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Eric Clapton
Known for: ActingEric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. In the mid sixties, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand", and graffiti in London declared "Clapton is God." Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, the power trio, Cream, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the seventies, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped gain reggae a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Clapton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lethal Weapon 2
Composer 
Lethal Weapon
Composer 
Lethal Weapon 4
Composer 
Lethal Weapon 3
Composer 
The Story of Us
Composer 
Edge of Darkness
Composer 
Tommy
as The Preacher 
Laurel Canyon
as Self 
Rush
Composer 
The Last Waltz
as Self 
Communion
Composer 
Nil by Mouth
Composer 
Echo in the Canyon
as Self 
The Concert for New York City
as Self 
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self 
Homeboy
Composer 
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Self 
Sweet Toronto
as Self 
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
as Self 
Jimi Hendrix
as Self 
Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band 
Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions
as Self - Guitars and Vocals 
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
as Self (archive footage) 
Concert for George
as Self 
Jeff Beck: Still on the Run
as Self 
The Van
Composer 
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
as Self - Guitar 
The Quiet One
as Self 
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
as Self 
Joe Bonamassa: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
as Guest Guitarist 
Babyface: MTV Unplugged NYC 1997
as Self - Vocals 
A Concert by the Lake
as Self 
Beware of Mr. Baker
as Self 
All My Loving
as Self 