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Eric Clapton

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March 30, 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom

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http://www.ericclapton.com/

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Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment

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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Yardbirds, Cream, and solo). Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Although Clapton's musical style has varied throughout his career, it has always remained rooted in the blues. Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of...more

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Books by Eric Clapton

Average rating: 3.67 · 5,194 ratings · 749 reviews · 53 distinct works

	Clapton 3.65 avg rating — 5,096 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Eric Clapton - Unplugged 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Eric Clapton by Eric Clapton, L. Davis Thomas 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Very Best of Eric Clapton 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Eric Clapton: Guitar Play-Along Volume 24 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Eric Clapton - Reptile 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	The Cream of Clapton 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Play Acoustic Guitar with Eric Clapton: Six of His Greatest Hits 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Eric Clapton: Guitar Play-Along Volume 41 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Clapton The Autobiography 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Quotes by Eric Clapton

“For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.”
― Eric Clapton

tags: blues , music , power-of-music

71 people liked it

“I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.”
― Eric Clapton

tags: god , music , prayer

47 people liked it

“Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.”
― Eric Clapton

tags: blues , music , ray-charles , soul

19 people liked it

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