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Clapton

American

[klap-tuhn] / ˈklæp tən /

noun

Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.

Clapton British

/ ˈklæptən /

noun

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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Days before the Sykes incident in St. Louis, Clapton cut his May 7 performance short in Madrid after he was hit in the chest by what appeared to be a vinyl album.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He once had to remind Eric Clapton of recent regulations against smiling for the camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

For the last 12 years, Lillie O’Brien has run London Borough of Jam out of a tiny jar-lined shop between a jerk chicken stand and a fashion designer on Chatsworth Road, in Hackney’s Clapton neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

He rose to fame as a member of The Yardbirds, a band which also featured Surrey guitarists Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, in the mid-Sixties.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

He and his group of friends, Colin and Jason and Marc, prefer to listen to records together, to Dylan and Clapton and The Who, and read Nietzsche in their spare time.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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