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Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning English composer, singer and guitarist who became one of the most respected and influential artists of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Clapton is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in popular music history. |
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News in english
about Eric Clapton
(July / 2009)
University honour for Jack Bruce Date: 08 Jul 2009
ic Lanarkshire -
A member of one of the world's first supergroups is due to be awarded an honorary doctorate. Jack Bruce, who helped found the band Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, will receive the honour from Glasgow Caledonian University.
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Eric Clapton: The Essential Interviews Date: 11 Jul 2009
antiMUSIC -
A top story from this week. A new book celebrates the amazing, forty plus year career of rock guitar giant Eric Clapton.
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Music DVD Review: Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden Date: 12 Jul 2009
Blogcritics.org -
Blind Faith in the Garden of, err, New York.
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Tom Wilkes: Graphic designer responsible for many celebrated album covers Date: 14 Jul 2009
Independent -
Anyone owning a copy of such epochal albums as Eric Clapton's eponymous debut, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen, The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers, George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, The Concert For Bangla Desh, Pearl by Janis Joplin, Neil Young's Harvest, the Rolling Stones' collection Flowers, and The Beatles 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 compilations is familiar with ...
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Rocking no more Date: 15 Jul 2009
Boston Globe -
It was more than 40 years ago, on a March night in 1968, when WBCN-FM (104.1) decided to break from its classical music format. Instead of Bach, listeners that evening heard “I Feel Free,’’ by the Eric Clapton-led rock band Cream, and right then Boston’s local music scene was transformed.
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Website names Top 200 Greatest Guitarists Date: 16 Jul 2009
Washington County News / Holmes County Times-Advertiser -
A website has named its list of the Top 200 guitarists Here is the Top 10...give us your input * -- R.I.P. 1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo 3. Jimmy
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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden Date: 18 Jul 2009
All About Jazz -
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden Reprise Records 2009 The garish pseudo psychedelic cover graphics of guitarist {{Eric Clapton = 5722}} and keyboard player and guitarist {{Steve Winwood = 17580}}'s Live From Madison Square Garden package mislead. These recordings taken from a three night run at the hallowed venue in 2008--included in almost identical form on a ...
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Webcasts open up newsrooms, but to small audiences Date: 19 Jul 2009
Seattle Times -
Editors at a recent meeting at The Victoria Advocate settled on covering a local swine flu death, having a reporter chase information on a gang arrest and agreed that Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" was, indeed, a sad song.
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