Monday 27 October 2008

Eric Clapton's Guns To Be Sold At Auction

The 63-year-old got shooting five years ago and has collected shotguns by some of the enormous British gun makers. He says, "I like a gun to look like a working tool but it's a magnificent piece of art as well."
Clapton says he is advertising the guns to make space for more. The sale will take place in London on December 11th.

Eric Clapton - London Show

On the evening of 9 September, Eric and his touring band performed at a small benefit concert at Floridita in Central London. Floridita is located on the site of the old Marquee Club in Soho. Songs performed included "Key To The Highway," "Little Wing," and "Got To Get Better In A Little While." For the complete set list

Eric Clapton - Indroduction

Eric Clapton, was born in 30 March 1945), nicknamed “Slowhand”, is a Grammy Award winning English composer, singer and guitarist who became one of the most respected and influential artists of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Clapton is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in popular music history.


Clapton’s musical style has undergone multiple changes during his career, but has always remained rooted in the blues. Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of his career, which have included blues-rock (with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds), early single hit “Come With Me” by The Roosters, blues-hard rock (with Cream), and work as a sideman and a solo artist; he has achieved chart success in genres ranging from delta blues (Unplugged) and psychedelic rock (Sunshine of Your Love) to pop (Change the World) and reggae (I Shot the Sheriff)..

Eric Clapton - Blue eyes Blue

I thought that youd be loving me.
I thought you were the one whod stay forever.
But now forevers come and gone
And Im still here alone.

cause you were only playing,
You were only playing with my heart.
I was never waiting,
I was never waiting for the tears to start.

It was you who put the clouds around me.
It was you who made the tears fall down.
It was you who broke my heart in pieces.
It was you, it was you who made my blue eyes blue.
Oh, I never should have trusted you.

I thought that Id be all you need.
In your eyes I thought I saw my heaven.
And now my heavens gone away
And Im out in the cold.

cause you had me believing,
You had me believing in a lie.
Guess I couldnt see it,
I guess I couldnt see it till I saw goodbye.

Chorus

cause you were only playing,
You were only playing with my heart.
I was never waiting,
I was never waiting for the tears to start.

It was you who put the clouds around me.
It was you.

Chorus

Oh, I never should have trusted you.
Oh, I never should have trusted you.
Oh, I never should have trusted you

Eric Clapton Down Under Tour

Legendary musician Eric Clapton will travel "Down Under" with his band for a series of concerts in New Zealand and Australia in March 2009. The "Down Under" concerts will begin 4 March in Auckland, New Zealand and end 11 March in Melbourne, Australia. Tickets for all shows will go on sale to the general public 24 October. Localized pre-sales going on now. For a complete list of dates and updated on sale information

Eric Clapon Tour Dates

Eric Clapton is playing a series of UK Dates. Most of them are in Royal Albert Hall because he likes royal Alber hall too much. A UK tour dates of Eric Clapton are as under:-

Wed, 13 May 09 (19:30)
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Echo Arena Liverpool, United Kingdom


Thu, 14 May 09 (19:30)
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MEN Arena Manchester, United Kingdom


Sat, 16 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 17 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 19 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom

Sat, 20 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 22 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 23 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 25 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 26 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom



Sat, 28 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 29 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom


Sat, 31 May 09 (19:00)
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Royal Albert Hall London, South West England, United Kingdom

Eric Clapton Tickets On Sale

Eric Clapton has plans to go for performance in Dublin, Liverpool and Manchester in May 2009 before returning to a venue he has said is "like playing in my front room" - London's Royal Albert Hall.
Tickets for the Dublin concert at the O2 go on sale to the general public 23 October at 9AM local time for Dublin, Ireland. An O2 Dublin Priority Pre-Sale is going on now; it ends 23 October at 8AM.
All U.K. concerts go on sale to the general public on 27 October. Platinum Seats Pre sales begin 23 October for select venues. A lot of tickets agent where you find Eric Clapton Tickets but always find Eric Clapton tickets only from those tickets agent who delivered 100% Eric Clapton tickets. Few of the tickets agents are as under:-

The Best of Eric Clapton

"Blue Eyes Blue"
"Change the World"
"My Father's Eyes"
"Layla" [Unplugged]
"Pretending"
"Bad Love"
"Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself)"
"It's in the Way That You Use It"
"Running on Faith"
"She's Waiting"
"River of Tears"
"(I) Get Lost"
"Wonderful Tonight" [Live Edit]

Eric Clapton - Awards




















YearAward / Recognition
1983

  • Presented the Silver Clef Award from Princess
    Michael of Kent for outstanding contribution to British music.

1993

  • "Tears In Heaven" won three Grammy awards for Song of the Year,
    Record of the Year and Male Pop Vocal Performance.

1994

  • Awarded the Order of
    the British Empire for services to music.

2000

  • Inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the third time,
    this time as a solo artist. He was earlier inducted as a member of the
    bands Cream and The Yardbirds.

2004

  • Promoted to CBE, receiving the award
    from the Princess
    Royal at Buckingham Palace as part of the New Year's Honours
    list.

Eric Clapton - Filmography

Lord of War (2005)- "Cocaine"
Lords of Dogtown (2005) - "Strange Brew"
Bad News Bears (2005) - "Cocaine"
Starsky & Hutch (2004) - "Cocaine"
School Of Rock (2003) - "Sunshine Of Your Love"
The Sopranos in season four episode of the TV crime drama "Whitecaps" (2002)- Tony Soprano is seen listening to "Layla" in his Suburban.
Friends (2002) - The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two, "River of Tears"
Blow (2001) - "Strange Brew"
Futurama - episode 30% Iron Chef - "Sunshine of your love"
A Knight's Tale (2001) - "Further On Up The Road"
Dancing At The Blue Iguana (2000) - "River of Tears"
Friends (2000) - The One with the Proposal, Part 2, "Wonderful Tonight"
The Story of Us (1999) - "(I) Get Lost" (featured multiple times)
Runaway Bride (1999) - Blue Eyes Blue
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) - "Pilgrim"
Patch Adams (film) (1998)- "Let It Rain"
Phenomenon (1996 film) - "Change the World"
True Lies (1994) - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) Clapton contributed to the score and co-wrote and co-performed the song "It's Probably Me" with Sting and "Runaway Train" with Elton John.
Peter's Friends (1992) - "Give Me Strength"
Wayne's World (1992) - "Loving your Loving"
Rush (1991)_ Clapton wrote the score
Goodfellas (1990) - "Layla" and "Sunshine of Your Love" [63]
Lethal Weapon 2 (1988) - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
The German car manufacturer Opel and Vauxhall in the UK used the guitar riff of Clapton's Layla in its advertising campaign throughout in 1987-95.
The Color of Money (1986 film) - "It's In The Way That You Use It"
Back to the Future (1985) - Heaven Is One Step Away
Mean Streets (1973) - "I Looked Away"

Eric Clapton - Discography (Recent Albums)

Back HomeRelease Date: August 30, 2005 Label: Reprise/ADARating: More Details >>

She's So RespectableRelease Date: October 12, 2004 Label: RajonRating: More Details >>

Me and Mr. JohnsonRelease Date: March 23, 2004 Label: Warner Bros.Rating: More Details >>

One More Car, One More RiderRelease Date: November 05, 2002 Label: RepriseRating: More Details >>

ReptileRelease Date: March 13, 2001 Label: RepriseRating: More Details >>

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Eric Clapton & Friends in a 1999 advantage presentation of the original story of Layla written by Clapton & Dave Gordon.
Song analysis by Stephen Thomas Erlewine - Derek & the Dominos’ album Layla was Eric Clapton’s dark night of the soul, and the name song was its masterpiece — an anguished plea to a prohibited love that was Clapton’s barely disguised letter to Patti Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison. Clapton had never sounded as pained as he did here, and he never sounded as tortured again — not even on “Tears in Heaven,” written after the tragic death of his young son. “Layla” is pure catharsis, followed by a coda written by Jim Gordon that is nothing less than bliss, the sound of love fulfilled. ( The rest of this review can be found here.)
The original version of Layla was “the little love song that could” in that it took it a while to really, really catch on as far as the charts go . According to this excerpt from the Layla Wiki Page:
The album ‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’ opened to lackluster sales (the album never reached the charts in Britain), as, with Clapton unspecified except on the back, it came into view to be a double album from an unknown band. Also, the song’s length proved high-priced for radio airplay; as a result, an edited version of the song, trimmed to 2:43, was released as a single in March 1971 by Atco (U.S.). It pointed at only #51 on the Billboard Hot 100.
However, when “Layla” was re-released on the 1972 compilation The History of Eric Clapton and then released as a single, it charted at #7 in the UK and #10 in the U.S. Critical opinion since has been overwhelmingly positive. Dave Marsh, in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, wrote that, “there are few moments in the repertoire of recorded rock where a singer or writer has reached so deeply into himself that the effect of hearing them is akin to witnessing a murder, or a suicide… to me, ‘Layla’ is the greatest of them.”
n 1982 “Layla” was once again launched as a single in the UK and was an even bigger success than in 1972, peaking at #4.
The song has since experienced great critical and popular acclaim. Two versions have got chart success, first in 1972 and again twenty years later. Here is the second unplugged version