* Musician, Eric Clapton used to live in Tolworth, attending Hollyfield School.

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.

* Eric Clapton used a 1964 Gibson SG Standard starting in 1967 while in Cream.

* Brownie ( guitar ), a Fender Stratocaster used extensively by Eric Clapton in the early 1970s

Dick Sims, the keyboard player with Eric Clapton in the late seventies, used a Hammond organ in conjunction with a wah-wah pedal, sat on top of the organ operated by his palm.

Eric Clapton used an L-5 to record Reptile and also used one on his cd / DVD One More Car, One More Rider during the songs Reptile, and Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

Clapton, impressed by the piece, convinced Gordon to allow it to be used as part of the song.

Recent years have seen period-accurate reissues of both dot and block-inlaid 335's, as well as a limited run of 250 replicas of the guitar Eric Clapton used while playing with the band Cream, Blind Faith and others.

On While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Eric Clapton used ADT to make his guitar sound ' less bluesy ', according to Ian MacDonald in Revolution In The Head.

Upper Clapton is home to one of London's more unusual churches, the Church of the Good Shepherd, which was used as a place of worship by the Ancient Catholic Church and now is used by the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Clapton first used Gold Lace Sensors on three prototype signature models built by George Blanda-one was finished in Torino Red and the other two in Pewter Grey Metallic-in the " Prince Trust Live Aid ", " Live in Montreux " and " Eric Clapton and friends Live 1986 " DVDs from 1986.

Since their introduction in 2004, all Custom Shop Clapton Stratocasters ( Team Built and Master Built ) used a standard tone control instead of a TBX tone circuit.

They include the Gold Leaf Stratocaster of 1996 ( used during the Legends and Montserrat concerts in 1997 ) and the Crashocasters ( signature model Stratocasters hand-painted by New York-based street artist John Matos, better known as Crash ), used by Clapton from 2001 to 2004.

Bearing in mind the number of changes he makes with regards to neck dimensions, Clapton fans purchasing this will be getting an exact replica as used at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 & 2010.

His first, nicknamed " Brownie ", due to its sunburst brown finish, was used on his albums Eric Clapton and Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

One of the last known occasions when Blackie was seen by the public was for a 1990 television commercial for the Japanese automobile firm Honda when, at the specific request of the company, Clapton used Blackie to record a new guitar solo on Bad Love in New York and was filmed for the commercial doing so.

This concert is the first live performance where Clapton used his famous Stratocaster guitar " Blackie ".

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 ...

His choice of a ' 58 is most likely because of Duane Allman's famed ' 58 Les Paul and the tone he achieved with that, rather than the more commonly used ' 59 Les Paul model, popularized by guitarists such as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page ).

During the early 1980s the FujiGen guitar factory also produced most of the Roland guitar synthesizers, including the Stratocaster-style Roland G-505, the twin-humbucker Roland G-202 ( endorsed by Eric Clapton, Dean Brown, Jeff Baxter, Yannis Spathas, Steve Howe, Mike Rutherford, Andy Summers and Steve Hackett ) and the Ibanez X-ING IMG-2010.

Guitarists in the fusion realm fused the post-bop harmonic and melodic language of musicians such as John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis with a hard-edged ( and usually very loud ) rock tone created by iconic guitarists such as Cream's Eric Clapton who'd redefined the sound of the guitar for those unfamiliar with the black blues players of Chicago and, before that, the Delta region of the Mississippi upon whom his style was based.

Both versions feature Eric Clapton on guitar.

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 ").

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.

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

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

A full-length virtuoso guitar showpiece employing both the blues scale and distortion, Mack's " Memphis " ushered in the era of blues-rock guitar, a genre which reached its zenith in the later recordings of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

The double album Back to the Roots features Clapton, Mick Taylor, and Mandel on guitar ; Sugarcane Harris on violin ; Almond on woodwinds ; Thompson and Larry Taylor on bass ; and Hartley on drums.

The second of the two shows took place on August 26 and featured a jam session, including Vaughan, with Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, and Jimmie Vaughan, who performed " Sweet Home Chicago " as the finale to Clapton's set ; Clapton introduced them as " the best guitar players in the entire world ".

British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

#* Anoushka Shankar: sitar, conductor / Sukanya Shankar: vocal-shloka / M. Balanchandar: mridangam / Rajendara Prasanna: shahnai Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: mohan vina / Tanmoy Bose: tabla, dholak / Chandrasekhar and Balu Raghuraman: violins / Eric Clapton: guitar / Pedro Eustache: winds / Sunil Gupta: flute / Anuradha Krishamurthi and O. S.

#* Eric Clapton: lead vocal, guitar

#* Eric Clapton: lead vocal, guitar

#* Billy Preston: lead vocal, organ / Eric Clapton: lead vocal, lead guitar

#* Paul McCartney: lead vocal, ukulele, acoustic guitar / Eric Clapton: lead vocal, guitar

#* Eric Clapton: lead vocal, lead guitar

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.

* Eric Clapton: guitar, vocals

** The Fool ( guitar ), 1964 Gibson SG designed by The Fool for Eric Clapton

In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as Eric Clapton, Paul Jones, Chris Farlowe, Zoot Money and others, which was later released as The Party Album, and as a video.

He also wrote " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), which contributed to the development of techno, and the international hit " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), a synthpop song for which he sang the vocals through a vocoder and which would later be covered by a number of international artists, including Michael Jackson and Eric Clapton.

On February 16, 2010, Sean organized a concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music called " We Are Plastic Ono Band ," at which Yoko performed her music with Sean, Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Jim Keltner, for the first time since the 1970s.

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 ".

Although the three musicians chose not to speak publicly about the shows, Clapton would later state that he had become more " generous " in regard to his past, and that the physical health of Bruce and Baker was a major factor: Bruce had recently undergone a liver transplant for liver cancer, and had almost lost his life, while Baker had severe arthritis.

The article stated that when asked about Cream, Clapton said: " No. Not for me.

The most awarded artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards with 33 wins, she is one an elite group of musical acts, such as Madonna, Aerosmith, Garth Brooks and Eric Clapton, whom Billboard credits for " redefining the landscape of popular music.

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 played on the track " City Blues ," and McCartney's collaboration on " A Friend Like You " fulfilled for many a fantasy union of the legendary Beatles with the legendary Beach Boys.

On 15 September 1997, Sting joined Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Sir Elton John, Phil Collins and Mark Knopfler at London's Royal Albert Hall for Music For Montserrat, a benefit concert for the Caribbean island that had recently been devastated by an eruption from a volcano.

Large scale redevelopment and inner city regeneration has been underway in Leyton for many years, as is also the case in the neighbouring areas of Hackney, Clapton and Stratford.

Throughout his career, Jennings has written for a wide variety of artists including Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, B. B.

Jennings also wrote " Tears in Heaven " with Eric Clapton, which won song of the Year and also won the Ivor Novello award for best song from a film.

* Golden Globe Award ( 1991 ) for writing the lyrics for " Tears in Heaven " by Eric Clapton for the film Rush and also in 1991 for writing the song " Dreams To Dream " for the motion picture An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.

In October 1985, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Lee Rocker, Rosanne Cash and Ringo Starr appeared with him on stage for a television special that was taped live at the Limehouse Studios in London called Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session.

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.

His songs have been recorded by Little Big Town, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Babyface, Amy Grant, Joe Cocker, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Ashton, Michael W. Smith, Jill Phillips, Michael Crawford, Peter Frampton, Casting Crowns and Eric Clapton, whose version of Kirkpatrick's " Change the World " won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.