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Excuse me, who knows guitarist Eret Clayton?

He was born in the family of Eric Patrick klapp in ripley, Surrey, England on March 30th, 1945. He became the most dynamic rock guitarist in the world, which should be attributed to his grandparents first, because they gave him his first guitar. When his biological mother was unable to raise an illegitimate child at the age of 16, young Eric was raised by his grandparents Ross and Jack klapp. He received a vocal guitar as his 14 birthday present, and then gradually began to copy the music scores of famous classical guitarists. His first band was Roosters, a local R&; Group B, the member is Tom Mkejiu Ennis, Manfred Mann joined later, and some members of the Blue Band joined later. Clapton stayed here for eight months until he and McGuinness left and joined Kathy Jones and the Engineer Band. Dancla Puton was appointed by Yardbirds at 1963 (a time of active R&; B-band), this short stay is over. Because their guitarist Tony Toro farm needs to be replaced. Clapton is largely responsible for Yardbirds's rapid fame, because guitar lovers nicknamed him "Slowhand" at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond. After staying in this band for 18 months, clapton left because of his different understanding of music. Yardbirds wants to innovate, he just wants to play rock. He left after finishing the record for your love.

Then he successfully joined Bluesbreakers, the top British rock band in john mayer. Clapton won his second nickname after joining Mayall: "God"! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Clapton made only one record in May 2005, but it became a classic. In his success, clapton was able to do what he wanted. Between leaving Mayall and joining his next band, clapton released three albums-Crossroads, I Want to Know, and Out of Step Pin-with the help of a band called Powerhouse, including paul jones, Steve Winwood, Jack Bruce, Peter York and clapton. His combination with Cream at 1966 made him a superstar, and together with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, former members of Graham Contract Organization, he founded one of the most influential rock bands of our time. Besides, When My Guitar Crys Gently is his famous solo (White Album). Cream only lasted for more than two years. He and Baker left and came back, but that was just blind trust. After Steve Winwood and Rick Graetsch left, it was dissolved. This super group can no longer get together to make their own photo albums, although their trip to America made money, making the upcoming breakup more tolerable. Clapton helped Delaney and Bonnie on the trip and decided to become their guitarists, and was not exhausted by blind trust? 1970 10 to join them. Three months after he released the album Delaney and Bonnie on the Road, he left with three members of his former band and made a disappointing album eric clapton. The band then broke up. This unforgettable group Duane Allman recorded one of his most famous creations, including the enduring love song "Leila". This secret love song was written under the guidance of george harrison's wife Patty, and clapton was fascinated by it. Without knowing it, Harrison invited him to perform at the historic Bangla Desh concert in August 197 1. However, after the proceeds from Leila and other love songs were used to buy drugs, clapton is trying to get rid of heroin. At the worst moment, he began to pawn his precious guitar to meet his habit of 500 a week. Peter Dongshend was horrified to find that clapton had sold his guitar to save him and his girlfriend Alice Ormes. In order to make him recover, Townsend organized the famous eric clapton at the Rainbow Concert, together with Steve Winwood, Rick Graetsch, Karen Wood and Jim Capalti. His appearance broke the silence for two years, and he wore the same clothes as he wore at the Bangla Desh concert. He sang ceremoniously and emotionally. Although he is still addicted to drugs, it represents a turning point in his life. Then, he followed the advice of his girlfriend's father, Sir Halek, and went to Dr. Meg Patterson's Harley Street Clinic for detoxification.

After the restoration, clapton resumed recording and launched "46 1 Ocean Street" with strong response in August 1974. This album sets a model for the future; It used to be a long guitar solo, but later it was replaced by shorter and more compact songs. The record of this album is an incredible success, ranking first in the United States and third in Britain. It is also a hit song on the singles charts. It is worth noting that bob marley, who won the first place in the United States, wrote "I shot the sheriff". It also includes his autobiography "Give me strength" and the wonderful "Let it flow". Clapton ended in high note1974; Not only did he come back from the dead, but he finally won the heart of Pettitte Harrison. During 1975, he gave up drug addiction, although he became dependent on alcohol. His reputation in the crowd is excellent, and since then, clapton's reputation has been growing. During 1977 and 1978, he released two more classic albums. A soft song "Lying under the Breakthrough" and "Commitment" made Slowhand more successful in the singles list, while other famous singles such as "Great Tonight", "Cocaine" by J Kyle and "You'll never be in May" by John Martin. Clapton has completely shaken off the shackles of his guitar hero and become an excellent singer and composer who sometimes plays the guitar. Among the new audience, many people have never heard of Yardbirds or Cream. clapton is considered a perfect person, healthy, without any bad hobbies, and extremely diligent. Clapton also took time out to perform at the band's historic last rotating concert.

Clapton became kinder in 1980s, at the same time, each album sold a huge number and got a good evaluation. And it was particularly successful in the early 1980s. The album Behind the Sun benefited from Clapton's close friend phil collins, a strong mechanic. Collins plays drums on his next album. In August, it showed no signs of fatigue or lack of ideas. This particularly powerful album contains a great hit song Behind the Mask and a wonderful duet with tina turner in Tearing Us apart. During the whole recording process, clapton's voice was particularly good. 1989 skilled workers went to a better one; Not only his voice and credible songs, but "Slowhand" rediscovered the guitar. This photo album contains some of his most interesting things, and as expected, it was a great success.

Over the years, clapton has contributed to the albums of many artists, including John Mathien, phil collins, Duane orman, Mark Benno, Gary Brooker, Joe Cork, Roger Daltrey, Dr. Jesse Davis, John (Mac Rebannack), Bob Dylan, aretha franklin, Rick Danko, champion Jack Dupree, barking wolf, and so on. He also played a missionary in Peter Donshende's ken russell lyric opera Tommy's Movie.

In recent years, clapton has enjoyed another side of his life in his travels, filming appearances, TV documentaries and two real-time biographies. Now he is attending the concert of Real Albert Hall in London. His 24 nights at 199 1 represent a record there-this is because his songs are so popular that Abbott Concert Hall is packed every night of the year. As the final reward for his many fans, he performed three concerts, lyric night, orchestral night and regular melody night to divide the seasons. Clapton's career continued to flourish in the 1990s, although his career was suspended for several months after his son Connor died in 199 1. During 199 1 65438+February, he went to Japan with george harrison, and Harrison gave him more spiritual support. Unplugged became one of his most successful albums in 1992 (only the United States sold100000 copies in 1996). At this point, he showed his blue roots and played soft music (including Andy Phobos-Law) with his band, showing the highest confidence. Bitter Tears in Heaven is a single that is widely sung all over the world, telling the story of his son's death. "From the Cradle" is a valuable version, which draws a satisfactory conclusion for him in the release of lyric album. Those guitar fans mourn that he left Mayall and Cream, and can't be disappointed that Cream's "God" came back to celebrate. Those followers, pilgrims, kept asking him what to do next, which direction to go, lyrical or classical. He has produced many albums to fool everyone, more like curtis mayfield's voice than anyone else. Clapton won the title of the greatest blue and white guitarist of our time, but now he seems to be trying to improve his voice and songs. As he changes his hairstyle and glasses, he often changes the style of rock music.