English guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Eric Clapton helped create the idea of the guitar hero in rock & roll. His flashy, blues-based playing brought him to fame in the 1960s as the guitarist for the Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, and the heavy supergroup Cream. Clapton eased into a solo career in 1970, adopting a pseudonym for Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & the Dominos, but by the end... Wikipedia