ERIC CLAPTON
''SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH... ERIC CLAPTON, PART FOUR''
COMPILATION
2016
286:53
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PART ONE (58:47)
01 - Bad Boy (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:33 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
02 - Lonesome And A Long Way From Home (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:29 (Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Leon Russell)
03 - After Midnight (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 02:50 (J. J. Cale)
04 - Bottle Of Red Wine (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:06 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
05 - Don't Know Why (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:10 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
06 - Let It Rain (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 05:01 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
07 - Badge (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'S RAINBOW CONCERT'', 1973) 03:30 (Eric Clapton, George Harrison)
08 - Little Wing (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'S RAINBOW CONCERT'', 1973) 06:31 (Jimi Hendrix)
09 - Motherless Children (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 04:53 (Traditional)
10 - I Shot The Sheriff (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 04:25 (Bob Marley)
11 - Please Be With Me (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 03:26 (Charles Scott Boyer)
12 - Let It Grow (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 05:00 (Eric Clapton)
13 - Give Me Strength (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 02:51 (Eric Clapton)
14 - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (From ''THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD'', 1975) 03:30 (Traditional)
15 - Singin' The Blues (From ''THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD'', 1975) 03:24 (Mary McCreary)
*****
PART TWO (58:01)
16 - Can't Find My Way Home (From ''E.C. WAS HERE'', 1975) 05:18 (Steve Winwood)
17 - Sign Language (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 02:55 (Bob Dylan)
18 - All Our Past Times (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 04:36 (Eric Clapton, Rick Danko)
19 - Hello Old Friend (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 03:33 (Eric Clapton)
20 - Black Summer Rain (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 04:48 (Eric Clapton)
21 - Cocaine (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:38 (J. J. Cale)
22 - Wonderful Tonight (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:41 (Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen)
23 - Lay Down Sally (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:53 (Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry)
24 - Next Time You See Her (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:59 (Eric Clapton)
25 - We're All The Way (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 02:30 (Don Williams)
26 - The Core (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 08:42 (Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy)
27 - May You Never (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 02:59 (John Martyn)
28 - Walk Out In The Rain (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 04:05 (Bob Dylan, Helena Springs)
29 - Watch Out For Lucy (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:18 (Eric Clapton)
*****
PART THREE (56:09)
30 - Tell Me That You Love Me (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:26 (Eric Clapton)
31 - Promises (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 02:59 (Richard Feldman, Roger Linn)
32 - Golden Ring (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:22 (Eric Clapton)
33 - Tulsa Time (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:24 (Daniel Flowers)
34 - All Our Past Times (From ''JUST ONE NIGHT, DISC ONE'', 1980) 05:00 (Eric Clapton, Rick Danko)
35 - After Midnight (From ''JUST ONE NIGHT, DISC ONE'', 1980) 05:37 (J. J. Cale)
36 - Black Rose (From ''ANOTHER TICKET', 1981) 03:44 (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser)
37 - Another Ticket (From ''ANOTHER TICKET', 1981) 05:42 (Eric Clapton)
38 - Hold Me Lord (From ''ANOTHER TICKET', 1981) 03:27 (Eric Clapton)
39 - I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart (From ''MONEY AND CIGARETTES'', 1983) 03:13 (Steve Diamond, Tony Seals, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser)
40 - Pretty Girl (From ''MONEY AND CIGARETTES'', 1983) 05:30 (Ellas McDaniel)
41 - Something's Happening (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 03:22 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
42 - Forever Man (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 03:10 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
43 - Tangled In Love (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 04:07 (Richard Feldman)
*****
PART FOUR (60:52)
44 - Just Like A Prisoner (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 05:31 (Eric Clapton)
45 - Tearing Us Apart (From ''AUGUST'', 1986) 04:14 (Eric Clapton, Greg Phillinganes)
46 - Holy Mother (From ''AUGUST'', 1986) 04:54 (Stephen Bishop, Eric Clapton)
47 - Pretending (From ''JOURNEYMAN'', 1989) 04:44 (Al Sherman, Jerry Lynn Williams)
48 - Running On Faith (From ''JOURNEYMAN'', 1989) 05:33 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
49 - Wonderful Tonight (From ''24 NIGHTS, DISC TWO'', 1991) 09:07 (Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen)
50 - Bell Bottom Blues (From ''24 NIGHTS, DISC TWO'', 1991) 06:38 (Eric Clapton)
51 - Tears In Heaven (From ''MTV UNPLUGGED'', 1992) 04:36 (Eric Clapton, Will Jennings)
52 - Alberta (From ''MTV UNPLUGGED'', 1992) 03:42 (Huddie Ledbetter, Traditional, Doc Watson)
53 - San Francisco Bay Blues (From ''MTV UNPLUGGED'', 1992) 03:23 (Jesse Fuller)
54 - Layla (From ''ORCHESTRA NIGHT 1990, DISC TWO'', 1997) 08:26 (Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon)
*****
PART FIVE (53:02)
55 - Born In Time (From ''PILGRIM'', 1998) 04:41 (Bob Dylan)
56 - Love In Vain (From ''ME AND MR. JOHNSON'', 2004) 04:01 (Robert Johnson)
57 - So Tired (From ''BACK HOME'', 2005) 04:47 (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
58 - Danger (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 05:31 (J. J. Cale)
59 - Three Little Girls (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 02:43 (Eric Clapton)
60 - Who Am I Telling You? (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 04:05 (J. J. Cale)
61 - Ride The River (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 04:32 (J. J. Cale)
62 - Angel (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 03:52 (J. J. Cale)
63 - Till Your Well Runs Dry (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 04:39 (Peter Tosh)
64 - Born To Lose (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 03:59 (Ted Daffan)
65 - Every Little Thing (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 04:29 (Nikka Costa, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley)
66 - Songbird (Feat. Willie Nelson) (From ''THE BREEZE: AN APPRECIATION OF J.J.CALE'', 2014) 02:53 (J. J. Cale)
67 - Don't Wait (Feat. John Mayer) (From ''THE BREEZE: AN APPRECIATION OF J.J.CALE'', 2014) 02:43 (J.J. Cale, Christine Lakeland)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
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 -- which 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.
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
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 & the Dominos, with whom he played for most of 1970 and recorded the landmark album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. 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 (September 1973). 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."
There's One in Every Crowd
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 J.J. 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.
Money and Cigarettes
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 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.
From the Cradle
In March 1992, Clapton recorded a concert for MTV Unplugged which, 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, Vol. 2: Live in the Seventies, 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.
Pilgrim
Clapton retained Climie as his collaborator for Pilgrim, his first album of new material since 1989's Journeyman. Pilgrim was greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its spring 1998 release, but the album debuted at number four and stayed in the Top Ten for several weeks on the success of the single "My Father's Eyes." In 2000, Clapton teamed up with old friend B.B. King on Riding with the King, a set of blues standards and material from contemporary singer/songwriters. Another solo outing, entitled Reptile, followed in early 2001. Three years later, Clapton issued Me and Mr. Johnson, a collection of tunes honoring the Mississippi-born bluesman Robert Johnson. Released in 2005, Back Home, Clapton's 14th album of original material, reflected his ease with fatherhood. Also in 2005, Clapton unexpectedly teamed with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker for a Cream reunion that included May concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall and shows at New York's Madison Square Garden in October, with the former being compiled for a live release that fall.
The Road to Escondido
This turned out to be the first of many reunions and looks back for Clapton. In 2006, he elevated the profile of his latter-day idol J.J. Cale by recording an album-long duet, The Road to Escondido. The following year he released his autobiography -- accompanied by a new career compilation called The Complete Clapton -- which focused more on his trials with addiction and subsequent recovery than his musical career. In 2008, Clapton began playing regular shows with his old Blind Faith partner Steve Winwood, gigs that were captured on the 2009 double-live set Live from Madison Square Garden. Winwood also appeared on Clapton's next studio album, 2010's Clapton, which was a collaboration-heavy affair also featuring Cale, Sheryl Crow, Allen Toussaint, and Wynton Marsalis. In 2011, Clapton returned the favor to Marsalis by collaborating on the live concert album Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Old Sock
Clapton parted ways with Warner after Clapton, and he chose to set up his own Bushbranch imprint on Gary Hoey's independent label Surfdog. His first album for the label was Old Sock, largely a collection of old songs the guitarist loved. It reached the Top Ten in the U.S. and Great Britain. In the fall of 2013, Warner Bros. released Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, and his Unplugged album was expanded and remastered by Rhino. Early the following year, Clapton announced that a new album, The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale, would be issued in July, one year on from the passing of his key inspiration. The tribute album included contributions from artists such as Willie Nelson, John Mayer, Tom Petty, and Mark Knopfler. A collection of his Warner recordings called Forever Man saw a spring 2015 release.
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WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
**********
TO THE TOP
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''SPECIAL: ONE HOUR WITH... ERIC CLAPTON, PART FOUR''
COMPILATION
2016
286:53
**********
PART ONE (58:47)
01 - Bad Boy (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:33 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
02 - Lonesome And A Long Way From Home (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:29 (Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Leon Russell)
03 - After Midnight (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 02:50 (J. J. Cale)
04 - Bottle Of Red Wine (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:06 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
05 - Don't Know Why (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 03:10 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
06 - Let It Rain (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'', 1970) 05:01 (Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
07 - Badge (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'S RAINBOW CONCERT'', 1973) 03:30 (Eric Clapton, George Harrison)
08 - Little Wing (From ''ERIC CLAPTON'S RAINBOW CONCERT'', 1973) 06:31 (Jimi Hendrix)
09 - Motherless Children (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 04:53 (Traditional)
10 - I Shot The Sheriff (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 04:25 (Bob Marley)
11 - Please Be With Me (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 03:26 (Charles Scott Boyer)
12 - Let It Grow (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 05:00 (Eric Clapton)
13 - Give Me Strength (From ''461 OCEAN BOULEVARD'', 1974) 02:51 (Eric Clapton)
14 - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (From ''THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD'', 1975) 03:30 (Traditional)
15 - Singin' The Blues (From ''THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD'', 1975) 03:24 (Mary McCreary)
*****
PART TWO (58:01)
16 - Can't Find My Way Home (From ''E.C. WAS HERE'', 1975) 05:18 (Steve Winwood)
17 - Sign Language (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 02:55 (Bob Dylan)
18 - All Our Past Times (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 04:36 (Eric Clapton, Rick Danko)
19 - Hello Old Friend (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 03:33 (Eric Clapton)
20 - Black Summer Rain (From ''[NO REASON TO CRY]'', 1976) 04:48 (Eric Clapton)
21 - Cocaine (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:38 (J. J. Cale)
22 - Wonderful Tonight (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:41 (Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen)
23 - Lay Down Sally (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:53 (Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry)
24 - Next Time You See Her (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 03:59 (Eric Clapton)
25 - We're All The Way (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 02:30 (Don Williams)
26 - The Core (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 08:42 (Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy)
27 - May You Never (From ''SLOWHAND'', 1977) 02:59 (John Martyn)
28 - Walk Out In The Rain (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 04:05 (Bob Dylan, Helena Springs)
29 - Watch Out For Lucy (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:18 (Eric Clapton)
*****
PART THREE (56:09)
30 - Tell Me That You Love Me (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:26 (Eric Clapton)
31 - Promises (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 02:59 (Richard Feldman, Roger Linn)
32 - Golden Ring (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:22 (Eric Clapton)
33 - Tulsa Time (From ''BACKLESS'', 1978) 03:24 (Daniel Flowers)
34 - All Our Past Times (From ''JUST ONE NIGHT, DISC ONE'', 1980) 05:00 (Eric Clapton, Rick Danko)
35 - After Midnight (From ''JUST ONE NIGHT, DISC ONE'', 1980) 05:37 (J. J. Cale)
36 - Black Rose (From ''ANOTHER TICKET', 1981) 03:44 (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser)
37 - Another Ticket (From ''ANOTHER TICKET', 1981) 05:42 (Eric Clapton)
38 - Hold Me Lord (From ''ANOTHER TICKET', 1981) 03:27 (Eric Clapton)
39 - I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart (From ''MONEY AND CIGARETTES'', 1983) 03:13 (Steve Diamond, Tony Seals, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser)
40 - Pretty Girl (From ''MONEY AND CIGARETTES'', 1983) 05:30 (Ellas McDaniel)
41 - Something's Happening (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 03:22 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
42 - Forever Man (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 03:10 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
43 - Tangled In Love (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 04:07 (Richard Feldman)
*****
PART FOUR (60:52)
44 - Just Like A Prisoner (From ''BEHIND THE SUN'', 1985) 05:31 (Eric Clapton)
45 - Tearing Us Apart (From ''AUGUST'', 1986) 04:14 (Eric Clapton, Greg Phillinganes)
46 - Holy Mother (From ''AUGUST'', 1986) 04:54 (Stephen Bishop, Eric Clapton)
47 - Pretending (From ''JOURNEYMAN'', 1989) 04:44 (Al Sherman, Jerry Lynn Williams)
48 - Running On Faith (From ''JOURNEYMAN'', 1989) 05:33 (Jerry Lynn Williams)
49 - Wonderful Tonight (From ''24 NIGHTS, DISC TWO'', 1991) 09:07 (Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen)
50 - Bell Bottom Blues (From ''24 NIGHTS, DISC TWO'', 1991) 06:38 (Eric Clapton)
51 - Tears In Heaven (From ''MTV UNPLUGGED'', 1992) 04:36 (Eric Clapton, Will Jennings)
52 - Alberta (From ''MTV UNPLUGGED'', 1992) 03:42 (Huddie Ledbetter, Traditional, Doc Watson)
53 - San Francisco Bay Blues (From ''MTV UNPLUGGED'', 1992) 03:23 (Jesse Fuller)
54 - Layla (From ''ORCHESTRA NIGHT 1990, DISC TWO'', 1997) 08:26 (Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon)
*****
PART FIVE (53:02)
55 - Born In Time (From ''PILGRIM'', 1998) 04:41 (Bob Dylan)
56 - Love In Vain (From ''ME AND MR. JOHNSON'', 2004) 04:01 (Robert Johnson)
57 - So Tired (From ''BACK HOME'', 2005) 04:47 (Eric Clapton, Simon Climie)
58 - Danger (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 05:31 (J. J. Cale)
59 - Three Little Girls (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 02:43 (Eric Clapton)
60 - Who Am I Telling You? (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 04:05 (J. J. Cale)
61 - Ride The River (From ''THE ROAD TO ESCONDIDO WITH JJ CALE'', 2006) 04:32 (J. J. Cale)
62 - Angel (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 03:52 (J. J. Cale)
63 - Till Your Well Runs Dry (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 04:39 (Peter Tosh)
64 - Born To Lose (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 03:59 (Ted Daffan)
65 - Every Little Thing (From ''OLD SOCK'', 2013) 04:29 (Nikka Costa, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley)
66 - Songbird (Feat. Willie Nelson) (From ''THE BREEZE: AN APPRECIATION OF J.J.CALE'', 2014) 02:53 (J. J. Cale)
67 - Don't Wait (Feat. John Mayer) (From ''THE BREEZE: AN APPRECIATION OF J.J.CALE'', 2014) 02:43 (J.J. Cale, Christine Lakeland)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
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 -- which 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.
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
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 & the Dominos, with whom he played for most of 1970 and recorded the landmark album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. 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 (September 1973). 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."
There's One in Every Crowd
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 J.J. 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.
Money and Cigarettes
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 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.
From the Cradle
In March 1992, Clapton recorded a concert for MTV Unplugged which, 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, Vol. 2: Live in the Seventies, 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.
Pilgrim
Clapton retained Climie as his collaborator for Pilgrim, his first album of new material since 1989's Journeyman. Pilgrim was greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its spring 1998 release, but the album debuted at number four and stayed in the Top Ten for several weeks on the success of the single "My Father's Eyes." In 2000, Clapton teamed up with old friend B.B. King on Riding with the King, a set of blues standards and material from contemporary singer/songwriters. Another solo outing, entitled Reptile, followed in early 2001. Three years later, Clapton issued Me and Mr. Johnson, a collection of tunes honoring the Mississippi-born bluesman Robert Johnson. Released in 2005, Back Home, Clapton's 14th album of original material, reflected his ease with fatherhood. Also in 2005, Clapton unexpectedly teamed with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker for a Cream reunion that included May concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall and shows at New York's Madison Square Garden in October, with the former being compiled for a live release that fall.
The Road to Escondido
This turned out to be the first of many reunions and looks back for Clapton. In 2006, he elevated the profile of his latter-day idol J.J. Cale by recording an album-long duet, The Road to Escondido. The following year he released his autobiography -- accompanied by a new career compilation called The Complete Clapton -- which focused more on his trials with addiction and subsequent recovery than his musical career. In 2008, Clapton began playing regular shows with his old Blind Faith partner Steve Winwood, gigs that were captured on the 2009 double-live set Live from Madison Square Garden. Winwood also appeared on Clapton's next studio album, 2010's Clapton, which was a collaboration-heavy affair also featuring Cale, Sheryl Crow, Allen Toussaint, and Wynton Marsalis. In 2011, Clapton returned the favor to Marsalis by collaborating on the live concert album Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Old Sock
Clapton parted ways with Warner after Clapton, and he chose to set up his own Bushbranch imprint on Gary Hoey's independent label Surfdog. His first album for the label was Old Sock, largely a collection of old songs the guitarist loved. It reached the Top Ten in the U.S. and Great Britain. In the fall of 2013, Warner Bros. released Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, and his Unplugged album was expanded and remastered by Rhino. Early the following year, Clapton announced that a new album, The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale, would be issued in July, one year on from the passing of his key inspiration. The tribute album included contributions from artists such as Willie Nelson, John Mayer, Tom Petty, and Mark Knopfler. A collection of his Warner recordings called Forever Man saw a spring 2015 release.
**********
WIKIPEDIA
**********
WEBSITE
**********
TO THE TOP
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