Stage name: eric clapton
English name: eric clapton.
Date of birth:1March 30, 945
Language: English
Artist's self-report: Clapton's piano style is calm, refined and vivid, and he plays beautifully and moving. He has written famous works such as Leila and Tears in Heaven. British rock guitarist.
Artist's Biography: eric clapton is the world's leading blues guitarist, 1945 was born in Surrey, southern England on March 30th. Clapton is the lead guitarist of the famous bands "Yarkbirds" and "Cream". As a white man, his skillful and fluent guitar playing made Bruce walk out of the circle of black music and be appreciated by many music lovers in a wider world.
John mayer immediately invited him to join his Bruce Black band, but eric clapton only stayed in the band for a short time. After that, eric clapton and the temporary band The Glands prepared to hold a global tour, but the plan soon died in Greece. A few weeks later, eric clapton returned to England to work with john mayer again. From June 1965 1 1 to July 1966, when he joined Bluesbreakers for the second time (at that time, he had formed Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker), eric clapton was regarded as a god among the growing British blues fans.
The plan of cream and the ambition of music inspired eric clapton to go far beyond his role as a blues imitator and enter the field of improvisation which was previously neglected in rock music. After the dissolution of Cream at the end of 1968, eric clapton joined hands with Steve Windwood, Ginger Baker and Rick Graetsch to form the super band Blind Faith, but the band failed to live up to public expectations and failed to survive under commercial pressure.
Tired of fame and the strong demands of fans and monks, eric clapton joined Delaney &; Bonnie's accompaniment band Bramlet co-recorded his solo album eric clapton (1970, recorded by Polydor). Finally, he led three of Bramlet's friends, the keyboard player Obi whitlock, the bassist Carl Ladder and the drummer Jim Gordon, to form Derek &; Duane orman was joined when Domino recorded the album Leila (1970, recorded by Polydor).
197 1 Derek &; Domino broke up. Three months later, eric clapton performed at a Bangladeshi concert in george harrison. In the same year, he gave an anonymous performance with Leon Russell in 65438+February, and held a solo concert with Pete Townshend, Ron Wood, Steve Winwood, Rick Graetsch, Jim Capalti, Jimmy Castaing and Libop in1973+1October. The performance 1973 was recorded by RSO Company as a rainbow concert in eric clapton. Besides, it has actually retired. 1974, he appeared with a band composed of guitarist George Terry, keyboard player Dick Simms, bassist Carl Lader, drummer Jamie Ouedec and singer Yvonne Elliman, and a new sense of tranquility appeared in his music. He hates playing the role of guitar idol, so he is developing to be both a singer and a songwriter. His next album, 46 1 Ocean Avenue (recorded by RSO Company), includes a cover of bob marley's I Shot The Sheriff, which ranks first in the US charts and ninth in the UK charts. 1975, in 1976, he released "Everyone has a person, there is no reason to cry" and in 1977, he released "Slowhand".
After 1978 released the album "Backless", eric clapton formed a new band, recorded a double CD live record (1980) in just one night, and recorded another ticket in the studio of 198 1. 1982 signed a contract with warner and recorded his first album, money and cigarettes (1983).
At the beginning of 1984, eric clapton organized a new band and released the album Behind the Sun in 1985. Published on 1986 in August. This album was produced by phil collins and Tom Dodd, with tina turner and Stephen Bishop as guests. 1988 eric clapton took part in the terrible strait trip. 1989, his album "helper" once again became the third on the British list.
In 199 1 year, he gave a performance called "24 Nights" at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In the same year, unfortunately arrival, his 4-year-old son fell from a 53-story window in Manhattan. Eric clapton wrote Tears of Heaven for his dead son, which became his best-selling single since 1970s. At the same time, he held a "MTV Unplugged" concert, which became the highest-selling album in his history and promoted the "Unplugged" trend. The following year, he won six Grammy awards. On 1994, eric clapton recorded an album "From the Cradle" covering old blues songs. 1996, the song "Change the World" written by eric clapton for the film "Miracle" became popular again, and won four Grammy Awards in 1997.