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Eric Clapton has been recognized as one of the most prolific guitar players and recording artists of all time. He was placed at number four on the 2003 Rolling Stones list, “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Mr. Clapton has released 27 studio recordings over his 53-year career. He has also been recognized by the Grammy Awards, winning 11 awards through his career. Clapton has truly demonstrated throughout the last five and a half decades that he is an amazing artist. Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England on March 30th, 1945. He was raised by his grandparents because he was abandoned by his mother. He referred to himself as a nasty kid growing up. Clapton was first introduced to the guitar at the age of 15. His first band was called The Roosters, formed in January 1963. They were a Rhythms and Blues group who played in the same local pubs as the Rolling Stones. The band was short lived and they broke up in August of the same year. Eric Clapton joined another band, The Yardbirds, in September 1963. They were a Blues band, Clapton’s preferred musical genre. He remained a member of the band until 1965 when The Yardbirds began to move to a psychedelic pop sound. In the spring of 1965, he joined a …show more content…

With the Dominos, Clapton recorded “Layla”, which turned out to be a top 10 hit, and one of his most prolific songs. Layla is inspired by a 7th century Arabian love story in which a man falls for a woman he cannot marry due to her father’s rejection of him. The band broke up in 1971 due to personal conflicts that were exasperated by using drugs and alcohol. The members of the Dominos did not fare well as the years went by. Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident, Carl Radie drank himself to death, and Jim Gordon was convicted of killing his mother in

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