Eric Clapton
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 13: (Exclusive Coverage) (L-R) Derek Trucks, Blake Mills and Gregg Allman attend the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on April 13, 2013 in New York City.
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Oh, this is exciting. We fly to London tomorrow and we're opening up some shows for Eric Clapton in the U.K. I get to play Royal Albert Hall for the first time.
Nick always found solace in music. We're huge fans of classic rock, so he grew up with Cream, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, and of course, Crosby, Stills & Nash. He loved singing along, and it really calmed him. So we decided to put him into music therapy.
There's no way in the world you can play these notes. He was hitting Eric Clapton, he was hitting me, Stevie, Jimi Hendrix. I couldn't even play a radio when I was seven or eight years old! Players like him come along once in a lifetime. I said, 'I need to let the world know about you.'More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Eric Clapton and other guitar gods at Madison Square Garden
"You're gonna know my name," and proved it.Here are some of the folks playing Friday and Saturday at Madison Square Garden . Eric Clapton KNOWN FOR Being God. That's what they used to scrawl on walls in England in the '60s, anyway. Throughout his career as Read more »
Around the web
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Clapton Opens Royal Albert Hall Residency
INCLUDED! Eric Clapton & His Band returned to London's Royal Albert Hall on Friday, 17 May for the first of 7 concerts. Eric has likened the venue to playing in his front room. The Albert has a low stage and the audience is closer to the band on all sides from Eric Clapton Read more »
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Cream of the crop of the drummers
Review: Beware of Mr Baker (15A, limited release, 100 minutes) *** Director: Jay Bulger Stars: Ginger Baker, Stewart Copeland, Eric Clapton, Jack BruceAt one point during Jay Bulger's entertaining and thoroughly dislikable documentary portrait of rock legend from Irish Independent Read more »
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Sale Of Teddy M's Eric Clapton Portraits To Aid Crossroads Centre
Pop Artist Teddy M has created two large scale portraits of Eric Clapton. When sold, a significant portion of the proceeds will benefit Crossroads Centre Antigua. The Clapton portraits, available in two colour ways, "ferrari" and 'blues," are 100x100cm and from Eric Clapton Read more »
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Eric Clapton to be a grandfather - report
legend Eric Clapton is set to be a grandfather for the first time - his daughter Ruth is expecting her first child, according to a U.K. report. The Layla hitmaker's eldest child is due later this month (May13) and the rocker is looking forward to his new role. from Starpulse Read more »
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RICHARD KAY: Eric Clapton's next gig: as a grandfather
Clapton celebrates 50 years of performing this year and is about to embark on a world tour Best remembered for his hell-raising and womanising ways as a guitar ‘god’, former first-division wild man of rock Eric Clapton is about to achieve a rather more sedate from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
