Eric Clapton History
By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career
with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-
1970, he was long established as one of the world's
major rock stars due to his group affiliations -- the
Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and
Blind Faith -- affiliations that had demonstrated his
claim to being the best rock guitarist of his
generation. That it took Clapton so long to go out on
his own, however, was evidence of a degree of
reticence unusual for one of his stature. And his
debut album, though it spawned the Top 40 hit "After
Midnight," was typical of his self-effacing approach: it
was, in effect, an album by the group he had lately
been featured in, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
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Not surprisingly, before his solo debut had even been released, Clapton had retreated from his
solo stance, assembling from the D&B&F ranks the personnel for a group, Derek and the
Dominos, with which he played for most of 1970. Clapton was largely inactive in 1971 and
1972, due to heroin addiction, but he performed a comeback concert at the Rainbow Theatre in
London on January 13, 1973, resulting in the album Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert. But
Clapton did not launch a sustained solo career until July 1974, when he released 461 Ocean
Boulevard, which topped the charts and spawned the number one single "I Shot the Sheriff."
The persona Clapton established over the next decade was less that of guitar hero than arena
rock star with a weakness for ballads. The follow-ups to 461 Ocean Boulevard, There's One in
Every Crowd (March 1975), the live E.C. Was Here (August 1975), and No Reason to Cry
(August 1976), were less successful. But Slowhand (November 1977), which featured both the
powerful "Cocaine" (written by JJ Cale, who had also written "After Midnight") and the hit singles
"Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight," was a million-seller. Its follow-ups, Backless
(November 1978), featuring the Top Ten hit "Promises," the live Just One Night (April 1980),
and Another Ticket (February 1981), featuring the Top Ten hit "I Can't Stand It," were all big
sellers. Clapton's popularity waned somewhat in the first half of the '80s, as the albums Money
and Cigarettes (February 1983), Behind the Sun (March 1985), and August (November 1986)
indicated a certain career stasis. But he was buoyed up by the release of the box set
retrospective Crossroads (April 1988), which seemed to remind his fans of how great he was.
Journeyman (November 1989) was a return to form It would be his last new studio album for
nearly five years, though in the interim he would suffer greatly and enjoy surprising triumph. On
March 20, 1991, Clapton's four-year-old son was killed in a fall. While he mourned, he released
a live album, 24 Nights (October 1991), culled from his annual concert series at the Royal
Albert Hall in London, and prepared a movie soundtrack, Rush (January 1992). The soundtrack
featured a song written for his son, "Tears in Heaven," that became a massive hit single.
In March 1992, Clapton recorded a concert for MTV Unplugged that, when released on an
album in August, became his biggest-selling record ever. Two years later, Clapton returned
with a blues album, From the Cradle, which became one of his most successful albums, both
commercially and critically. Crossroads 2: Live in the '70s, a box set chronicling his live work
from the '70s, was released to mixed reviews. In early 1997, Clapton, billing himself by the
pseudonym "x-sample," collaborated with keyboardist/producer Simon Climie as the ambient
new age and trip-hop duo T.D.F. The duo released Retail Therapy to mixed reviews in early
1997.
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