Eric Clapton Guitar Legend

Slowhand is a nickname given to one of today’s great guitarists, Eric Clapton, and slow he is not.

Originally from Surrey, England, Clapton was born on March 30, 1945.

His musical genres include blues, rock, psychedelic rock, and blues rock. Clapton is regarded by many as on e of the greatest and most influential guitarists.

Aside from winning Grammy Awards, Eric Clapton has three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Clapton started off by joining the rock and roll band The Yardbirds in 1963, but left in 1965 as the band had more of a pop orientation than he would have liked, remaining dedicated to the blues.

Eric then joined John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, who would help Clapton establish himself as one of the worlds best blues guitarist

But those heights grew even higher as Eric left John Mayall and formed the band Cream, a band known and loved the world over.

Cream would break up two years later however in 1968. Eric Clapton either played with and/or started a number of other successful groups before taking a career break because of personal issues in the 1970s and has sporadically released solo albums since then.

Eric has released a number of solo albums including Theres one in every crowd, Another Ticket, Reptile, and Back Home.

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