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As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Your Guitarist Name: (first and last name)
 * Eric Clapton**

=**Eric Clapton**=

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**Eric Clapton** is a Blues Rock artist which means that his music was taking both styles of rock and blues and put it together to make amazing masterpieces. Eric's virtoustic technique was that he controlled a distortion in rock music. Eric has been a member in multiple bands like //Yardbirds, Blind Faith, Cream, Derek and the Dominos.// He was also in the "The greatest guitarist of all time," according to the // R olling Stones magazine // (//S// // eptember // //18, 2003//). So far Eric has been a success in his life but it didn't come with all happy endings. =====

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 Eric Clapton was born on March 30, 1945 in Ripley, England. He was raised by his grandparents. At a young age, Clapton had a little bit of interested in the blues music. He didn't do music with the interest until he was 14, he got his first guitar at that age. He was inspired and influenced by blues groups like //Big Bill Broonzy, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Blind Boy Fuller. //He wasn't really talented on the guitar when he was fourteen though so he decided to try other things. He tried practicing later on into a tape recorder and tried to find out if he was good, Until he was in college he found the right way back to music and went // Kingston College of Arts // in 1961. He later than started playing again, his first band was the //Roosters.// Which included future guitarist from The Rolling Stones Brian Jones. He joined many other bands during his young life. He than started to have a family, but unfortunately he had a young son fall out of a 53rd story building window. He then started writing more about his life experiences into music. He has faced many battles like obscurity and heroin addiction, he did go to //Crossroads Centre// in //1998// where he was treated for. After he won that battle against himself, he became a solo artist and did succeeded at that too. =====

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The types of music that have influenced my artist are jazz, blues and rock. He was influenced more b y the Chicago blues. What has influenced Eric to write amazing and powerful songs, was not just success but losses.//Tears in Heaven,// was written for the lost of his son in 1991. This song had stay number 1 for three weeks. But lets go back a couple years in the past. This song won the Grammy for Best Song of the Year //1993.// In 1996 he released an album named //Bluesbreakers// which was number 6 on the English pop charts. People said that the album "Brilliant!" and "Amazing." Sounds very successful to me. =====

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Eric has influenced so many people including some modern rock rock bands like //Paramore// and //The Black Keys.// He has gotten the name of being the best artist other than his looks or his voice but just by his guitar techniques. Most of his songs became rock classics. He also got the name "Clapton is God"; People refer him as a "God". If I were him I would extremely be proud of that. =====

Overall it's amazing that Clapton has had so much success in his time so far; With the battles and complications he has had. Just wow, this guy seems like a "God". I learned that not all artists have had an easy life, the part that makes them who they are, how good the music has been or how successful they are. It does not just come out of luck, it comes from overcoming obsticals, battles, drug abuse. Eric is a fighter and with his expierences, he did extremely well putting it into unforgettable music.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. sample: "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

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Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || //Hafner acoustic guitar.// He taught himself to play the electric guitar. || Big Bill Broonzy, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Blind Boy Fuller.  || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">//Kingston College of Art// o || What do you like about his/her style? || Some amazing modern rock bands are //Paramore or Imagine Dragons,// also //Florence.// ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Rock ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Eric Clapton ||
 * This guitarist lived from _ to __ || March 30,1945- Present ||
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. || //Blues rock// is a British genre, taking both rural and urban blues into rock context with a strong dose of guitar. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || He practiced when he was 14 with a
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || //Rock and Blues style of music. Just like//
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify;">Big Bill Broonzy, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Blind Boy Fuller ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Eric has played styles from Rock to the Blues ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? ||  ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || He did not have a father legally. HE was also a very good artist in his young years. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || He tried to become good at music by going to
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || Clapton's 2 year old son fell out of a 53rd high building window and passed away. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || =====//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tears in Heaven (1991) //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">was written because of the death of his son. ===== ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || In his song //Change the World// it is kind of how he wanted to change the world into a lovable happy place where you can grab the universes sunshine and give it to some one. ||