clapton again struck commercial paydirt in 1977 with Slowhand, a strong set that included Clapton’s definitive version of J.J. Cale’s “Cocaine” and the #3 hit “Lay Down Sally.” Clapton remained a prolific artist throughout the Eighties, releasing a live double album that reached #2 (Just One Night), cutting two albums (Behind the Sun and August) with Phil Collins as producer, and launching his own label, Duck Records, in 1983, with one of his stronger studio efforts, Money and Cigarettes. In January 1987, he undertook the first of what would become an annual series of multi-night stands at London’s Royal Albert Hall. In 1992, his career received a major boost from his appearance on MTV’s Unplugged series. Returning to his roots on the heels of that acoustic folk-blues set, Clapton next cut a long-promised blues album, From the Cradle (1994). Throughout the Nineties, he continued to amass hits--no mean feat, given the shifting musical climate--including “Tears in Heaven,” a memorable elegy for his late son Conor; “Change the World,” a beatbox-driven collaboration with R&B artist/producer Babyface that won a Grammy for Record of the Year; and “My Father’s Eyes,” a ballad from his 1998 album Pilgrim. Entering his fourth decade as a solo artist, Eric Clapton remains a relevant, creative force in popular music.”
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 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Rock and Roll ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Eric Clapton ||
 * This guitarist lived from || March 6, 2000 ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching? || Hes a solo artist ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? ||  ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? ||  ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. ||  ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? ||  ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? ||  ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? ||  ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? ||  ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. ||  ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. ||  ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? ||  ||

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On March 30th 1945 Eric Clapton was born.