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=Facts:= Eric Clapton (Eric Patrick Clapton) was born on March 30th in 1945 at his Grandparents house in Surrey, England Since Eric was born, he had only had his motheer and his grandparentsto rely on. His father was stationed in England to fight in the Ww2 (world war 2) but before Eric was born he returned back to his wife in Canada.

When Eric Patrick Clapton first noticed the Rock and Roll, it had already started to grow in England. And for his 13th birthday, he asked his grandparents for a guitar. He got a cheep socalled Hoyer guitar. (wich he to this day still has) At this point in his life, he did not play alot, he found it dificult to play on and put it aside not long after he got it. It was first when he turned 16 and started a college study that he got into it. He failed several classes and got expelled out of school since he did'nt make any progress. the reason for this, was late nights without sleeping listening to music and playing the guitar.

Later when Eric got a bit older, he asked his grandparents some help in purchasing an Electric guitar and amplifyer, something they were totally against, it ended up with Eric having to work alot more for himself to gain money for it. He also joined his first band called "the Roosters" wich was a pop musical inspired band, and not so much the way wich Eric liked the most, the blues orientated rock and roll.

=Career= Almost every band he tried to stay with got either split up or he left, often because of stupid reasons like names of songs, but also sometimes by the bands starting to make music he did not like. other things he tried were things like going solo, playing with diferent bands on stage, backstage band and so on and so on. Most known in my opinion are his solo performanses where he is the main "atraction" and where the rest of the band just plays along, like the song at the top, cocaine. other well known songs from him are layla, tears in heaven and sunshine of your love.

=Besides Music= In 1979, Eric married his first wife, Patty Boyd Harrison, but they got divorced 10 years later. Now he lives with his wife Melia and have three daughters, he also has another daughter and used to have another son, tragicaly, his son died in 1991 when he fell from a window in his mother apartment.

When thinking of Eric Clapton, you dont think about a familyman, you dont think about a man who has struggeled himself trough life with drugs and trouble, you think about a great singer, a great guitar player and a marvelous preformer.

Sources: http://www.ericclapton.com/eric-clapton-biography http://www.poster.net/clapton-eric/clapton-eric-guitar-5001103.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton

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