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Welcome to the ERIC CLAPTON interactive web site, charting his career through the four things that make the world go round :
guitar music, fishing, television and cricket

This year do your own decorating - see the last selection box !!!


Here is an extensive, painstakingly researched biography.

Eric Clapton was born and raised in Ripley, a sleepy village in mid-Surrey. Brought up by his grandmother Rose, who purchased his first guitar for him when he was 14, he grew up to become a legendary guitarist, and to be frequently referred to as EC, not least in this web site.
Copyright 1998. All rights reserved. No part of this biography may be read, memorised, or reproduced in any form or by any mechanical means, including information storage or retrieval systems, without the written consent of the author. Extracts from this biography are available for syndication upon payment of a negotiated publication fee.



ULTIMATE SET POLL

News just in ........

The next tour will quite possibly feature a 'chronological' EC set theme, selecting one song from each era of his illustrious career. But which songs should he select ?

VOTE NOW - ONE SONG PER ERA .......

Last punter was No-one !!! at 0:00 GMT on Thursday 1/1/1970


CHOOSE your favourite song from each of these creative eras,
then play a chord on EC's Blackie below :-



1965
All Your Love
Hideaway
Little Girl
Another Man
Double Crossing
What I'd Say
Key To Love
Parchment Farm
Have You Heard
Ramblin' On My Mind
Steppin' Out
It's All Right


1966
N.S.U.
Sleepy Time Time
Dreaming
Sweet Wine
Spoonful
Cat's Squirrel
Four Until Late
Rollin' And Tumblin'
I'm So Glad
Toad
Wrapping Paper
I Feel Free


1967
Strange Brew
Sunshine Of Your Love
World Of Pain
Dance The Night Away
Blue Condition
Tales Of Brave Ulysses
SWALBR
We're Going Wrong
Outside Woman Blues
Take It Back
Mother's Lament


1968
White Room
Sitting On Top Of The World
Passing The Time
As You Said
Pressed Rat And Warthog
Politician
Those Were The Days
Born Under A Bad Sign
Deserted Cities Of The Heart
Badge
Doing That Scrapyard Thing
What A Bringdown


1969
Had To Cry Today
Can't Find My Way Home
Well All Right
Presence Of The Lord
Sea Of Joy
Do What You Like
Sleeping in the Ground


1970
Slunky
Bad Boy
Told you for the last time
After Midnight
Easy Now
Blues Power
Bottle of Red Wine
Lovin' You Lovin' Me
Lonesome and a long way from home
Don't Know Why
Let It Rain


1971
I Looked Away
Bell Bottom Blues
Keep On Growing
Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out
I Am Yours
Anyday
Key To The Highway
Tell The Truth
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Little Wing
It's Too Late
Layla (electric)
Thorn Tree In The Garden


1974
Motherless Children
Give Me Strength
Willie and the Hand Jive
Get Ready
I Shot the Sheriff
I Can't Hold Out Much Longer
Please Be With Me
Let It Grow
Steady Rollin' Man
Mainline Florida
Smile


1975-6
Little Rachel
Don't Blame Me
The Sky is Crying
Singin' the Blues
Better make it through today
Pretty Blue Eyes
High
Opposites
Beautiful Thing
Carnival
Sign Language
County Jail Blues
All Our Past Times
Hello Old Friend
Double Trouble
Innocent Times
Hungry
Black Summer


1977-8
Cocaine
Wonderful Tonight
Lay Down Sally
We're All The Way
The Core
May You Never
Mean Old Frisco
Peaches and Diesel
Walk out in the rain
Watch out for Lucy
I'll make love to you
Roll it
Tell me that you love me
If I don't be there by morning
Early in the morning
Promises
Golden Ring
Tulsa Time


1981-3
Something Special
Black Rose
Blow Wind Blow
Another Ticket
I Can't Stand It
Hold Me Lord
Floating Bridge
Catch Me If You Can
Rita Mae
Everybody Oughta Make a Change
The Shape You're In
Ain't Going Down
I've Got a Rock'n'Roll Heart
Man Overboard
Pretty Girl
Man in Love
Crosscut Saw
Slow Down Linda
Crazy Country Hop


1985
She's Waiting
See What Love Can Do
Same Old Blues
Knock on Wood
Something's Happening
Forever Man
It All Depends
Tangled in Love
Never Make You Cry
Just Like a Prisoner
Behind the Sun


1986
It's in the way that you use it
Run
Tearing Us Apart
Bad Influence
Walk Away
Hung up on your love
Take a Chance
Hold On
Miss You
Holy Mother
Behind the Mask


1989
Pretending
Anything For Your Love
Bad Love
Running On Faith
Hard Times
Hound Dog
No Alibis
Run So Far
Old Love
Breaking Point
Lead Me On
Before You Accuse Me


1992
Signe
Hey Hey
Tears In Heaven
Lonely Stranger
Layla (acoustic)
Walkin' Blues
Alberta
San Francisco Bay Blues
Malted Milk
Change The World


1994
Blues Before Sunrise
Third Degree
Reconsider Baby
Hoochie Coochie Man
Five Long Years
I'm Tore Down
How Long Blues
Goin' Away Baby
Blues Leave Me Alone
Sinner's Prayer
Motherless Child
It Hurts Me Too
Someday After A While
Standin' Round Crying
Driftin'
Groaning The Blues


1998
My Father's Eyes
River of Tears
Pilgrim
Broken Hearted
One Chance
Circus
Going Down Slow
Fall Like Rain
Born in Time
Sick and Tired
Needs His Woman
She's Gone
You Were There
Inside of Me


The
Encore
Crossroads
Edge Of Darkness
Roll It Over
Pearly Queen
Stone Free
Got To Get Better in a Little While
Teasin'
Lawdy Mama
Traintime
I Ain't Got You
Coming Home
I Don't Want To Discuss It
I Want To Know
Means to an End
Layla (extended version)
Further On Up The Road
Worried Life Blues
Only You Know and I Know





Maybe there's another song you'd like to hear instead ?

Just type in its name below, and then click on the 'Nominate' box.
If enough other people mention it too, it will appear in the poll above.

But no more blues songs - see poll below for these !



ALL-BLUES POLL

Some of EC's most acclaimed live shows were the all-blues sets at the Royal Albert Hall in the early 1990s. If he were to take a break from his forthcoming 'biographical' tour and do this again, which songs should he play ?

YOU CAN HELP HERE !!!

Select the most suitable blues numbers for EC .......
If you're entering an additional song, don't forget to include your name in brackets afterwards.......

Your alternative choice for EC's all-blues set

The last visitor to the All-Blues poll was
No-one !!! who voted for

at 0:00 GMT on Thursday, 1/1/1970


Miss Kendal, pictured recently,
appearing in the Noel Coward comedy 'Fallen Angels' on Shaftesbury Avenue,
along with Frances de la Tour.





FISHING POLL

Many of you will have heard that EC intended to retire after his last world tour. He was even about to give up his favourite hobby, fishing, because he couldn't figure out what to use as bait.

Fortunately, thanks to the suggestions of folks on the previous fishing poll, he has found the perfect bait. Now all he needs to do is find the perfect location for catching fish.

YOU CAN HELP HERE !!!

WHERE SHOULD EC GO FOR HIS NEXT HOLIDAY ???


EC and his fishing net,
pictured recently about to
go on holiday

Your alternative choice for EC's holiday haven


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