Clapton had met Bruce when the bassist / vocalist briefly played with the Bluesbreakers in March 1966 ; the two also had worked together as part of a one-shot band called Powerhouse ( which also included Steve Winwood and Paul Jones ).

It featured six songs: three live recordings dating from a concert at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, on 19 October, and three new studio recordings ( including " Badge ", which was written by Clapton and George Harrison, who also played rhythm guitar as " L ' Angelo Misterioso ").

Clapton mentioned in his acceptance speech that their rehearsal the day before the ceremony had marked the first time they had played together in 25 years.

Though not formally credited on the album, Eric Clapton played lead guitar on Harrison's " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ".

Relocated from central London in 1966, the studios played host to many of rock and pop's greatest stars down the decades, from The Beatles, who recorded the original tracks of " All You Need Is Love " in Barnes, to The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Queen, Eric Clapton, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson, The Verve, Massive Attack, Duran Duran, Coldplay, Madonna and Björk.

The original Gibson Les Paul-guitar design regained popularity when Eric Clapton began playing the instrument a few years later, although he also played an SG and an ES-335.

* Peter Green, who had replaced Clapton, played until August 1967, when he departed with Mick Fleetwood and then also enticed Bluesbreaker John McVie a few weeks later to form Fleetwood Mac,

Almond had played with Zoot Money and Alan Price and was no stranger to Mayall's music — he had played baritone sax on 4 cuts of Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton and some of A Hard Road.

Voormann was a member of Yoko Ono and Lennon's Plastic Ono Band, with Ono, Alan White ( future Yes drummer ) and Eric Clapton, which played at the Live Peace in Toronto 1969 album, recorded prior to the break-up of The Beatles in Toronto on 13 September 1969.

Eric Clapton is a regular performer the Hall, having played host to his concerts almost annually for over 20 years.

Keeping up the momentum, the band played at the Prince's Trust concert in July 1987, with Eric Clapton standing in on lead guitar for a performance of Running in the Family.

In 1997 he played bass and bass clarinet in a band called Legends, featuring Eric Clapton ( guitars and vocals ), Joe Sample ( piano ), David Sanborn ( alto sax ) and Steve Gadd ( drums ).

* Steve Gadd, world-famous session drummer who has played with Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, and others.

He was maturing as a musician, and played with artists as diverse as Melissa Etheridge, Richard Wright, Sir Elton John and Eric Clapton.

Palladino supported Phil Collins, as a member of the house band for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, which played with Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Sir Cliff Richard, and Tony Bennett, among other notable performers.

He also played with J. J. Cale, and Eric Clapton on their 2006 album The Road to Escondido, alongside other notable musicians, including Derek Trucks, and Billy Preston.

The club's name was changed again to Clapton Orient in 1898 to represent the area of London in which they played, though there was another team called Clapton F. C.

It is considered one of rock music's definitive love songs, featuring an unmistakable guitar figure played by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, and a piano coda that comprises the second half of the song.

Clapton contributed uncredited guitar work on Harrison's song " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " on The Beatles ' White Album, and Harrison co-wrote and played guitar pseudonymously ( as L ' Angelo Misterioso ) on Cream's " Badge " from Goodbye.

According to Boyd, Clapton played the song for her at a party, and later that same evening confessed to George that he was in love with his wife.

The recording consisted of six guitar tracks: a rhythm track by Clapton, three tracks of harmonies played by Clapton against the main riff, a track of slide guitar by Allman, and one track with both Allman and Clapton playing duplicate solos.

" His works and innovations inspired and influenced contemporary and later musicians, notably The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton, and exerted a profound influence on popular music.

Williamson extended his influence on the young British blues rockers in the 1960s, recording with Eric Clapton and The Yardbirds and appearing on live British television.

With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Clapton turned up the volume on a sound already pioneered by Buddy Guy, Freddie King, B. B.

Although this " purist " interest in the blues would have an impact on major British rock musicians, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Jimmy Page, other artists adopted an interest in a wider range of rhythm and blues styles.

Both Big Pink and The Band also influenced their musical contemporaries, with both Eric Clapton and George Harrison citing the Band as a major influence on their musical direction in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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.

Both versions feature Eric Clapton on guitar.

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.

Impressed with Bruce's vocals and technical prowess, Clapton wanted to work with him on an ongoing basis.

While Clapton was shy about singing, he occasionally harmonised with Bruce and, in time, took lead vocals on some Cream tunes including " Four Until Late ", " Strange Brew ", " World of Pain ", " Outside Woman Blues ", " Anyone for Tennis ", " Crossroads ", and " Badge ".

Inspired by more song-based acts Clapton went on to perform much different, less improvisational material with Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos and in his own long and varied solo career.

He called in Clapton to perform the lead guitar on the song and it was decided to cut one verse entirely and add another guitar solo towards the end of the song.

After the Beatles broke up, Clapton became one of the few musicians to appear on solo recordings by each of the four.

* " Further on Up the Road " – Eric Clapton

WEA Records went on to become a major player in the Australian recording industry, through international successes of artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin and the Doors.

The romance theme was later given lyrics, and became the pop standard " Smile ", first recorded by Nat King Cole and later covered by artists as Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Trini Lopez, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Michael Bublé, Petula Clark, Liberace, Judy Garland, Madeleine Peyroux, Plácido Domingo and Dionne Warwick, Michael Jackson and Robert Downey, Jr. ( included on the soundtrack for the film Chaplin ).

Harrison, who had invited Clapton to the sessions, soon reciprocated by collaborating with Clapton on the song " Badge " for Cream's last album Goodbye.

Clapton was not the only outside musician to sit in on the sessions.

* Eric Clapton – lead guitar on " While my Guitar Gently Weeps "

According to a BBC interview with Clapton, the record company, also handling Albert King, asked the band to cover " Born Under a Bad Sign ", which became a popular track off the record.

The track never made the Thriller album but Phillinganes, at the time keyboard player for Jackson, later released his own version of the song on his 1984 Pulse album, which resembles the Clapton version that became Augusts lead single in the UK.

The title track ( taken from an odd dream Scott Mathews had ) was re-recorded two decades later by Eric Clapton and B. B.

" Layla " is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs ( December 1970 ).

He also made guest appearances on albums by The Black Sorrows on a track called " Ain't Love The Strangest Thing " and Richard Clapton and made a cameo on Jimmy Barnes ' Heat, the first time he had worked with Barnes in ten years.

* 2004 Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival, performed on track Give Me Up Again

This song is based on a sample of Greg Philinganes ' track " Behind The Mask " ( originally by the Yellow Magic Orchestra and later covered by Eric Clapton in 1987 ).

Gordon then played on Derek and the Dominos ' 1970 double album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, contributing, in addition to his drumming, the elegiac piano coda for the title track, " Layla ," co-written by Gordon and Clapton.

Eric Clapton recorded a reggae influenced version of the song produced by Albhy Galuten in August 1975 and released it as a single later that year, almost two years after Dylan's original track was released, using Arthur Louis's arrangement.

In 1974 he recorded Burglar, for which Tom Dowd produced the track " Sugar Sweet " at Criteria Studios in Miami, with guitarists Clapton and slide guitarist George Terry, drummer Jamie Oldaker and bassist Carl Radle.

First Offense also featured legendary guitarist Eric Clapton on the record's closing track, " Jenny Fey.

This track was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney, produced by Richard Clapton, and peaked in the Top 20.

The ending also reprises the arpeggiated guitar motif from the end of that track, similar to the figure featured prominently in the George Harrison written tracks " Here Comes the Sun " and " Badge " ( co-written by Harrison and Eric Clapton ).

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.

* Paul McCartney sang " All Things Must Pass " at the Concert for George memorial for Harrison, at London's Royal Albert Hall on 29 November 2002 ; also performing on the track were Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Ringo Starr.