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Δευτέρα 5 Ιουλίου 2010

Eric Clapton (part II)

DISCOGRAPHY

Taken from Wikipedia website

with The Yardbirds (1963-1965)
1963 - London 1963: The First Recordings!
1964 - Five Live Yardbirds (live)
1965 - For Your Love
1965 - Having a Rave Up (compilation)
1966 - Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds (live)
1971 - Guitar Boogie (compilation)

with The Immediate All-Stars (1965)
1968 - Blues Anytime Vol. 1 (compilation)
1968 - Blues Anytime Vol. 2 (compilation)
1968 - Blues Anytime Vol. 3 (compilation)

with Powerhouse (1966)
1966 - What's Shakin' (compilation)

with Cream (1966-1968, reunion 2005)
1966 - Fresh Cream
1967 - Disraeli Gears
1968 - Wheels of Fire
1969 - Goodbye
1969 - Best of Cream (compilation)
1970 - Live Cream (live)
1972 - Live Cream Volume II (live)
1972 - Heavy Cream (compilation)
1983 - Strange Brew (compilation)
1995 - The Very Best of Cream (compilation)
1997 - Those Were the Days (box set)
2000 - 20th Century Masters (compilation)
2003 - BBC Sessions (compilation)
2005 - Cream Gold (compilation)
2005 - I Feel Free Ultimate Cream (compilation)
2005 - Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005 (live)

with Blind Faith (1968-1969)
1969 - Blind Faith

with John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (1969)


with Vivian Stanshall and the Sean Head Showband (1970)
1974 - The History of the Bonzos (compilation)
1992 - Cornology (compilation)
2000 - New Tricks (compilation)


Solo career (1970s-present)
Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums
1972 - The History of Eric Clapton
1972 - Eric Clapton at His Best
1973 - Clapton
1981 - Steppin' Out
1982 - Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton
1984 - Backtrackin'
1987 - The Cream of Eric Clapton (UK)
1988 - Crossroads (box set)
1991 - Eric Clapton Story
1995 - The Cream of Clapton (US)
1999 - Blues
1999 - Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
2003 - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Eric Clapton
2007 - Complete Clapton

Collaborations and guest appearances
1968 - The Beatles, (appears on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with The Beatles)
1968 - Wonderwall Music (soundtrack from the 1968 film, Wonderwall)
1970 - All Things Must Pass
1971 - The Concert for Bangladesh (live, with various artists)
1974 - Dark Horse
1976 - The Best of George Harrison (compilation)
1979 - George Harrison
1987 - Cloud Nine
1989 - Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 (compilation)
1992 - Live in Japan (live)
2003 - Concert for George (live, with various artists)
2004 - The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 (box set)

Collaborations and guest appearances
2. With other artists
1968 - Lady Soul (appears on "Good To Me As I Am To You") / Aretha Franklin
1968 - Lumpy Gravy / Frank Zappa
1970 - Stephen Stills (appears on "Go Back Home") / Stephen Stills (Stills' solo debut)
1970 - Leon Russell / Leon Russell
1971 - The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions / Howlin' Wolf
1971 - The Sun, Moon & Herbs / Dr. John
1977 - Rough Mix / Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane
1978 - The Last Waltz (appears on "Further on up the Road" (live)) / The Band, et al.
1978 - White Mansions / Waylon Jennings, et al.
1980 - The Party LP (live) / Alexis Korner
1981 - Face Value (appears on "The Roof Is Leaking" and "If Leaving Me Is Easy") / Phil Collins
1981 - The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (live) / Jeff Beck, et al.
1984 - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking / Roger Waters (Waters' solo debut)
1986 - Persona / Liona Boyd
1986 - Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere / Bob Geldof
1986 - Dancing on the Ceiling / Lionel Richie
1987 - ...Nothing Like the Sun / Sting
1988 - Taking It Home / Buckwheat Zydeco
1989 - ...But Seriously (appears on "I Wish it Would Rain Down") / Phil Collins
1989 - Oro incenso e birra (appears on "A Wonderful World") / Zucchero
1991 - Johnnie B. Bad / Johnnie Johnson
1991 - Stranger in This Town (appears on "Mr. Bluesman") / Richie Sambora (Sambora's solo debut)
1991 - Zucchero / Zucchero
1992 - The One (appears on "Runaway Train") / Elton John
1993 - "It's Probably Me" (single) / Sting
1997 - Retail Therapy / TDF
1999 - Mary (appears on "Give Me You") / Mary J. Blige
1999 - Supernatural (appears on "The Calling") / Santana
1999 - Anyway the Wind Blows / Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
2003 - Ringo Rama' (appears on "Never Without You" and Imagine Me There") / Ringo Starr
2004 - Zu & Co. (appears on "A Wonderful World") / Zucchero
2004 - Zu & Co. Live at the Royal Albert Hall (live) / Zucchero
2004 - Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III (appears on "Blue Moon") / Rod Stewart
2005 - Africa Unite: The Singles Collection (appears on "Slogans") / Bob Marley
2006 - Live at Montreux 1986 (live) / Otis Rush
2008 - Nine Lives (appears on "Dirty City") / Steve Winwood
2008 - The City that Care Forgot / Dr. John
2008 - Skin Deep / Buddy Guy
2009 - Roll On (appears on "Roll On") / JJ Cale
2010 - Supernatural (Legacy Edition) (appears on "The Calling" and disc two's "The Calling Jam") / Santana

Clapton's music in film and TV
Mean Streets (1973) – "I Looked Away"
Purple Haze (1983) - "I Feel Free"
The Hit (1984) – Score
Back to the Future (1985) – Heaven Is One Step Away
Edge of Darkness (1985) – Soundtrack
The Color of Money (1986) – "It's In The Way That You Use It"
SpaceCamp (1986 film) – "Forever Man" plays when Tate Donovan's character arrives at the Space Camp.
The German car manufacturer Opel and Vauxhall in the UK used the guitar riff of Clapton's "Layla" in its advertising campaign throughout in 1987–95.
Lethal Weapon (1987) – Soundtrack with Michael Kamen
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Goodfellas (1990) – "Layla" and "Sunshine of Your Love"[82]
Rush (1991) – Clapton wrote the score
Wayne's World (1992) – "Loving your Loving"
Peter's Friends (1992) – "Give Me Strength"
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) - Clapton contributed to the score and co-wrote and co-performed the song "It's Probably Me" with Sting and "Runaway Train" with Elton John.
True Lies (1994) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
The Simpsons episode "Mother Simpson" (1995) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
Twister (1996) – "Motherless Child"
Phenomenon (1996) – "Change the World"
The Van (1996) – (Soundtrack)
Happy Gilmore (1996) - "Wonderful Tonight"
Patch Adams (1998) – "Let It Rain"
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) – "Pilgrim"
City of Angels (1998) – "Further On Up The Road"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes "Band Candy" and "Forever" (1998) – "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Runaway Bride (1999) – "Blue Eyes Blue "
The Story of Us (1999) – "(I) Get Lost" (featured multiple times)
Friends episode "The One with the Proposal, Part 2" (2000) - "Wonderful Tonight"
Dancing At The Blue Iguana (2000) – "River of Tears"
A Knight's Tale (2001) – "Further On Up The Road"
Blow (2001) – "Strange Brew"
Friends episode "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two" (2002) - "River of Tears"
Futurama episode "The 30% Iron Chef" (2002) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
The Sopranos episode "Whitecaps" (2002) – Tony Soprano is seen listening to "Layla" in his Suburban.
School Of Rock (2003) – "Sunshine of Your Love"
Starsky & Hutch (2004) – "Cocaine"
Anger Management (2004) – "Strange Brew"
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) – "Cocaine"
Bad News Bears (2005) – "Cocaine"
Lords of Dogtown (2005) – "Strange Brew"
Lord of War (2005) – "Cocaine"
United States of Tara episode – "Cocaine"

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Eric Clapton (part I)

BIOGRAPHY

Taken from Eric Clapton official website

Eric Patrick Clapton was born on 30 March 1945 in his grandparents’ home at 1 The Green, Ripley, Surrey, England. He was the son of 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton (b. 7 January 1929, d. March 1999) and Edward Walter Fryer (b. 21 March 1920, d. 1985), a 24-year-old Canadian soldier stationed in England during World War II. Before Eric was born, Fryer returned to his wife in Canada.

It was extraordinarily difficult for an unmarried 16-year-old to raise a child on her own in the mid-1940s. Pat’s parents, Rose and Jack Clapp, stepped in as surrogate parents and raised Eric as their own. Thus, he grew up believing his mother was his sister. His grandparents never legally adopted him, but remained his legal guardians until 1963. Eric’s last name comes from Rose’s first husband and Pat’s father, Reginald Cecil Clapton (d. 1933).

Eric’s mother, Pat, eventually married and moved to Canada and Germany as her husband, Frank MacDonald, continued his military career. They had two girls and a boy. Eric’s half-brother, Brian, was killed in a road accident in 1974 at the age of 26. His half-sisters are Cheryl (b. May 1953) and Heather (b. September 1958).

Eric was raised in a musical household. His grandmother played piano and his uncle and mother both enjoyed listening to the sounds of the big bands. Pat later told Eric’s official biographer, Ray Coleman, that his father was a gifted musician, playing piano in several dance bands in the Surrey area.Quiet and polite, he was characterized as an above-average student with an aptitude for art. But, from his earliest years in school, he realized something was not quite right when he wrote his name as “Eric Clapton” and his parents’ names as “Mr. and Mrs. Clapp”. At the age of nine, he learned the truth about his parentage when Pat returned to England with his six-year-old half brother for a visit. This singular event affected him deeply and was a defining moment in his life. He became moody and distant and stopped applying himself at school. Emotionally scarred by this event, Eric failed the all-important 11 Plus Exams. He was sent to St. Bede’s Secondary Modern School and two years later, entered the art branch of Holyfield Road School.

By 1958, Rock and Roll had exploded onto the world. For his 13th birthday, Eric asked for a guitar. Finding the inexpensive German-made Hoyer difficult to play - it had steel strings - he put it aside. In 1961, when he was 16, Eric began studying at the Kingston College of Art on a one-year probation. He was expelled at the end of that time for lack of progress as he had not submitted enough work. The reason? Guitar playing and listening to the blues dominated his waking hours.

Typical of his introspective nature, Eric looked beneath the surface and explored the roots of rock in American Blues. The blues also meshed perfectly with his self-perception as an outsider and of being “different” from other people. Sometime in 1962, he asked for his grandparents’ help in purchasing a £100 electric double cutaway Kay (a Gibson ES-335 clone) after hearing the electric blues of Freddie King, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, and others.

Eric spent his early days in music busking around Richmond and Kingston, he also began spending time in London and the West End. In early 1963, 17 year-old Eric joined his first band, The Roosters. Following the band’s demise in August 1963, he spent one month in the pop-oriented Casey Jones and The Engineers. Before turning to music as a full-time career, he supported himself as a laborer at building sites, working alongside his grandfather, a master bricklayer and plasterer.

In October 1963, Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith recruited him to become a member of The Yardbirds because Clapton was the most talked about guitar player on the R&B pub circuit. During his 18-month tenure with The Yardbirds, he earned his nickname, Slowhand, and recorded his first albums: Five Live Yardbirds and Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds. The band also recorded the single, “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”. But, Eric had not abandoned his serious research into the American Blues. When The Yardbirds began moving towards a more commercial sound with “For Your Love”, he quit. His path in music was the blues.

In April 1965, John Mayall invited Eric to join his band, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. With this group, Clapton established his reputation as a guitarist and earned his second nickname: “God”. It came from an admirer’s graffiti on the wall of London’s Islington Tube Station that boldly proclaimed “Clapton is God.” Eric’s time with the band was turbulent and he left for a while to tour Greece with friends. Upon his return from Greece, Eric rejoined the Bluesbreakers. It was during this time that the now classic Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton was recorded. While with the Bluesbreakers, Eric also recorded a one-off four-track session with a band dubbed “The Powerhouse”. This studio band included John Paul Jones, Steve Winwood and Jack Bruce.

After leaving the Bluesbreakers for a second and final time in July 1966, Eric teamed up with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker to form Cream. Extensive touring in the U.S. and three solid albums - Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, and Wheels of Fire - brought the band worldwide acclaim. While a member of Cream, he cemented his reputation as rock’s premier guitarist and was elevated to superstar status. Although Cream was together for only two years, they are considered one of the most influential rock groups of the modern era. Clapton was unique because he did not simply replicate the blues riffs he heard on records. He incorporated the emotion of the original performances into his own style of playing, thus expanding the vocabulary of blues guitar. Cream crumbled beneath the weight of the member’s egos and constant arguing. They disbanded after two final performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 26 November 1968.Following Cream’s break-up, Clapton founded Blind Faith - rock’s first “supergroup” - with Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, and Rick Grech. Disbanding after one album and a disastrous American tour, Eric tried to hide from his growing fame by touring as a sideman with Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. While with this outfit, Eric was encouraged to sing by Delaney Bramlett. He also began composing more. A live album from the Delaney & Bonnie tour was released in 1970. Clapton’s self-titled debut was released that same year.

In the summer of 1970, Eric formed Derek and the Dominos with Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Bobby Whitlock from Delaney & Bonnie’s band . The Dominos would go on to record the seminal rock album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. A concept album, its theme revolved around Clapton’s unrequited love for George Harrison’s wife, Patti. The band would drift apart following an American tour and a failed attempt at recording a second album.

Hit hard by the break up of The Dominos, the commercial failure of the Layla album and his unrequited love, Eric sunk into three years of heroin addiction. Although he rarely emerged from his Surrey Estate, he filled box upon box with tapes of songs. He kicked his drug addiction and re-launched his career in January 1973 with two concerts at London’s Rainbow Theater organized by his friend, Pete Townshend (The Who). The concerts represented a turning point in his career. In 1974, he reappeared with a new style and sound with 461 Ocean Boulevard. Eric had become an assured vocalist and composer in addition to a guitar hero.

With each album after 461 Ocean Boulevard, Eric reinvented himself musically. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, albums and tours would follow year in and year out. In 1985, Clapton found a new audience following his performance at the worldwide charity concert, Live Aid. Annual stands at the Royal Albert Hall and successful albums like August, Journeyman and the Crossroads box set kept him well in the public mind. In the late 80s, he carved out a second career as the composer of film scores. His career went from strength to strength and reached new heights in 1992 with the release of Unplugged and the Grammy winning single, “Tears In Heaven.”

In 1994, Eric returned to his blues roots with the release of From The Cradle. The album was Clapton’s tribute to his musical heroes and contained cover versions of blues classics. 1997 brought an excursion into electronica with the release of TDF’s Retail Therapy . Eric posed as X-Sample in the studio “band” TDF. In 1998, he released the soul-influenced Pilgrim, his first album of all new material in nine years. In 2000, he continued his love affair with the blues when he recorded an album with American blues legend, B.B. King. Riding With The King was released in June and within three weeks of release, was certified gold.

Shortly after the release of Riding With The King, Clapton was back in the studio recording his next solo project. Reptile was released in March 2001. In late 2002, he began to record a new studio album. Work continued through the summer of 2003 and enough material was recorded for two albums. In addition to new solo material, Eric recorded covers of Robert Johnson songs during these sessions. The Johnson songs were assembled and in March 2004, Eric’s tribute album, Me and Mr. Johnson was released. The solo material recorded during these sessions was released in 2005 on Back Home.

In 2005, Eric also revisted the past. He, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce re-formed Cream for four very special reunion shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The concerts took place at the venue where their farewell shows took place 37 years earlier, in November 1968. In October 2005, the men performed three further concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The London shows were released on CD and DVD in late 2005.

Eric’s next recording project was to be produced by one of the architects of the “Tulsa Sound,” J.J. Cale. Eric had long admired Cale’s work, having recorded cover versions of “After Midnight,” “Cocaine,” and “Travelin’ Light.” After working in the studio a short time, it turned into a collaborative effort. The Road To Escondido was released on 7 November 2006 to critical acclaim. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental) at the 50th Annual Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles on 10 February 2008.
In his more than 40 year career, Eric Clapton has received many awards. He is the only triple inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (as a member of both the Yardbirds and Cream and as a solo artist). He has also won or shared in eighteen Grammy Awards.

Eric has also contributed to numerous artists’ albums over the decades. The most well known session occurred in September 1968, when he added guitar to George Harrison’s composition, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” It is on the album, The Beatles (best known as “The White Album”). He can also be heard on albums by Aretha Franklin, Steven Stills, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon and Yoko Ono), Ringo Starr, Sting, and Roger Waters.
Eric has always toured extensively performing thousands of concerts around the globe. Recent solo world tours took place in 2001, 2004 and 2006 / 2007 and a 27 date Summer Tour in 2008 which visited the eastern U.S., Canada and Europe. Additionally, in February 2008 Eric performed three concerts with long-time friend Steve Winwood at New York’s Madison Square Garden. In 2009, Eric will again be on the road with his band visiting Japan, New Zealand and Australia before returning home for a 11 night stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall in May.After conquering his heroin addiction in the early 70s, Eric replaced it with an addiction to alcohol. Throughout the remainder of the decade and into the 1980s, his life and work suffered due to his alcoholism. In January 1982, Eric entered the Hazelden Foundation, a rehabilitation facility in the United States. He did backslide but entered rehab a second time a few years later. He has been sober since 1987 through the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Since that time, Eric has been committed to working with others who suffer from addictions to drugs and alcohol.

In February 1998, Eric announced the opening of Crossroads Centre, a rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol abuse on the island of Antigua. One of its principles is to provide subsidized care for some of the poorest people of the Caribbean who can not afford such care on their own. A foundation was established to provide “scholarships” for these individuals. On 24 June 1999, Clapton auctioned 100 of his guitars, including “Brownie” (the guitar on which he recorded “Layla”), at Christie’s Auction House / New York. The 1999 auction netted almost $5 million (US) for the foundation. On 30 June 1999, Clapton hosted a concert to benefit the Centre at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Proceeds from its airing on America’s VH1 and DVD and video sales benefited the Centre. Five years later, Eric planned the second and final major fundraising effort for the Centre. On 4, 5 and 6 June 2004, he hosted the First Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, Texas. The three day event presented the cream of the world’s guitarists in a benefit event for the Centre. The event was filmed and proceeds from the sale of the DVD also benefit the foundation. Additionally, a second guitar auction took place on 24 June 2004. It raised an additional $6 million for the foundation and included the sale of “Blackie”, his legendary Fender Stratocaster and a cherry red Gibson ES335, known as “The Cream Guitar”. The Second Crossroads Guitar Festival, with proceeds again benefitting the Crossroads Centre Foundation, took place on 28 July 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. The event was filmed and a DVD was released on 6 November 2007.

In October 2007, Eric’s autobiography, Clapton, was published. It is available in twelve languages and topped the best-seller lists around the world.

Eric is married. He and his wife, Melia, have three daughters - Julie Rose (b. June 2001), Ella Mae (b. January 2003) and Sophie (b. February 2005). The couple married on 1 January 2002.Eric’s eldest child is his daughter, Ruth (b. January 1985).His son, Conor (b. August 1986), died on 20 March 1991 when he fell from a window in his mother’s New York City apartment. Conor’s mother is Lori del Santo, a film actress / television personality.

Eric married his first wife, Pattie Boyd Harrison on 27 March 1979. They had no children and divorced in 1989.

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