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Eric Clapton

Before going more into music Eric was a laborer at building sites were he would work along side his grandfather. Clapton was raised in a musical household. His grandmother played piano and his mother and uncle were fascinated by the sound of big bands. By 1955 Rock n" Roll had made its way into the world. Eric began exploring the roots in American Blues. The blues went together perfectly with Eric because he felt he was different from others. In 1962 he asked his grandparents to buy him a double cutaway Kay guitar that was a replica of a Gibson ES335. This type of guitar was used by his idols Freddie King, B.B. King, and Muddy Waters (Coleman).
             The god of guitar mended his way into the world of music. In early 1963 Eric joined his first band The Roosters. Following the band's breakup he spent a month in the pop-oriented group Casey Jones and the Engineers. In October 1963 Keith Relf and Paul Samuel Smith recruited him to become a member of the Yard Birds. They did this because he was the most talked about guitar player on the R&B circuit. It was with the Yard Birds that Clapton made his first album. During this time he earned the nickname slow hand. He earned this name because when he would break a string he would change it to the accompaniment of a slow handclap. In April of 1965 John Mayall invited Clapton to join his band John Mayall's Blues Breakers. During the times with this band Eric established his reputation as a guitarist. Although he was successful with them the band was turbulent and he left the band to go tour Greece with friends. When he got back the album Blues Breaker with Eric Clapton was recorded.
             Eric Clapton joins the group Cream that would change his life forever. In 1966 Eric teamed up with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker to form Cream. During his time with Cream graffiti saying Clapton is god made its way into the World. Cream did extensive touring in the U.


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1. Eric claption

... he wrote a song in tribute to his son called "Tears in Heaven." That song won a grammy in 1992. Eric Clapton left Cream after 30 months and joined a band called Blind Faith. Wich had Clapton, Ginger Baker, ex-Family bassist Rick Grech and ex-Traffic keyboardist Steve Winwood. They had a free concert in London ... 's Hyde Park in June 1969 playing to over 100,000 fans. Then he went on a tour with John Lennon for charity. Eric Clapton has recived seventeen grammys. The box set "cross roads" recived two grammys. The best album notes and best historical album. In 1995 Queen Elizabeth II ... ...

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2. Sex,Drugs And Rock And Roll

... parents would think of him as a clown---harmless and benign- (Nuzum 152). How did sex come to be such a dominant issue in music? According to Eric Nuzum, author of "Parental Advisory,"" there are: Two reasons. First, sex (or lack of sex) and rock music have a lot in common. A person ... times disregarding whether or not the lyrics in question represent a pro-drug or anti-drug sentimentality, as is the case with songs like "Cocaine- by Eric Clapton, which is actually a warning against the use of cocaine, or even "Rocky Mountain High- by John Denver, which has nothing to do with drugs ......

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3. drugs/rockandroll

... or moved by music always readily absorb it. Some of these bands include Pink Floyd, Cypress Hill, The Doors, Eminem, The Grateful Dead, and even Eric Clapton. Pink Floyd was probably one of the most influential band throughout the 1970's. Pink Floyd combined the sound of classic rock with developing technology in music distortion ... use of a syringe. Roger Walters shows how great heroin is in his song but also the problem's that may be associated with the use of it. Eric Clapton also sings about drugs, much like Pink Floyd. In the song Cocaine he shamelessly promotes the use of cocaine...

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4. Jimmy Page: The Guitar Legend

... believe he made more money doing session work. A year later, he accepted the invitation ("Jimmy Page Biography"_). The Yardbirds spawned three of the world's finest guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page (York 49). Beck, Clapton and Page initiated almost every technical guitar innovation of the era, including feedback and fuzz tone (Romanows and George-Warren 1101). When the Yardbirds broke up ... 1983 he appeared at an ARMS fundraiser in aid of multiple sclerosis sufferers at Royal Albert Hall to perform "Stairway to Heaven", arguably Zeppelin's most famous song, with Jeff...

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5. Heaven

... his dreams, a world he can shape and reshape, almost at will. Music has captured finely tuned ears about lyrics containing the word heaven in them. Eric Clapton wrote a song, Tears in Heaven, after his son died tragically. Clapton believed his sons" death was his fault and the lyrics are evident of this. Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Would ... If I saw you in heaven I"ll find my way through night and day I just can't stay Here in heaven. I feel Clapton's remorse and pain, but I aslo feel his joy and happiness that his son is in a better place, a safe place. However, Clap...

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6. Hip Hop Censership

... someone go out and kill someone or do drugs. The same people that criticize this music listened to people like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton who were two of the best guitar players ever, but both had major drug problems. Eric Clapton had a song called cocaine, and had a bad cocaine habit, but I never heard anyone criticize his music and say that it encourages drug ... ...

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7. Bob Marley is the single most influential musician ever

... life was for his people and his country. Marley's music was much more than a lot of today's musicians. In this quote Eric Clapton talks about the great importance of Bob Marley, "If I had to describe Bob Marley in a few words," says Clapton, who notched his first number one single in 1974 with Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff", "I"d say he was a great lyric writer, a musical ... genius and a great leader among men" (Clapton 1). His songs were songs of struggle, songs of peace and about overcoming the oppression his people of Jamaica had received for decades. He used his music to help rally ...

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8. rap is crap

... Music). It is hypothesized that rap lyrics, such as Ice T's "Cop Killer," receive more negative criticism than other white lyrics, such as Eric Clapton's "I Shot the Sheriff," because of their association with the black culture. This argument of racism is ridiculous. Clapton's song is about a gun that discharges in a case of self-defense, while Ice-T's song relates to the deliberate killing of cops ... ...

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9. Popular Music as a Means of Resistance

... of Britain's youth. During the 1970's Britain was experiencing a surge of racial tensions under the Labour government with nationalist group The National Front leading the campaign to "Keep Britain White ". Eric Clapton made his political stance known in 1976 during his headline concert in Birmingham were he claimed his support of political candidate Enoch Powell and was quoted to have said "I think ... Enoch's right ... we should send them all back. Throw the wogs out! Keep Britain white! " Yes, Eric is most certainly allowed to have his own opinions on such matters, however I believe ...

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