He was an unfaithful husband and conceived two children with other women during their marriage. Clapton and Boyd divorced in In , Clapton's son Conor died when he fell out of the window of his mother's apartment. The tragedy took a heavy toll on Clapton and also inspired one of his most beautiful and heartfelt songs, "Tears in Heaven.
In , with the help of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, Clapton finally quit drinking and has remained sober ever since. Being sober for the first time in his adult life allowed Clapton to achieve the kind of personal happiness he had never known before. In , he founded the Crossroads Centre, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, and in , he married Melia McEnery.
Clapton, who published his autobiography in , was ranked the second greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in An time Grammy Award winner and the only triple inductee of the Rock and Roll of Fame as a member of The Yardbirds, as a member of Cream and as a solo artist , he continued to record music and tour through his 60s, while also performing charity work.
In , Clapton revealed that he had been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy three years earlier, a condition that left him with back and leg pain. In early , he admitted in an interview that he was also dealing with tinnitus, a ringing in the ears caused by noise-induced hearing loss. Despite the ailments, the guitar legend said he intended to continue performing that year. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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At the behest of his friend Pete Townshend, Clapton began performing again in early He reinvented his sound with his second solo album, Ocean Boulevard. Clapton has continued to release albums under his own name since, though in he did reunite with Cream for a series of shows in London and New York.
It took Eric just one month and seven performances to realize that the pop-oriented band was not for him. After the breakup and a three-year-long battle with heroin addiction, Eric focused on his career as a solo artist. Home Eric Clapton. There wasn't enough work to sustain themselves, and they were having difficulty getting to those rare gigs since Mason was the only one who had a car.
So, the Roosters broke up in August , after about six months. With them, Clapton got his first experience touring England. But after a month and about seven gigs, the guitarist quit — saying he was unsatisfied with the pop-based material Jones was playing.
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