Showing posts with label Eric Clapton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Clapton. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2026

Eric Clapton : Crossroads (Box Set)

Eric Patrick Clapton

 (born March,30th 1945)

is an English 

rock and blues guitarist, 

singer,

 and songwriter.

 He is regarded as

 one of the most

 successful and influential 

guitarists

 in rock music. 

Clapton ranked second in

 Rolling Stone's list 

of the 

"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" 

and fourth in Gibson'

"Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". 

He was named number five

 in Time magazine's list of

 "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players"

 in 2009.

After playing in a number 

of different local bands, 

Clapton joined 

the Yardbirds

from 1963 to 1965, 

and

 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

 from 

1965 to 1966. 

After leaving Mayall,

 he formed the power trio 

Cream 

with 

drummer

Ginger Baker

 and 

bassist/vocalist 

Jack Bruce

in which Clapton 

played sustained 

blues improvisations and

 "arty, blues-based

 psychedelic pop". 

After four successful albums, 

Cream broke up

 in November 1968. 

Clapton then formed 

the blues rock band 

Blind Faith

 with Baker,

 Steve Winwood

and 

Ric Grech

recording one album

 and performing

 on one tour 

before they broke up. 

Clapton then toured 

with

 Delaney & Bonnie 

and recorded his 

first solo album

 in 1970, 

before forming 

Derek and the Dominos 

with

 Bobby Whitlock, 

Carl Radle 

and 

Jim Gordon.

 Like 

Blind Faith,

 the band only 

lasted one album, 

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

which includes

 "Layla", 

one of Clapton's 

signature songs.

Clapton continued to 

record a number of 

successful solo albums

 and songs over

 the next several decades, 

including a

 1974 cover of 

Bob Marley's 

"I Shot the Sheriff"

 which helped reggae

 reach a mass market

the country-infused 

Slowhand albu

(1977) 

and the pop rock 

of 1986's

 August.

 Following the death

 of his son 

Conor in 1991, 

Clapton's grief was

 expressed in the song

 "Tears in Heaven", 

which peaked at

 number two

 on the

 Billboard Hot 100 

and appeared on his

 Unplugged album.

 In 1996

 he had another

 top-40 hit 

with the 

R&B crossover

 "Change the World".

 In 1998, 

he released the

 Grammy award-winning

 "My Father's Eyes".

 Since 1999,

 he has recorded a 

number of

 traditional blues 

and blues rock albums

 and hosted the 

periodic 

Crossroads Guitar Festival

His latest studio album, 

Meanwhile, 

was released in 2024.

Clapton has received 

18 Grammy Awards 

as well as the

 Brit Award 

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Cream : Fresh Cream/Goodbye



I CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET,

THERE'S NO ONE THERE

THOUGH THE PAVEMENTS

ARE ONE HUGE CROWD

I CAN DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD,

MY EYES DON'T SEE

THOUGH MY MIND

WANTS TO CRY OUT LOUD ...


Thursday, December 4, 2025

Eric Clapton : Sessions For Robert J




I GOT RAMBLIN',
I GOT RAMBLIN'
ON MY MIND
I GOT RAMBLIN'
I GOT RAMBLIN'
ALL ON MY MIND
HATE TO LEAVE YOU BABY,
BUT YOU TREAT ME
SO UNKIND

Monday, December 1, 2025

George Harrison & Eric Clapton and His Band : Live In Yokohama Japan 12/01/91




 Some Different Covers 




I DON'T KNOW WHY
NOBODY TOLD YOU
HOW TO UNFOLD 
YOUR LOVE
I DON'T KNOW HOW
SOMEONE CONTROLLED YOU
THEY BOUGHT AND SOLD YOU


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