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    • Eric Clapton - MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 27: (L-R) Musicians Jools Holland and Eric Clapton are seen on the grid before the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 27, 2012 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
    • Eric Clapton - MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 27: Felipe Massa of Brazil and Ferrari meets musician Eric Clapton on the grid before the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 27, 2012 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 13: (UK TABLOID Eric Clapton and his wife Melia McEnery attend the UK premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy at The BFI Southbank on September 13, 2011 in London, United Kingdom.
    • Eric Clapton - NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Musician John Legend attends the Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play The Blues post performance dinner at Roseland Ballroom on April 7, 2011 in New York City.
    • Eric Clapton - NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Musicians Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City.
    • Eric Clapton - A 2010 Gibson Eric Clapton 'Beano' Les Paul on display during a press preview March 4, 2011 at Bonhams New York for the auction to sell some of Eric Clapton's guitars and amps in aid of the Crossroads Center, Antigua. The sale will feature over 70 guitars and 70 amps which have helped create Clapton's legendary sound. The auction will take place on March 9, 2011.
    • Eric Clapton - British guitarist Eric Clapton performs in Hong Kong on February 18, 2011. Clapton was on an Asian tour, during which he also performed in Singapore and Thailand. The influential guitarist and songwriter a.k.a 'Slowhand' is the only three-time inductee to the rock and roll hall of fame and has also won seventeen Grammy awards during a 50 year career playing with various groups including the Yardbirds and Cream.
    • Eric Clapton - A man uses a magnifying glass over a computer screen in Seoul on February 16, 2011 showing a man believed to be North Korean leader's second son, Kim Jong-Chol, as he enters a concert for British guitarist Eric Clapton in Singapore on February 14, 2011. Jong-Chol, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, known to be a die-hard fan of Clapton, attended the concert in Singapore this week, a South Korean intelligence official told AFP on February 16. TV video footage showed a man resembling Jong-Chol entering the stadium, accompanied by some 20 people including bodyguards and women carrying bouquets.
    • Eric Clapton - Guitarist Eric Clapton's 2007 Fender Stratocaster 'Crossroads' model signed by Clapton and musicians like Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Sheryl Crow and others, is on display at Bonhams in Los Angeles on February 17, 2011. Guitars and amps from Clapton's personal collection come to auction at Bonhams in March 9, 2011 in New York to benefit The Crossroads Centre, Antigua.
    • Eric Clapton - Guitarist Eric Clapton's 2007 Fender Stratocaster 'VG' model is on display at Bonhams in Los Angeles on February 17, 2011. Guitars and amps from Clapton's personal collection come to auction at Bonhams in March 9, 2011 in New York to benefit The Crossroads Centre, Antigua.
    • Eric Clapton - Guitarist Eric Clapton's 2010 Gibson Les Paul Standard 'Eric Clapton Beano Tribute' model is on display at Bonhams in Los Angeles on February 17, 2011. Guitars and amps from Clapton's personal collection come to auction at Bonhams in March 9, 2011 in New York to benefit The Crossroads Centre, Antigua.
    • Eric Clapton - A man uses a magnifying glass over a computer screen in Seoul on February 16, 2011 showing a man believed to be North Korean leader's second son, Kim Jong-Chol, as he enters a concert for British guitarist Eric Clapton in Singapore on February 14, 2011. Jong-Chol, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, known to be a die-hard fan of Clapton, attended the concert in Singapore this week, a South Korean intelligence official told AFP on February 16. TV video footage showed a man resembling Jong-Chol entering the stadium, accompanied by some 20 people including bodyguards and women carrying bouquets.
    • Eric Clapton - A man uses a magnifying glass over a computer screen in Seoul on February 16, 2011 showing a man believed to be North Korean leader's second son, Kim Jong-Chol, as he enters a concert for British guitarist Eric Clapton in Singapore on February 14, 2011. Jong-Chol, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, known to be a die-hard fan of Clapton, attended the concert in Singapore this week, a South Korean intelligence official told AFP on February 16. TV video footage showed a man resembling Jong-Chol entering the stadium, accompanied by some 20 people including bodyguards and women carrying bouquets.
    • Eric Clapton - Britains Queen Elizabeth II meets legendary guitarists Jeff Beck (L), Eric Clapton (2nd L), Jimmy Page (C) and Brian May (2nd R) during a reception at Buckingham Palace in London, 1 March 2005. The all-star gathering is a royal tribute to Britain's music industry and follows an earlier children's concert at the Palace for 250 youngsters from schools in five London boroughs, alongside choristers from the Chapel Royal.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Musicians Eric Clapton (L) and Mark King perform at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 supported by Novae at the Royal Albert Hall on November 17, 2010 in London, England.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Eric Clapton performs at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 supported by Novae at the Royal Albert Hall on November 17, 2010 in London, England.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Eric Clapton performs at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 supported by Novae at the Royal Albert Hall on November 17, 2010 in London, England.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Eric Clapton performs at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 supported by Novae at the Royal Albert Hall on November 17, 2010 in London, England.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Eric Clapton performs at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 supported by Novae at the Royal Albert Hall on November 17, 2010 in London, England.
    • Eric Clapton - LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Eric Clapton performs at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 supported by Novae at the Royal Albert Hall on November 17, 2010 in London, England.
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    By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-1970, he was long established as one of the world's major rock stars due to his group affiliations -- the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith -- which had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his generation. That it took Clapton so long to go out ...more
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