Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 30, 1945
Place of Birth
Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Credits
207 titles
Eric Clapton
Biography
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. In the mid sixties, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand", and graffiti in London declared "Clapton is God." Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, the power trio, Cream, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the seventies, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped gain reggae a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Clapton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Self
Pino
Self
Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later
Guitar / Vocals
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Self
Eric Clapton: To Save A Child - An Intimate Live Concert
Self
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Orchestral
Himself
Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights - Blues
Himself
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
Self (archive footage)
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Self
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
Self
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions
Self - Guitars and Vocals
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self
Laurel Canyon
Self
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Self
The Quiet One
Self
Echo in the Canyon
Self
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Self
Jeff Beck: Still on the Run
Self
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self
Eric Clapton - Live in San Diego
Self
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Self (archive footage)
Soundbreaking
Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Music
The Beatles 1+
Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Lead Vocal, Guitars
Three Days in Auschwitz
Producer
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self
Eric Clapton - Planes, Trains and Eric
Self
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Self
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
Self
Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The 74-75 Recordings
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Self
Eric Clapton - Live At Baloise Session 2013
Self - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Clapton - Live on Basel
Self - Vocals, Guitar
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
Beware of Mr. Baker
Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
Self