The story of eric clapton.

Eric clapton, whose real name is eric patrick clapton, was born in ripley, England on March 30th, 1965. He was interested in blues and American rhythm and blues since he was a child, so he began to learn guitar. He recalled: "At that time, as long as I could see Bo Dudley and Chuck Berry, I was so happy that I lost my head. So when I found Marty Walters and robert johnson, they had a great influence on me.

Eric clapton's colorful music career began with 18-year-old cock, and then joined Yardbirds; He was named as a "legendary rock group" for cultivating eric clapton, jeff baker and Jimmy Page. 1965 switched to Bluesbreakers, the pioneer of blues, and formed the first powerful rock trio Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker the following year. 1968, the first super band Blind Letter was born, and Eric was also in the array. At 1970, Derek &; Dominoes, but during the transition period of these groups, Eric also took time to help John Lennon and Delanis &; Accompanied by Bonnie's sedan chair Although Eric has joined or formed so many groups, the life span of the orchestra is not long. Most of the reasons are arrogance caused by disagreement among members, or because each member is well-known, so Eric came up with the idea of releasing a solo album and no longer forming a big pile band.

In the early 1960s, after joining several British blues bands, eric clapton became a member of Yardbirds. Three members of the band, eric clapton, jeff baker and Jimmy Page, later became the top three guitarists in Britain in the past decade. He joined Bluesbreakers in john mayer on 1966. Later, he founded Cream with bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. Soon, this group became the most outstanding rock trio in the late 1960s.

What makes eric clapton different? He didn't simply repeat the blues music he heard on the record. He injected emotion from the original into his performance, which enlarged the vocabulary of the blues guitar. The success of "Cream" pushed eric clapton to the international music scene successfully, and the troupe reinterpreted the classic blues works "A Spoon", "Crossroads" and "Born under a Bad omen", further consolidating his position.

After leaving the cream, eric clapton's achievements are also quite amazing. Together with Steve Winwood, Rick Graetsch and Ginger Baker, he founded Blind Letter at 1969, and his album with the same name was very popular. Shortly after the same year, eric clapton cooperated with Delaney and Bonnie and began to test his voice skills. 1970, he released his first solo album with the same name, and then released Leila and Other Assorted Love Songs with Derek and Domino, in which the then unknown guitarist Duane orman participated.

197 1 year, eric clapton was depressed, and the dissolution of Derek and dominoes had a great influence on him. Apart from guest performances or special occasions, such as the Bangladeshi concert in george harrison and the Rainbow concert held by Pete Townshend at 1973, he disappeared from the music scene for nearly three times.

Eric's "46 1 Ocean Avenue" published on 1974 not only symbolizes that he has stepped out of the shadows to start over, but also broke away from the rock music dominated by blues in the past and integrated into Jamaican reggae music, with a brand-new style. One of the songs covered by Reggae master bob marley, "I Shot the Sheriff", became Eric's only champion single. During the period of 1974-8 1, Eric released new works almost every year, and his long-established guitar style was recognized and learned more and more. The works of this period are represented by 46 1 Ocean Avenue and Slowhand released at the end of 1977. "Slowhand" is his nickname since he joined Yardbirds, and it is also the most commendable feature of his guitar playing-his feelings are at your fingertips. "Wonderful Tonight" in the album "Slowhand" should be the most familiar lyric rock song for ordinary fans. The contract of RSO (affiliated to Polydor) was also terminated. 1982, RSO released an anthology "Time Fragments" for him, and collected the representative singles of 1 1 in the past ten years, which also ended the first half of eric clapton's music career.

The following works include 1978' s platinum album "Backless"; "Just One Night" 1980 Tokyo budokan theater live recording; 198 1 created the top 10 single "I can't stand you" album "Another Ticket"; "Money and cigarettes" in 1983; Behind the Sun1985; And "August" in 1986. 1988, eric clapton released the double platinum album Crossroads, which included 73 re-digitally recorded songs, covering all the representative works in his music career. The following year, the album "Skilled Worker" sold over 2 million copies, and the single "Bad Love" won a Grammy Award.

1982, eric clapton announced that he would join Warner Records. The first record was money and cigarettes. The producer is also a long-term partner and producer of Los Stewart, Tom Dowd. Therefore, the music style continues the previous works, unlike other singers whose styles remain unchanged because of the change of owners. The help of Ry Cooder, the guitarist who skated on the album, was another great discovery. The single "I Have a Rock Heart" still made it into the top 20.

1985' s album Behind the Sun is the beginning of the change of blues style, because Eric invited two popular producers, one is phil collins; , successfully led the Genesis Choir into the pop world, and won the Grammy Best Album with his solo work "No Jacket"; The other is Ted Templeman, the producer of the heavy metal band van halen. Phil collins is dominated by rhythm, but basically it is dominated by Eric's guitar and blues; Ted Templeman brought his successful experience of using keyboards and synthesizers in van halen 84 album to Behind the Sun. His two singles Forever Man and See What Love Can Do are his masterpieces, but they are not as good as van halen in business. As for the accompaniment musicians, ToTo and Lindsey Buckingham from Fliewood Mike band came to help, making the album almost like a gathering of old musicians.

199 1 year released the golden album "24 Nights", which was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Participants included a band of four, a band of nine, many legendary blues musicians and a symphony orchestra. Invited musicians include phil collins, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Vaughan and Robert Cray.

1986 released an album "August" with a similar style, which was mainly produced by phil collins, but this time my old friend Tom Dowd was invited to participate in part of the production, continuing the last attempt of guitar synthesizer. Among them, another blues guitarist Robert Cray's cover "Bad Influence" and tina turner's cover "Tear Us apart" are considered as the most exciting songs that Eric sings outside the guitar.

Eric's next album, Journeyman, kept fans waiting for three years before it was released. During these three years, Eric first accompanied the guitar for the film "Fatal Wear" series, and later collaborated with Sting and elton john on the theme song. However, Eric participated in the soundtrack of the whole movie with phillip rourke's "Homeboy", which is a cooperative work between Eric and the master of the soundtrack, michael kamen. On the other hand, because of his 25-year career in the music field, the previous record company released a series of selected works for him, the most notable of which was his complete collection of four tracks "Crossroads" created at 1963-88, which was highly praised by many music critics.

Half of Eric's long musical history and high reputation comes from his superb live guitar performance. After entering the 1990s, his first album was his live documentary "24 Nights" at the Royal Albert Hall in London during 1990-9 1. Of course, before that, he had released nearly ten live albums, which also proved that Eric likes improvisation.

1992, eric clapton's score for the movie Rush and the Grammy-winning top five single Tears in Heaven created his new heights. In the same year, his live recorded album Unplugged for MTV topped the album charts for three weeks in a row, with global sales exceeding15 million. That year, eric clapton won six Grammy Awards, and his works were once again appreciated by the music industry.

The album Unplugged released by 1992 is not only the winner of Grammy's Best Album of the Year, but also the best-selling album in MTV Unplugged. Since then, many famous singers have promised to be invited to the scene by MTV Music Station and prove their singing skills without special skills in the recording studio. Another famous song in this album, Leila, also made the list three times and entered the top 20. After winning "Song of the Year" and "Record of the Year" in the Grammy relay "Tears of Heaven", he won the "Best Rock Song" award.

1994 returned to the field of blues music, and the double platinum album "From the Cradle" won the global appeal of both refined and popular tastes. At that time, he once said, "Blues is the music I turned to for help, because when my life was painful, it inspired me and comforted me. "Eric's music is rooted in the long history of black blues. Since robert johnson's descendants such as Elmore James, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Willie Dixon, he has had a decisive influence. Even before guitarists switched to singing, he became famous for playing blues-based guitars. From The Cradle won the Grammy for best traditional and modern blues album with 1994, which is Eric's return to the cradle of blues that nurtured him in the 1940s. Not only the guitar, but also his singing deliberately imitated some of the blues masters mentioned above. This album is a tribute to the blues, and strictly speaking, it is not the Eric we are familiar with later.

1992 and 1993, Yardbirds and Cream Choir were introduced into the Hall of Rock Celebrities one after another, which aroused fans' nostalgia for the two groups, so the record companies sorted out Eric Cream's works one after another and released many selected songs, filling the situation of decreasing new creation. 1996, looking for a new direction of music, Eric released the single Change the World, which was included in Phenomenon starring john Travolta. Fans were surprised to find that Eric cooperated with Babyface, the producer of the King of Rhythm and Blues. This song is completely in the style of Babyface, but it is similar to Tears in Heaven in singing. Not surprisingly, as a single producer's song, it easily entered the top 10, and once again entered the Grammy Awards as "best record of the year" and "best pop singer", and Eric also became the object of frequent awards. In the same year, he participated in the recording of a tribute album by his friend jimmie riu vaughan, and a group of great blues musicians got together to play music. They not only topped the blues charts, but also won the Grammy Award for Rock Performance of the Year to these old urchins. Later, musicians such as B.B. King and Dr. John also participated in the performance of the film Bruce Brothers 2000 with Eric.

Eric has been seeking music innovation since 1980s. After ten years of exploration, the 1990s seem to have a clear direction. Folk adagio works such as Tears in Heaven are very pleasing, but he is very satisfied and will cooperate with Baby Face again. Although R& is lyrical, it is closer to the popular R & ampb style. In 1997, Eric felt the vigorous development of electronic music, found Simon Climie, the leader of the new wave period, and published the album "Retail Therapy" in the name of TDF with almost low profile. The content was naturally dominated by Simon's famous electronic music.

But 1998 has the same group. The album Pilgrim is a brand-new song of Eric in recent 10 years. There is no electronic TDF in music, because it is Eric's solo album after all, and it just simplifies the rhythm and instruments as much as possible. The arrangement of drums is the result of computer programs, and he also invited the London Studio Orchestra to accompany him. The single "My Father's Eyes" won him the Grammy Award for Best Pop Singer again. At this point, Eric has completely stepped out of his early blues category and moved towards the rock, pop and future electronic generation.

1998 released the album Pilgrim and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. 1999, he won the Grammy Award again for his "Call" performance in Santana's "Supernatural" album. In "Riding with the King" in 2000, he collaborated with B.B. King to revisit the field of blues music, adding more platinum records and a Grammy award to his outstanding career and numerous awards.

In 2000, Eric and B.B. King collaborated on the album Walking with the King, one of which was called Guitar God and the other was called King of Blues. These two are almost 20 years apart, but they are also the most important heroes in the history of blues/rock. The first time they performed on the same stage was at the Au Go Go Club in new york, from 65438 to 0967. After a lapse of 30 years, we collaborated again in the album Duse Wilder, which was sung by 1998 B.B. King and 13 contemporary pop and rock masters. However, for the two heavenly kings, just collaborating on a song is like scratching their boots, and it is not difficult to give full play to their magical skills. So it is not difficult to understand that the two heroes will record an album together in 2000.

200 1 Eric returns to the music scene with his new album "Reptilian", which shows his unique skill, combining different types of music and music of different times into a work with modern style and crossing time barriers.

In the 1980s and 1990s, eric clapton's contribution to the film soundtrack can not be ignored, such as Rush, Back to the Future, The Color of Money, Deadly Weapon 3, etc., but the most successful one should be the single Chang World (starring john travolta) in the soundtrack of Miracle of the Third Kind.

The only person in the history of rock music who can enter the hall of rock celebrities three times is eric clapton (as a member of "Yardbirds" and "Cream" and an individual), who will continue to amaze fans all over the world with his music. Eric clapton, a musical genius, has been traveling all his life, and the release of Reptiles can represent the latest chapter of his travel.

Welcome to Fenghua Guitar Forum ~