Chinese name: eric clapton.
Date of birth:1March 30, 945
Place of birth: Surrey, England
Introduction: clapton,1was born in Surrey, England on March 30th, 1945. 15 years old began to touch blues music, and 17 years old began to play guitar, mainly by self-study. Clapton joined a band on 1963, but soon broke up. At the end of the year, he joined the band "Yardbirds" as the lead guitarist.
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When it comes to playing electric guitar, you must mention blues music; When it comes to the greatest guitarist, people first think of jimi hendrix, but when it comes to the greatest guitarist who is still alive, there is only one name-Mr. eric clapton. Since blues rock music and blues guitar playing became the mainstream rock style in 1960s, among all blues guitarists with different skin colors except blacks, the legendary eric clapton is undoubtedly the most outstanding one. Eric clapton is one of the artists of his generation who died or lost the appeal of their original fans.
One of the few artists who have maintained superb playing skills and strong market appeal.
Eric clapton is very modest. Compared with other outstanding guitarists such as jimi hendrix, B.B. King, Duane orman and even the younger generation of jimmie riu vaughan, he is always very modest. When he is on the same stage with B.B. King and Bob Dylan, he is always polite. He is one of the most gentlemanly pop musicians. At the same time, as the most famous guitarist in the world, eric clapton often enthusiastically helps other musicians, including the famous British pop musician Sting and Bon Jovi's chief guitarist Ricky sambora to record albums or shoot music videos, and often accompanies some musicians as a guitarist. Eric clapton has assisted nearly 100 artists, including Bob Dylan, aretha franklin, Joe Cocker, Ringo Starr, Freddie King and roger waters.
Although playing the electric guitar is eric clapton's most successful performance, after he performed an unplugged live performance on MTV in March, 1992, the acoustic guitar level of the former artist who was impressed by the electric guitar technology was also unparalleled. Eric clapton's unplugged live album and Nirvana's unplugged live album are the two best-selling albums in the history of MTV unplugged programs.
As the most outstanding guitarist, eric clapton deeply influenced a large number of guitarists, including the famous guitarists eric johnson, van halen and joe walsh, and the deep purple guitarist Steve Morse who recently toured in China with the deep purple band. Among the 65,438+000 greatest guitarists in history selected by Rolling Stone magazine in the United States, eric clapton ranks fourth after jimi hendrix, Duane orman and B.B. King, two genius and blues veteran who died young, and is the highest ranked guitarist who still holds solo tours frequently.
Britain is the most prolific place of pop music talents in the world, which even the arrogant American music industry is ashamed of. Eric clapton is also from England. On the eve of the end of World War II,1March 30th, 945, eric clapton was born in ripley, England as Eric Patrick klapp. Influenced by her grandmother, eric clapton had an indissoluble bond with blues music since childhood. However, compared with other guitarists who started playing guitar at a very young age, eric clapton, who started playing guitar at the age of 15, seems to start much later, but obviously, eric clapton is the fastest growing guitarist of all. 1962, eric clapton dropped out of Kingston Art College at the age of 17 and began to play guitar in local pubs and bars in England to support himself. Soon after, eric clapton went to London to find his dream for his greater musical ideal.
Rooster was the first band in eric clapton. At that time, eric clapton was only 18 years old, because it was difficult for him to make a living when he first arrived in London. Soon a major turning point appeared in front of eric clapton. At present, the famous Yardbirds band needs a guitarist. Although he is very young, eric clapton, who already has amazing skills, has successfully become a guitarist in the band. They started playing at the Crawdaddy Club, which was the starting point of the Rolling Stones. As a young genius, eric clapton joined Yardbirds, and he soon became famous in England. 1964 and 1965, respectively, Yardbirds released two very successful albums, Yardbirds at Five Sites and For Your Love, but when the band became more and more famous, eric clapton, 20, left Yardbirds. However, the two substitutes that Yardbirds discovered later were also unusual vegetation, namely, the famous jeff baker and Jimmy Page. A few years later, Jimmy Page reorganized the band into led zeppelin, one of the pioneers of heavy metal music.
Eric clapton left Yardbirds and joined the Blue Jays in john mayer. In this British blues band, eric clapton's talent was brought into full play for the first time. Only 20-year-old eric clapton's guitar playing quickly conquered the whole of England. In Britain, eric clapton began to be called God and was nicknamed "Slowhand" by fans. In the era of the Beatles, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers released an album that once reached the third place in the British charts. But not long after, in the summer of 1966, eric clapton left Bluesbreakers with bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker to form the later famous Cream. As the most talented guitarist in Britain, eric clapton's band has attracted the attention of countless fans, although it was established soon. In the mid-1960s, eric clapton led Cream to release a psychedelic blues rock album "Fresh Cream", which made his name and his excellent guitar playing skills widely known in the United States across the Atlantic. After the release of two successful albums "disraeli Gear" and "Steam Wheel", although Cream became one of the most famous bands in the world and young eric clapton became one of the best guitarists in the world, eric clapton began to have conflicts with bassist Jack Bruce. As a result, Cream finally broke up in London at the beginning of 1969, but even after the band broke up, the band's last album "Goodbye" still held the second place in the American album list.
1969 In May, after leaving Cream, eric clapton, who was only 24 years old, formed a new band Blind Faith with drummer Ginger Baker, bassist Rick Graetsch and keyboard player Steve Winwood. 1969 In the summer, Blind Letter held its first live concert in the famous Hyde Park in London. With the strong appeal of eric clapton and former Cream members, Blind Letter's performance attracted more than100000 fans. Their new album of the same name, Blind Faith, has always been a best seller in Britain and America. In fact, this band became one of the most popular British bands in America at the end of 1969, but it didn't last long. Blind Faith is their only album. Only half a year after its establishment, the blind letter in June1969165438+10 no longer exists after the band's first US tour plan fell through.
Just like a free agent in today's football market, eric clapton, who just left the band, has become the target pursued by major bands and artists. Finally, eric clapton temporarily participated in John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band for the first time, and the band gradually became independent from The Beatles. In Lennon's band, eric clapton participated in the band's performances in Toronto and London, and participated in the recording of some records as a guitarist. Later, he attended Delaney &; Bonnie & Friends band, after attending several live performances of the band, eric clapton officially started his personal development career, but eric clapton, who was already the best guitarist at that time, still hoped to continue to develop his music by forming a band.
From 65438 to 0970, eric clapton recorded and released his first solo album, eric clapton. This album was a great success, and eric clapton's first representative single "After Midnight" was born. This album is Delaney &; Some assistants of Bonnie & amp's band friends participated in the recording, and some singles were co-written by eric clapton and Bramlet. With these Delaney &; Bonnie & Thanks to the good cooperation between the deputy directors of Friends, eric clapton once again came up with the idea of forming a band. He invited 23-year-old guitarist Duane orman, the lead guitarist in The Allman Brothers Band, and joined hands to form Derek and Domino. At that time, the two best guitarists in the world gathered in the same band.
But at the beginning of 1970, there was another very legendary thing that changed eric clapton's life. This year, the brilliant Beatles officially announced their dissolution, and eric clapton's good friend and former Beatles guitarist george harrison (200 1 died of a malignant brain tumor) also began his personal development. Eric clapton was very happy to record george harrison's solo album "Everything Will Pass", but unfortunately, eric clapton fell in love with george harrison's wife Patty Harrison! Perhaps eric clapton knew this love was contradictory, so eric clapton, 25, who had always been totally clean, began to take heroin after that, and this deadly hobby became more and more serious.
Eric clapton, who loves george harrison's wife Patti Harrison deeply, released the band's debut album Leila and Other Mixed Love Songs in June1970165438+1October through his newly formed band Derek and the Dominos. Eric clapton's classic single "Leila" was born in this double CD album, and this "Leila" is a love song dedicated by eric clapton to george harrison's wife Patti Harrison. After a short tour, eric clapton was finally knocked down by drugs. Just three months ago, jimi hendrix, the most inspiring blues guitarist, died of an overdose. In the next two years, eric clapton basically quit the music industry, no records, no performances, only heroin, more heroin.
Fate played a cruel joke on eric clapton at 197 1 again. Duane orman, a talented guitarist under the age of 25, 197 10 died in a traffic accident on June 29th. The promising guitar genius left the blues music and eric clapton music. This major blow once again made 26-year-old eric clapton miserable. Eric clapton, who suffered a double blow from music career and love, fell into the abyss even more heavily. Countless fans are very sad to see that the best guitarist will follow in jimi hendrix's footsteps.
It takes a person who tied the bell to solve the problem. Both career and love need a turning point to save eric clapton. 1972, eric clapton's career changed. A collection of works entitled "History of eric clapton" includes the wonderful performances of various bands that eric clapton joined in his early years. It was this album that once again awakened eric clapton from the fog of heroin. 197365438+1October 13. eric clapton led some former musicians and some new members of Derek and Dominos to perform a very successful comeback at the Rainbow Theatre in London, and released the live album Rainbow Concert in eric clapton. Eric clapton, who rekindled his passion for blues music, returned to the studio again and recorded a very successful comeback album "46 1 Ocean Avenue". Not only did this album become number one, but the single "I shot the sheriff" also became number one. Eric clapton, who gradually got rid of the heroin problem, gradually reached the peak of her creation, but the frequent release of albums did not bring better market returns. 1In March, 975, eric clapton's new album "There is always one in the crowd" failed to achieve good sales. Five months later, the live album "E.C. Was Here" still sells well. A year later, in August of 1976, eric clapton recorded the album No Reason to Cry with a famous band, but the sales volume was not as good as before. It was not until 1977 released the album "Slowhand" that eric clapton regained the support of fans, and sales began to rebound sharply, reaching platinum sales. 1978 released a new album backless, and the results were equally remarkable.
Eric clapton's love of eight years finally ushered in a warm spring after the release of the album "Backless"-george harrison and his wife Patty Harrison officially divorced, and eric clapton announced that the time to marry Patty Harrison was almost the same as that of george harrison after eight years of anti-Japanese war. After marriage, eric clapton's career was smooth sailing. The live album "Just One Night" released by 1980 and another ticket released by 198 1 both achieved excellent high sales, which restored eric clapton's due market appeal.
But it didn't last long. After a long period of detoxification, eric clapton began to use alcohol as a substitute, and alcoholism began to damage his health. At this time, he and his Polydor record company began to have conflicts. When making the album "Another Ticket", because this album was the last record contract between eric clapton and Polydor Records, and eric clapton refused to renew it, the record company asked a new producer to re-record this album, in order to make this album smelly and make eric clapton unable to get a better new contract with other record companies. As for the success of this album, it was a complete accident. Then something more serious happened. In a promotion activity of this album, eric clapton suddenly fainted on the stage, lying on the stage almost forever, and was finally out of danger after being rescued by the hospital. The reason is that he has pleurisy, and his digestive system has been seriously damaged due to long-term alcoholism. However, with the unexpected success of this album, eric clapton finally decided to get rid of alcoholism completely and was soon cured and discharged.
1983, eric clapton signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records, but after the album Another Ticket and the serious incident that almost killed him on the stage, eric clapton's career began to decline. The two albums "Money and Cigarettes" by 1983 and "Behind the Sun" by 1985 have clearly seen that eric clapton's music career has gone downhill. Because Warner Bros. Records arranged everything for eric clapton, the record company dominated eric clapton's album style. They wrote singles for eric clapton and selected producers. Everything should be done according to the wishes of the record company. Eric clapton's album left the blues rock music behind. At the same time, eric clapton's marriage appeared cracks. His relationship with george harrison's ex-wife Patty Harrison has gradually come to an end, but their nominal marriage lasted until 1988.
1In August, 986, eric clapton and an Italian model gave birth to the crystallization of love-a son named Connor. Three months later, eric clapton released the album August with phil collins and tina turner, but the album still failed.
1988, eric clapton's collection Crossroads was officially released. The release of this album reversed the decline of eric clapton's career for many years. This album records eric clapton's whole music career, and reminds fans of the greatest guitarist again. With the help of the momentum brought by this song selection, eric clapton re-released the blues album "Dervish" on 1989, which revived eric clapton's career, but just as his career revived, fate tortured eric clapton again, and the heaviest blow in eric clapton's life came.
1991March 20th, just before eric clapton's 46th birthday, his favorite son Connor, who was only four years old, died in an accident. Eric clapton is in great pain. In desperation, he wrote a heartbreaking classic single "Tears of Heaven", but he didn't go into the studio to record an album for several years. This song was selected as the soundtrack of the movie Rush in June 5438+the following year 10, and became the most sensational single in America that year.
1992, eric clapton finally accepted the invitation of MTV to participate in the live performance of unplugged programs, and then in August of 1992, unplugged concerts on MTV were produced and released as live albums, which quickly became the main force of the charts. Within a few months, US sales exceeded 7 million, reaching 1996, and US sales exceeded 6544. This unplugged album won six Grammy Awards for eric clapton at the same time, but this is not the first time that the guitarist has won an award.
With the help of the sensation caused by the album Unplugged, he returned to the peak of his career, once again proved his position as the world's number one guitarist, and also won great support from fans, which won unanimous praise from critics. 1994, eric clapton released his first studio album "From the Cradle" five years later. This is a pure blues album. After many years, eric clapton finally returned to the road of blues music, which is what many fans who love eric clapton most want to see. The name "God", which has not appeared for a long time, has been called by fans again. This album has been a great success in both critical and business circles, and it has become the most classic blues album in eric clapton's music career. 1996, among the original fathers of film phenomenon, this great guitarist contributed the single "Change the World" written by Babyface, which quickly won the Grammy Award that year.
After 1997, eric clapton collaborated with electronic group T.D.F on the album Retail Therapy, and then released a non-blues album Pilgrim, which was also criticized by critics, but the sales of this album were quite good, and a Grammy-winning single My Father's Eyes was born.
In 2000, eric clapton finally returned to the road of blues music again. Together with B.B. King, a 75-year-old veteran of blues music, a famous guitarist and eric clapton's old friend for many years, he released one of the most classic blues albums to date, Walking with the King. This album once again made eric clapton conquer Grammy and countless blues fans. 200 1, eric clapton released reptiles again. Although the style has changed again, fans still agree with it this time.
On New Year's Eve in 2004, eric clapton was awarded the Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
On March 30th, 2004, eric clapton, the greatest guitarist of our time, released a pure blues album "Mr. Qiang Sen and I", which was an album in which eric clapton paid tribute to robert johnson, a pioneer of blues music and guitarist who had a great influence on him in the early 20th century, covering 65,438+04 works by robert johnson, and won unanimous success from critics and business circles again.
On August 30th, 2005, eric clapton released his latest studio album Home.
As the world's greatest guitarist and the elite of blues music, eric clapton won the amazing 16 Grammy Award. At the Grammy Awards Ceremony on 1972 15, eric clapton attended a live album concert for Bangla Desh, including Bob Dylan, george harrison, Ringo Starr and Ravi Shankar, the father of famous jazz singer norah jones, and won the album of the year. 199 1 year, at the 33rd Grammy Awards Ceremony in 1990, eric clapton won the best rock vocal performance for his single "Bad Love". 1992' s unplugged album won the eric clapton in one fell swoop, won six awards in the 35th Grammy Awards, and the single Leila won the best rock song. The single "Tears of Heaven" won eric clapton the best pop vocal performance (male), and the album "Unplugged" won him the best rock male singer award. It is also a legend to win the Best Pop Male Singer Award and the Best Rock Male Singer Award at the same Grammy Award. In addition, "Tears of Heaven" also won the annual song and album, and the album "Unplugged" also won the annual album. Two years later, at the 37th Grammy Awards Ceremony, the album From the Cradle won the best traditional blues album. Two years later, at the 39th Grammy Awards Ceremony held in 1997, eric clapton attended, including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a blues guitarist who died in a helicopter crash, whose work SRV Shuffle, including Jimmie Vaughan, won the best rock instrument. Eric clapton's best-selling single "Change the World" won him the best pop singer award for the second time, and the single "Change the World" also won the best record award of the year. Two years later, at the 4 1 Grammy Awards Ceremony, eric clapton's single My Father's Eyes won him the Best Pop Singer Award for the third time. At the 42nd Grammy Awards Ceremony on 1999, eric clapton and Santana's Call won the Best Rock Instrumental Performance Award again. At the 43rd Grammy Awards Ceremony held on 200 1, the classic album Riding With The King released by eric clapton and B.B. King in 2000 won the Best Traditional Blues Album Award again. At the 44th Grammy Awards Ceremony the following year, eric clapton won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance Award for Reptiles, which was his16th Grammy Award. Obviously, the world's number one guitarist will bring back more gold phonographs in the future. (cat food)