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Eric Clapton
English musician, singer, and songwriter (born )
This article is about the musician.
For his album, see Eric Clapton (album).
Eric Patrick ClaptonCBE (born 30 March ) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music.[2] He ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the " Greatest Guitarists of All Time"[3] and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time".[4] He was named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in [5]
After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds from to , and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from to After leaving Mayall, he formed the power trioCream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop".[6] A