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Eric Clapton
Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once a…
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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. In the mid sixties, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand", and graffiti in London declared "Clapton is God." Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, the power trio, Cream, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the seventies, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped gain reggae a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Clapton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Movie Self
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2025
Pino
Movie Self
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2025
Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later
Movie Guitar / Vocals
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
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2023
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Orchestral
Movie Himself
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2023
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock
Movie Self - Vocals, Guitar
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2023
Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights - Blues
Movie Himself
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2023
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2023
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2022
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
Movie Self
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2021
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions
Movie Self - Guitars and Vocals
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2021
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Movie Self
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2021
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2020
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2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie Self
- 2020
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2020
Laurel Canyon
TV show Self
- 2020
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2019
The Quiet One
Movie Self
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2019
Echo in the Canyon
Movie Self
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2019
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Movie Self
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2018
Jeff Beck: Still on the Run
Movie Self
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2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Movie Self
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2017
Eric Clapton - Live in San Diego
Movie Self
- 2017
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2017
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV show Self
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2016
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Soundbreaking
TV show Self
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2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Movie Music
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2015
The Beatles 1+
Movie
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2015
Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Movie Lead Vocal, Guitars
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2015
Three Days in Auschwitz
Movie Producer
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2014
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Movie Self
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2014
Eric Clapton - Planes, Trains and Eric
Movie Self
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2014
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Movie Self
- 2014
