Eric Clapton Acclaimed Musical Artist

Slowhand is a nickname given to one of today's great guitarists, Eric Clapton, and slow he is not.

Eric was born on March 30, 1945, in a very pleasant county of England - Surrey.

Eric, who is considered by many people to be one of the greats of the guitar world, has been involved musically in blues, rock, and psychedelic rock.

And his achievements have been recognised by the winning of Grammy Awards, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The first band that he joined, in 1963, was the Yardbirds, and he stayed with them until 1965 by which time he felt that they were moving into pop, and he wanted to stay with the blues.

And he did pursue his interest in the Blues by joining John Mayall and thre Bluesbreakers, a band which helped take Eric to great heights musically.

But he did not stay with them for very long, breaking away and forming the all time great band Cream, where he developed not only as a guitarist, but as a singer and songwriter.

Cream would break up two years later however in 1968. Eric Clapton either played with and/or started a number of other successful groups before taking a career break because of personal issues in the 1970s and has sporadically released solo albums since then.

Eric has released a number of solo albums including Theres one in every crowd, Another Ticket, Reptile, and Back Home.

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