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Eric Clapton - Example Papers

Eric Clapton

is an innovative guitarist, basically the first to combine
blues and rock, which in turn popularized blues. Because of his skill and ever-
evolving style, his music is a lasting contribution in itself.
made his recording debut with The Yardbirds, the British
group that also featured guitar virtuosos Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Together,
they created a whole new blues/rock sound that many of the famous ‘60s and ‘70s
bands copied. Clapton left The Yardbirds when he felt the band strayed too far
from their blues roots towards pop music.
E.C. then joined British keyboardist, harmonica player,
singer/songwriter John Mayall and his band, The Bluesbreakers to work on an
album. Clapton, with ...

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"Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room", and "Crossroads".
Towards the end of the ‘60s Cream split up. Eric Clapton joined the
band Blind Faith in '69 and did fairly well with it, but the group broke up
quickly after the release of their only album. It was then that Clapton
launched his solo career. For A few years in the early ‘70s Clapton played with
backup band "Delaney and Bonnie and Friends", and made a few pretty successful
albums, but nothing in comparison to the popularity he had with Cream.
This was the start of a period of time (basically most of the ‘70s) where
Eric Clapton would switch around from backup band to backup band. In doing this,
he had to play differently with each one, so it kept his style fresh and ever
changing. In the ‘70s Eric took more of a departure from blues and went on to
basically playing rock and pop. An exception to this would be when he covered
Bob Marley's song "I Shot the Sheriff" and took a stab at reggae. He did
excellently ...

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