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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
(August / 2009)
Channelling a guitar hero Date: 05 Aug 2009
Knox Journal -
The legendary sound of Eric Clapton will be reprised in Bayswater on Friday, and it's all for a good cause.
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Blues guitar legends keep it in the key of low Date: 07 Aug 2009
The News & Observer -
It might seem contradictory to be described as unsung when you make Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All-Time list or when Eric Clapton cites your playing as an influence.
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Channelling a guitar maestro Date: 12 Aug 2009
Maroondah Journal -
THE LEGENDARY sound of Eric Clapton will be reprised in Upwey next week, and it's all for a good cause.
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Popa Chubby brings high energy show to Playhouse Date: 13 Aug 2009
The News-Times -
Electric blues singer and guitarist Popa Chubby will bring his high energy music to the Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday at 8 p.m., with a show called "Electric Chubbyland," featuring the music of Jimi Hendrix.Although he grew up in the 1970s, he took his cue from artists of the 1960s, including Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Sly & the Family Stone, among others.
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Zimbabwe: Domboka Set to Fulfil Dream Date: 13 Aug 2009
AllAfrica.com -
Harare — Growing up, Humphrey Domboka had always dreamt of becoming a guitarist of international repute. He even wanted to be like world-renowned guitarists Eric Clapton and the late Jimi Hendrix.
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Muere Les Paul, el 'padrino' del rock Date: 14 Aug 2009
Euronews -
Artistas como Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page o Keith Richards eligieron su guitarra. Pero todos los guitarristas del mundo se han beneficiado de los…
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Thanks for the sound returns, Les Paul Date: 16 Aug 2009
Los Angeles Times -
A good guitar falls into that small category of things that manage to hold their value. For a teenage guitar slinger in the 1970s, it was the most coveted of instruments: a Gibson Les Paul. In the hands of Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Pete Townsend and countless others, it defined the hard-rock sound of the day.
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OddBlotter: When Snacks Attack Date: 18 Aug 2009
Bostonist -
Picture from flickr user Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com and available for download under a Creative Commons license . -- Apparently, Eric Clapton was right. It is in the way that you use it. If you live in Hingham. A woman from the tony town was arrested after "assaulting" a store clerk with an apple juice bottle and a Slim Jim. She escaped the scene in her black Saab convertible after ripping ...
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