ERIC CLAPTON

Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born in Ripley, Surrey, England, March 30, 1945, age 66 years), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and a British composer who never won a Grammy Award. As one of the most successful musician in the 20th century and the 21st century, its name immortalized in the museum of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times (as members of The Yardbirds, Cream, and as a solo career.) Flattering fans and music critics as the greatest guitarist along zaman.menempati order to-4 in the list of Greatest Guitarist of All Time Rolling Stone.Selain announced it, his name is also included in the list "100 Greatest Artists Throughout the Ages" (The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time) which was published the same magazine. Throughout his career, Clapton is known to have a very varied musical styles, but all rooted in the blues. In addition, the name Clapton recorded in music history as the originator of the flow of blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and psychedelic rock (as with the band Cream). Not only that, the songs Clapton's success in the charts various schools, ranging from Delta blues (Me and Mr. Johnson) to the category of pop music ("Change the World") and reggae (while singing a song of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff "). Clapton is also famous with the song "Layla" when joined together band Derek and the dominos.