Clapton immediately agreed, on the condition that Baker hire Bruce as the group's bassist ; according to Clapton, Baker was so surprised at the suggestion that he almost crashed the car.

The Band released two more albums after Jericho: High on the Hog ( 1996 ) and Jubilation ( 1998 ), the latter of which included guest appearances by Eric Clapton and John Hiatt.

Eric Clapton performing in Barcelona after leaving Cream, 1974

Blind Faith was formed immediately after the demise of Cream, following an attempt by Clapton to recruit Steve Winwood into the band in the hope that he would help act as a buffer between Bruce and Baker.

The Eric Clapton album 461 Ocean Boulevard was named after the Golden Beach house at that address, a photo of which is also featured on the album cover.

In April 1968, after yet another drug bust involving Young, Furay, Messina and Eric Clapton, the group decided to break up.

Eric Clapton joined in April 1965 just a few months after the release of their first album.

Shortly after Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton was released Eric Clapton went to see Buddy Guy in concert, and being impressed by his trio, the idea for Cream was formed and he left to form this new group with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce.

Clapton was replaced by Peter Green for A Hard Road, after which he left to form Fleetwood Mac.

Derek and the Dominos ' sole hit " Layla " is associated with group leader Eric Clapton, who had great success and fame before and after the Dominos.

Johnson quit drinking entirely in 1991, after nearly suffering a stroke on stage with Eric Clapton.

The band's original guitarist Eric Bell, who was a fan of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, bought a copy of The Dandy comic after seeing Eric Clapton depicted reading a copy of its sister publication The Beano on the cover of the 1966 album Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton.

Blues Incorporated and Mayall's Bluesbreakers were well known in the London Jazz and emerging R & B circuits, but the Bluesbreakers began to gain some national and international attention, particularly after the release of Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton album ( 1966 ), considered one of the seminal British blues recordings.

Peter Green started what is called " second great epoch of British blues ", as he replaced Clapton in the Bluesbreakers after his departure to form Cream.

Many of these special models are designed with, endorsed by, and named after well-known guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Clarence White, Merle Haggard, Stephen Stills, Paul Simon, Arlo Guthrie and Johnny Cash.

The band was short-lived because of Clapton's greater interest in Blind Faith's opening act Delaney & Bonnie & Friends — Clapton left the band after the tour had ended.

Even then, the English guitarist was in the early stages of heroin withdrawal − only a cameraman supplying him with some methadone would result in Clapton taking the stage the following day, after his young girlfriend had been unsuccessful in scoring uncut heroin for him on the street.

Soon after, when Clapton departed from the Bluesbreakers, he became a full-time member of Mayall's band.

Brown modeled his first band after the " 5 " Royales, and both Eric Clapton and legendary Stax guitarist Steve Cropper cite Pauling as a key influence.

Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1989 after several years of separation.

" Layla's " second movement was recorded roughly a week after the first, with Gordon playing his piano part, Clapton playing acoustic guitar and slide guitar, and Allman playing electric and bottleneck slide guitar.

His professional football career began after he was spotted whilst playing for his local amateur club, Clapton

Cream had split up in late 1968, although lead guitarist Eric Clapton remained signed to RSO, but his next project, the highly touted supergroup Blind Faith, which united Clapton and Ginger Baker with Steve Winwood ( ex Traffic ) and Rick Grech ( ex Family ) fizzled out after just one LP.

During his adolescent years, he was influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

In attendance that night were John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, Lulu, The Hollies, Small Faces, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Donovan, Georgie Fame, Denny Laine, Terry Reid, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton who rarely missed any of Jimi's London gigs.

Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.

• They were the first stage shows in the UK to present comedic performers ( such as Monty Python and Rowan Atkinson ) in the same setting and shows as their contemporaries in rock music ( such as Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton and Sting ).

# " Sunshine of Your Love " ( Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton ) – 3: 18

Gallagher and Lyle sang and performed as members of Ronnie Lane and The Slim Chance Band on the hit single " How Come " and the ensuing album, Anymore for Anymore, and they have worked, jointly and individually, on records with Mary Hopkin, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Elkie Brooks, Arthur " Big Boy " Crudup, Champion Jack Dupree, Joan Armatrading, Ralph McTell, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention and Jim Diamond.

He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, Play in a Day, were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page.

He became the first British guitarist in the UK Singles Chart, with " Guitar Boogie Shuffle " in 1959, and was cited as an influence by many stars, including Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Sting, Hank Marvin, Robert Smith, Mike Oldfield, Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Page.

" With ' students ' that number Eric Clapton, Brian May, Sting, Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless others, Weedon could well be described as the most genuinely influential guitarist of all time.

His hits have been covered by artists such as Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Claude Russell Bridges, Lefty Frizzell, Josh Turner, Sonny James, Alison Krauss, Billy Dean, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Lambchop, Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Pete Townshend and Tortoise ( band ) with Bonnie " Prince " Billy .< ref >

The concert heralded the return of Eric Clapton out of heroin-induced isolation and inactivity with the help of Pete Townshend and others.

#" Sunshine Of Your Love " ( Jack Bruce / Pete Brown / Eric Clapton ) – 7: 46

The basic track was taped early in June, judging by the appearance of Pete Drake on the session ; other participants included Clapton and Ringo Starr, the latter another avowed Band fan.

" And rather than a standard " band ", this was a full Wall of Sound orchestra, as various observers had noted: two drummers ( Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner ), two keyboard players ( Billy Preston and Leon Russell ), six horn players ( led by Jim Horn ), three electric guitarists ( Harrison, Eric Clapton and Jesse Ed Davis ), a trio of acoustic guitars to be " felt but not heard " ( Badfinger's Pete Ham, Tom Evans and Joey Molland ), the seven members of Don Nix's " Soul Choir ", together with bassist Klaus Voormann and a dedicated percussion player, Mike Gibbins of Badfinger.

An alternate cut of " New Mexicoe ", featuring three guitar heavyweights ( Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Ronnie Wood ) dates from the sessions for Danko's eponymous debut.

Since the late-1980s, Townshend has used the Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster, with Lace Sensor pick-ups, both in the studio and on tour.

Townshend playing a Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster.

Sting also led an impromptu super-group of other musicians ( dubbed The Secret Police ) performing at the show including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Donovan, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in the show's grand finale – Sting's own reggae-tinged arrangement of Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released.

While famous for classic recordings from Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, recent hit songs such as " Before He Cheats " by Carrie Underwood and " I Loved Her First " by Heartland continue the city's musical legacy.

Clapton stated, " I spent most of my teens and early twenties studying the blues-the geography of it and the chronology of it, as well as how to play it ".

#" I Remember Jeep " ( Ginger Baker, Clapton, Harrison, Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann ) – 8: 07

Lewis also arranged for new-wave rock performers Sting and Bob Geldof to perform in a specially assembled super-group ( named " The Secret Police ") with 1960s guitar icons Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck on a grand finale performance of Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released.

Happily Clapton eventually kicked his habit, and Stigwood took him back to Miami, where he recorded his very successful ' comeback ' album 461 Ocean Boulevard ( 1974 ), which included his US # 1 hit version of Bob Marley's " I Shot The Sheriff ".

His most memorable and influential recordings included: " Three O ' Clock Blues " ( now a blues standard ); the Memphis Slim-penned " Everyday I Have the Blues "; " Lonesome Christmas "; " Reconsider Baby " recorded in 1960 by Elvis Presley and in 1994 by Eric Clapton for his From the Cradle album as well as by Joe Bonamassa ); and " Tramp " ( co-written with Jimmy McCracklin and later covered by Otis Redding with Carla Thomas, ZZ Top ( on 2003's Mescalero ), Alex Chilton, and Tav Falco.

I was pleasantly surprised when the musician, who turned out to be Eric Clapton, arrived at the studio with a 45 r. p. m.

# " If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day " ( Eric Clapton )

# " I Shot the Sheriff " ( Eric Clapton )

# " I Shot The Sheriff " ( Eric Clapton )

" According to Clapton, “ I wouldn ’ t have felt the urge to press on without the tips and encouragement Bert ’ s book gives you.

So just out of the blue he sent him the song, and lo and behold Eric Clapton was on the phone saying he wanted to play on it and asking how I would mind if he did.

Here I was, this Canadian kid in England with big-time producers doing my first album and Clapton tells me, ' It's such a pretty song, so easy to play.

" I called Eric Clapton up and it was great to have him ," Starr said.

Together, Brown and Bruce wrote a significant number of Cream's songs, including the hits " I Feel Free ", " White Room " and " SWLABR " and ( with Clapton ) " Sunshine of Your Love ".

* John Mayall uses the opening riff ( played by Eric Clapton, then his band's featured guitarist ) as a sequeway between Hughie Flint's drum solo and the closing section of the song " What'd I Say " on the album Blues Breakers by John Mayall with Eric Clapton, recorded in March, 1966 and released that year ( also known as " the Beano album ".

Clapton wrote the song for her, along with many others on the album such as " I Looked Away " and " Layla ".

Clapton stopped playing it in 2004, as well as the song " My Father's Eyes ", with Clapton stating ; " I didn't feel the loss anymore, which is so much a part of performing those songs.

In an interview with Daphne Barak, Clapton stated, " I almost subconsciously used music for myself as a healing agent, and lo and behold, it worked ...

In a 2006 interview with Gibson. com's Backstage Pass Haynes explains his early influences: " When I first started — chronologically speaking — Hendrix and Clapton and Johnny Winter were the first three people I got turned on to.