Clapton
[klap-tuh n]
- Eric,born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
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Contemporary Examples
This performance of Bob Dylan's 1971 blues tune features Clapton on guitar.
But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.
The move reinvigorated Clapton, bringing him back to his love of music and saving him from drugs.
Clapton and then-girlfriend Alice Ormsby-Gore were using heavily, and he was having trouble making music or performing.
Imagine up on stage not just Macca but alongside him: Mick and Keith, Clapton, Townshend, Jimmy Page, Bono, and so on.
Historical Examples
He was a little boy again in the old red house on Clapton Common.
Murder PointConingsby Dawson
Sunday morning was quiet and misty, and Clapton was full of bells.
Non-combatants and OthersRose Macaulay
He seemed to think this Clapton life had been getting a little on your nerves.'
Non-combatants and OthersRose Macaulay
Clapton Church and manor house are both of considerable antiquity.
SomersetG.W. Wade and J.H. Wade
It has neither the tragic gayety of Whitechapel nor the comparative refinement of Clapton.
None Other GodsRobert Hugh Benson
Clapton
- Eric. born 1945, British rock guitarist, noted for his virtuoso style, his work with the Yardbirds (1963–65), Cream (1966–68), and, with Derek and the Dominos, the album Layla (1970); later solo work includes Unplugged (1992)
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