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Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton grew up in Ripley, England, where he first heard blues records by Muddy Waters and B.B. King. He started playing guitar in local bands before...

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Eric Clapton's blues, from Cream to Crossroads

A guitarist who moved from British blues-rock to solo balladry and back to the standards.

For the shape of his catalog, listen to 'Driftin' Blues' and 'Key To The Highway'. They frame how he's always circled back to that sound.

Clapton's career is a long conversation with the blues. He started with Muddy Waters records in Ripley, formed Cream for albums like 'Disraeli Gears', and later recorded his own material like 'Driftin' Blues'. Even his setlists now mix his songs with staples like 'Key To The Highway'.

He joined The Yardbirds in the mid-1960s before forming Cream in 1966. After the band broke up, his solo work included the ballad 'Tears in Heaven' and later the album 'From the Cradle'. He founded the Crossroads Centre in the 1990s and has kept playing blues standards.

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Eric Clapton grew up in Ripley, England, where he first heard blues records by Muddy Waters and B.B. King. He started playing guitar in local bands before joining The Yardbirds in the mid-1960s. After leaving that group, he formed Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in 1966. Their albums like 'Disraeli Gears' and 'Wheels of Fire' came out before the band broke up in 1968.

Clapton's solo work includes songs like 'Tulsa Time' and 'Driftin' Blues' from his catalog. He recorded the ballad 'Tears in Heaven' after his son Conor died in 1991. In the 1990s, he founded the Crossroads Centre, a rehabilitation facility, and released the album 'From the Cradle' in 1994.

He has continued to play and record, with his setlist often featuring blues standards alongside his own material. Some of his performances include 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out' and 'Key To The Highway'.

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