bingodiner

online bingo bingodiner Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. According to Rolling Stone Stones rankings, he is rivaled among living guitarists only by B.B. King.He was born in The Green, Ripley, Surrey Surrey, England, UK, as an illegitimate son of the teenage pregnancy year old Patricia Molly Clapton and Edward Walter Fryer, a 24 year old Canada pilot. Claptons father returned to his wife in Canada before he was born. Eric

grew up with his grandparents believing they were his parents, and that his mother was his older sister. Years later his mother married another Canadian soldier, moved to Canada and left Eric with his grandparents. When Eric was 9 years old he found out, and the experience became a defining moment in his life. Music career and personal life Claptons rise On his 13th birthday he received a guitar which he taught himself to play, and at the age of 17 he joined his first band, the Roosters. Growing up

listening to blues recordings by the likes of Robert Johnson, Clapton first made his name as a member of The Yardbirds, a blues-influenced rock and roll band. Synthesising influences from Chicago blues and leading blues guitarists such as B.B. King and Freddie King, Clapton forged a distinctive style and rapidly became one of the most talked-about guitarists in the British music scene, but he abruptly left The Yardbirds after the recording of their first major chart hit, "For Your Love". Still obstinately dedicated to his blues roots, Clapton took strong exception to the Yardbirds

new pop direction, partly because "For Your Love" had been written by pop songwriter-for-hire 10cc Gouldman, who had also written hits for teen pop outift Hermans Hermits and harmony pop band The Hollies. He reportedly refused to play on the single and quit the band as soon as it had been recorded. He recommended his friend Jimmy Page as his replacement, but Page was at that time unwilling to relinquish his lucrative career as a freelance studio musician,

and Page in turn recommended Claptons successor, Jeff Beck. After a spell working in a laboring job and months of intensive practice, Clapton joined John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. His emotional playing on their hugely influential first album established his name as a blues player par excellence, and it inspired a short-lived craze of graffiti that deified him with the famous slogan "Clapton is God".He left the Bluesbreakers in mid-1966 and then formed Cream one of the earliest examples of a Supergroup Cream was also one of the earliest "power trios", with Jack Bruce and Ginger

Baker . During his time with Cream he began to develop as a singer as well as guitarist, though Bruce, one of rocks most powerful singers, took most of the lead vocals.In early 1967 Claptons status as Britains top guitarist was shaken by the arrival of Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix attended a performance by Claptons newly formed Cream at the Central London Polytechnic on October 1, 1966, during which Hendrix sat in on a shattering double-timed version of Killing Floor. Clapton immediately realised that he had a new and almost unbeatable competitor, whose dazzling showmanship was matched by his staggering

ability as a guitarist. Hendrixs early club performances were avidly attended by top UK stars including Clapton, Pete Townshend and The Beatles. Hendrixs arrival had an immediate and major effect on the next phase of Claptons career.Creams repertoire varied from Pop music soul to lengthy blues-based instrumental jams and featured Claptons searing psychedelic guitar lines, Bruces soaring vocals and prominent, fluid bass playing, and Bakers powerful, polyrthymic jazz-influenced drumming. The group achieved

major commercial success during its short existence with the singles "Sunshine Of Your Love" from the Disraeli Gears album, and "White Room" from Wheels of Fire. The lurid psychedelic covers of both these albums were created by Australian artist Martin Sharp, who lived in the same building as Clapton at the time of the Chelsea artists colony The Pheasantry. At their first meeting in a London club, Clapton mentioned that he had some music that needed lyrics, so Sharp wrote out a poem he had composed on a napkin and

gave it to Clapton, who recorded it as Tales Of Brave Ulysses.Although Cream was hailed as one of the greatest groups of its day, and the adulation of Clapton as guitar hero reached new heights, the band was destined to be shortlived. The legendary in-fighting — especially between Bruce and Baker — and growing tensions between all three online bingo members eventually led to Creams demise. Another

significant factor was a strongly critical Rolling Stone review of a concert of the groups second headlining US tour, which affected Clapton profoundly. By this time he had also fallen under the spell of the music of The Band and saw that rock music was heading in online bingo a new direction.The valedictory Goodbye album featured live performances from Creams farewell performance at the Royal Albert Hall; it was released shortly after Cream disbanded in 1968, and also featured the studio single "Badge co-written by Clapton and his friend, Beatle George Harrison. "Badge" served as the basis for

Harrisons later Beatles composition, "Here Comes the Sun", which Harrison reportedly composed in Claptons back garden. The close friendship between Clapton and Harrison also resulted in Clapton playing on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Beatles The Beatles Album — a tactic by Harrison to make the other band members take his song seriously during a particularly difficult period in the groups career. But the Clapton-Harrison friendship

was later sorely tested when Clapton fell in love with Harrisons wife, model Pattie Boyd Boyd-Harrison, and she eventually left him for Clapton. Claptons love bingodiner for Pattie — who had turned him down at first — was his inspiration for the classic song and LP, "Layla", as was a book he recieved from a friend titled "The Story of Layla and Majnun". When Clapton got married to Pattie, he wrote another famous song, "Wonderful Tonight".A desultory spell in a second supergroup, the overhyped and shortlived Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood of Traffic and Rick Grech of Family

resulted in a patchy LP and an abortive US tour. By now Clapton was tired of the spotlight, and the hype that had surrounded Cream and Blind Faith, and he had been strongly affected by the music of The Band — which he had in fact asked to join after the split of Cream. Clapton then decided to step into the background for a time, and he toured as a sideman with the American group Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. He became close friends with Delaney Bramlett, who encouraged him in his singing and writing.Using the Bramletts backing group and an all-star cast of session players including Leon Russell, Clapton

then released his restrained 1970 self-titled solo album, which included the Bramlett composition "Bottle Of Red Wine" and one of Claptons best songs from this period, "Let It Rain".Taking over Delaney & Bonnies rhythm section — Bobby Whitlock , Carl Radle and Jim Gordon Gordon — he formed a new band which was similarly intended to counteract the star cult that had grown up around him and show Clapton as an equal member of a fully-fledged group. This was made evident in the choice of name — "Derek and the Dominos" — which derived from an announcers mispronunciation

of the groups provisional name -- Eric & The Dynamos -- at their first concert appearance.image:derekdominos.jpg and the Dominos album coverWorking at Criteria Studios in Miami with legendary Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd, the band recorded a brilliant double-album which is now widely regarded as Claptons masterpiece — Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Most of the material, including the title track was inspired by Claptons unrequited love for Patti Harrison. The two-part "Layla" was recorded in separate

sessions; the opening guitar section was recorded first, and for the second section, laid down several months later, drummer Jim Gordon composed and played the elegiac piano part.The Layla LP was actually recorded by a five-piece version of the group, thanks to the unforeseen inclusion of guitarist Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band. A few days into the Layla sessions, Dowd -- who was also

producing the Allmans -- invited Clapton to an Allman Brothers outdoor concert in Miami . The two guitarists — who previously knew each other only by reputation — met backstage after the show, and then both bands repaired to the studio to jam . Clapton and Allman fell in love with each others playing and became instant friends, so Allman was immediately invited to become the fifth member of The Dominos. When Allman and Clapton met, The Dominos had already recorded three tracks ;

Allman debuted on the fourth cut, "Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out", and contributed some of his most sublime slide-guitar playing to the remainder of the LP. The album was heavily blues-influenced and featured a winning combination of the twin guitars of Allman and Clapton, with Allmans incendiary slide-guitar a key ingredient of the sound. It showcased some of Claptons strongest material

to date, as well as arguably some of his best guitar playing, with Whitlock also contributing several superb numbers, and his powerful, soul-influenced voice.But tragedy dogged the group throughout its brief career. During the sessions, Clapton was devastated by news of the death of Jimi Hendrix; eight days previously the band had cut a blistering version of Little Wing as a tribute to him which was

added to the album. One year later, on the eve of the groups first American tour, Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident. Adding to Claptons woes, the Layla album received only lukewarm reviews on release.The shattered group undertook a US tour. Despite Claptons later admission that the tour took place amidst a veritable blizzard of drugs including alcohol, it resulted in the surprisingly strong live double album In Concert. But the group disintegrated messily in London just as they commenced recording for their second LP. Although Radle worked with Clapton for several more years, the split between

Clapton and Whitlock was apparently a bitter one, and they never worked together again. Another tragic footnote to the Dominos story was the fate of drummer Jim Gordon, who was an undiagnosed schizophrenia — some years later, during a psychosis episode, he murdered his mother with a hammer and was confined to a mental institution, where he remains today.Despite his success, Claptons personal life was in a mess by 1972. In addition to his unrequited and intense romantic longing for Pattie Boyd-Harrison, he withdrew from recording

and touring and became addicted to heroin, resulting in a career hiatus interrupted only by the Concert for Bangladesh and the "Eric Claptons Rainbow Concert Concert" in 1973 , organised by The Whos Pete Townshend to help Clapton kick the drug. Clapton returned the favour by playing The Preacher in Ken Russells film version of The Whos Tommy in 1975; his appearance in the film is notable for the fact that he is clearly wearing a

fake beard in some shots — the result of him unthinkingly shaving off his beard between takes!Relatively clean again, Clapton put together a strong new touring online bingo band that included Radle, Miami guitarist George Terry, drummer Jamie Oldaker and vocalists Yvonne Elliman and Marcy Levy . They toured the world and subsequently released the superb 1975 in music live LP, E.C. Was Here.Clapton released 461 Ocean Boulevard was altered, as

bingodiner it was felt the ironic intention would be missed. He continued to release albums sporadically and toured regularly, but much of his output from this period was deliberately low-key and failed to find the wide acceptance of his earlier work. Bad Luck Clapton In 1976, Clapton was the centre of controversy, and accusations of racism, when he spoke out against increasing immigration, during a concert in Birmingham. Clapton said that England had "become overcrowded", and implored the crowd to vote for Enoch Powell to stop Britain becoming "a black colony". These

comments led to the creation of the Rock Against Racism movement in the UK. Despite the damage to his career and reputation caused, Clapton has always steadfastly refused to distance himself from the remarks and denied there was any contradiction between his political views and his career based on an essentially black musical form. At about this time, his name appeared on albums distributed in Japan as Eric Crapton though this is probably a case of Engrish rather than innuendo.The late 1970s saw Clapton struggle to come to terms with the changes in popular music, and a relapse

into alcoholism that eventually saw him hospitalised and then spending a period of convalescence in Antigua, where he would later support the creation of a drugs and alcohol Substance-abuse rehabilitation centre, The Crossroads Centre. His albums continued in the 1980s, with only 1989 in music Journeyman achieving much critical acclaim, featuring a strong return to his blues roots. Clapton did, however, win much acclaim and a British online bingo Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for his collaboration with Michael Kamen on the score for the critically-acclaimed 1985 BBC television sci-fi

drama serial Edge of Darkness. In 1985 Clapton met Yvonne Khan Kelly, with whom he started a relationship. They had a daughter, Ruth, in the same year. Clapton divorced Pattie Boyd in 1988.The early 1990s saw tragedy enter Claptons life again on two occasions. On August 27, 1990 guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was touring with Clapton, and two members of their road crew were killed in a helicopter crash between concerts. Clapton was originally supposed to be a passenger

on the helicopter but gave his seat to Vaughan. Then, on March 20 1991, Claptons four-year-old son Conor died following an accidental fall from an apartment window. A fraction of Claptons grief was heard on the song "Tears In Heaven" co-written with Will Jennings, which, like the MTV Unplugged album that followed it, won a Grammy award. Slowhand re-emerging Like Unplugged, his 1994 in music album From The Cradle, featured a number of versions of old blues standards, and highlighted his economical acoustic guitar style. In 1997 in music he recorded Retail Therapy, an album of electronic

music under the pseudonym TDF, and he finished the twentieth century with critically-acclaimed collaborations with Carlos Santana and B. B. King. Claptons 1996 recording of the Wayne Kirkpatrick/ Gordon Kennedy/Tommy Sims tune "Change the World" won a Grammy award for song of the year in 1997.In 1999 Clapton, then 54, met 25 year old graphic artist Melia McEnery in Los Angeles while working on an album with B.B. King. They married in 2002 at St Mary Magdalen church in Claptons birthplace, Ripley, and

they have three daughters, Julia Rose , Ella May , and a third, born in 2005. Erics axes Claptons choices of electric guitars have been as notable as the man himself, and alongside Hank Marvin, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, Clapton has exerted a crucial influence in popularising particular models of electric guitar. Early in his career, he used a late 1950s

Gibson Les Paul, and he was partially responsible for Gibsons reintroduction of the original Les Paul body style.During his stint in Cream, Clapton continued to use Gibson guitars, including the Les Paul and a Gibson ES-335 but his most famous guitar in this period was a 1961 Gibson SG. The guitar was noted both for its distinctive singing tone -- which Clapton once described as the "woman tone" -- and for its remarkable appearance. In early 1967, just before their first US promotional tour, Claptons SG, Bruces Fender VI and Bakers drum head were repainted in eye-popping psychedelic designs created by the visual art

collective known as "The Fool Fool". Clapton either played the SG or a Les Paul on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". He later loaned the SG to singer Jackie Lomax, who subsequently sold it to musician Todd Rundgren for US dollar in 1972. Rundgren restored the guitar and nicknamed "Sunny", after "Sunshine Of Your Love", on which it featured. He played the guitar extensively on record and in concert in the mid-1970s, eventually retiring it in 1977. He retained it until 2000, when he sold it at an auction for US$150,000.Later, Clapton began using Fender Stratocasters.

Most famous of all Claptons guitars was "Blackie", a concoction of favorite parts from several other Strats and which he used until the 1990s when it literally wore out.During 1988 Clapton was honored by guitar manufacturer Fender by the introduction of his signature Eric Clapton Stratocaster along with fellow Strat player Yngwie J. Malmsteens signature

series. These were the first two artist models in the famous Stratocaster range and since then the artist series range has grown including models from some of Claptons contemporaries like Jeff Beck and some of his influences, Buddy Guy. The late Stevie Ray Vaughan also has an artist series model. Clapton has also been honoured with a signature-model acoustic guitar made by the famous American firm of C.F. Martin & Co.. In 1999 Clapton auctioned

off some of his guitar collection to raise money for his Crossroads centre he founded in Antigua in 1997. The Crossroads centre is a treatment base for addicitive disorders like drugs and alcohol. The total revenue raised by the auction at Christies was US$7,438,624. Discography 1970 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs #16 US 1972 Eric Clapton at His Best #87 US 1973 Live at the Fillmore #36 UK, #20 US 1974 461 Ocean Boulevard #3 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 500,000 1975 E.C. Was Here #14 UK, #20 US 1977 Slowhand #23 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 3,000,000 1980 Just One Night One Night #3 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 500,000

1982 Time Pieces: Best Of Eric Clapton #20 UK, #101 US, US Sales: 7,000,000 1984 Too Much Monkey Business 1985 Behind the Sun #8 UK, #34 US, US Sales: 1,000,000 1987 The Cream of Eric Clapton #3 UK 1989 Homeboy 1990 The Layla Sessions 1992 Rush #24 US, US Sales: 500,000 1994 From the Cradle #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 3,000,000 1996 Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies #137 US 1999 The Blues #52 US, US Sales: 500,000 2000 Riding With the King #15 UK, #3 US, US Sales: 2,000,000 2002 One More Car, One More Rider #43 US 2004 Sessions for Robert J. Eric Clapton is credited on the

Dire Straits Brothers in Arms in Arms album due to the fact that he loaned Mark Knopfler one of his guitars for the album. Clapton was banned from driving in France and had his British Drivers license license confiscation after being clocked driving at 216 km/h in a Porsche 911 turbocharger on a French motorway in October 2004. Ray Coleman, Clapton! Eric Clapton: Crossroads liner bingodiner notesBest selling music artists External links wikiquote Claptons

"Crossroads" Rehab centre, Antigua More on Eric Clapp or Clapton1945 births EricBritish blues musicians EricBritish guitarists EricRock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees EricEnglish people Ericaf:Eric Claptonda:Eric Claptonde:Eric Claptones:Eric Claptonfa:اریک کلپتونfr:Eric Claptonfy:Eric Claptonit:Eric Claptonhu:Eric Claptonnl:Eric Claptonja:エリック・クラプトンpl:Eric Claptonpt:Eric Claptonfi:Eric Claptonsv:Eric Claptonsimple:Eric Clapton