Eric Clapton is one of the most famous English rock and blues guitarists, singers, and songwriters of the 20th century. He began his career in 1963 when he joined a band called the Yardbirds. He bounced around from one band to another, from The Yardbirds and the Bluesbreakers to Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and Derek and the Dominos before finally starting his solo career in the 1970’s. His first album was titled with his own name and was released on August 16th, 1970.
It wasn’t until his fifth album that he recorded his cover of a song that’s one of his most well known to date, “Cocaine”.
Over the course of his career, he’s produced 23 solo studio albums and 2 collaborative albums.
Genre
Rock, blues
Labels
Polydor
Atco
RSO
Warner Bros
Duck
Reprise
Surfdog
Artist Website Link: http://ericclapton.com/
Discography
Eric Clapton (1970)
461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
There’s One in Every Crowd (1975)
No Reason to Cry (1976)
Slowhand (1977)
Backless (1978)
Another Ticket (1981)
Money and Cigarettes (1983)
Behind the Sun (1985)
August (1986)
Journeyman (1989)
Rush (1992)
From the Cradle (1994)
Pilgrim (1998)
Reptile (2001)
Me and Mr. Johnson (2004)
Sessions for Robert J (2004)
Back Home (2005)
Clapton (2010)
Old Sock (2013)[224]
The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (2014)
I Still Do (2016)
Happy Xmas (2018)
MultiTracks
X Beatles | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Eric Clapton guitar)