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Biography

Eric Clapton, born Eric Patrick Clapton on March 30, 1945 in the English town of Ripley, is widely considered one of the most influential…more

Born

3/30/1945, Ripley, Surrey, England

Birth Name

Eric Patrick Clapton

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (16)

Role
- Great Performances
  Performer
  - S 36: Ep 2 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago
    11/28/07
  - S 33: Ep 4 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
    12/1/04
  - S 32: Ep 12 Concert for George
    3/3/04
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 56: Ep 202 October 9, 2007
    10/9/07
- Classic Albums
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 4 Cream: Disraeli Gears
    11/3/06
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Band: The Band
    4/17/97
- 20/20
  Himself
  - S 28: Ep 2 Loss of Loved Ones
    9/8/06
- Great Performances
  Featured Performer
  - S 34: Ep 2 Cream Reunion Concert
    11/30/05
- The Frank Skinner Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 6 Zoë Ball, Eric Clapton
    5/20/99
- Parkinson (1998)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Bob Hoskins, Eric Clapton, Brian Conley
    3/13/98
- MTV Unplugged
  Performer
  - S 8: Ep 7 Babyface & Friends
    11/21/97
  - S 3: Ep 1 Eric Clapton
    3/11/92
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 1 Steve Martin/Eric Clapton
    9/24/94
  - S 15: Ep 17 Debra Winger/Eric Clapton
    3/24/90
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 MTV 9th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/9/92
- The Tube
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 10 Series 5, Episode 10
    12/19/86
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 39 Show #0546
    5/7/85
- Old Grey Whistle Test
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 33 Series 6, Episode 33
    6/7/77
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 29 February 5, 1970
    2/5/70
- Beat-Club
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 3 Caravan, Champion Jack Dupree, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Man, Yes
    11/29/69
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Cream
    1/5/69
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Jay Leno Show
  Musical Guest
  - S 1: Ep 4 4
    9/17/09
Producer (1)

Role
- Great Performances
  Producer
  - S 36: Ep 2 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago
    11/28/07

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Trivia
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- Eric's song, "Pilgrim", is on the Lethal Weapon 4 soundtrack.
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- In 1977, Eric released the solo album Slowhand.
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- Eric performed in the Rainbow Concert, organized by The Who's Pete Townshend, at London's Rainbow Theatre in 1973. This is considered a comeback concert for him, as he was coming off a brief hiatus from music.
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Quotes
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- Eric Clapton: You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.
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- Eric Clapton: You know, that's it, there's no turning back because what it's made of is so fine. It's like crystal, you know, it's like the purest crystal.
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- Eric Clapton: You know why, I bumped into Long John Baldry very early on in those days and he was a big hero and there was a couple of other guys too that would play, once I started making excursions up to London a guy called Wess Jones and another guy called Buck, who all played country blues and folk.
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