Today we wish a very happy birthday to Eric Patrick Clapton, English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.
In 2011, The Guardian
attributed the creation of the cult of the guitar hero to Clapton,
ranking it number seven on their list of the 50 key events in rock music
history;
Nothing is more central to rock mythology than the cult of the lead
guitarist. And no one did more to create that cult than Eric Clapton. He
had already been a member of the Yardbirds before joining John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers, the clearing house for guitarists, in April 1965. His
two stints with Mayall saw his reputation grow to the extent that a
famous graffito captured the popular appraisal of him among rock fans: "Clapton is God".
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