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Eric Clapton     Eric Clapton is an innovative guitarist, basically the first to combine blues and jar, which in turn popularized blues. Because of his skill and ever-evolving style, his music is a lasting contribution in itself.     Eric Clapton made his recording debut with The Yardbirds, the British conclave that also have guitar virtuosos Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Together,they created a whole new blues/ list sound that many of the famous 60s and 70s bunchs copied. Clapton left The Yardbirds when he felt the rope strayed too farfrom their blues roots towards pop music.     E.C. thusly linked British keyboardist, harmonica player,singer/songwriter John Mayall and his band, The Bluesbreakers to work on an phonograph album. Clapton, with the fresh, up and coming band, made a pure blues albumthat many blues fans consider to be his best.     After the one-album stint with The Bluesbreakers, Clapton o rganize a newgroup called Cream with bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce and drummer zest Baker.The trio made four highly successful albums together in the next few years.Their more(prenominal) rock like interpretations of old blues songs made blues more popularto the mainstream, much more so than with The Yardbirds. Cream had several top40 hits, including "Sunshine of Your Love", " washcloth Room", and "Crossroads".     Towards the end of the 60s Cream split up. Eric Clapton joined theband Blind Faith in 69 and did fairly well with it, but the group broke upquickly after the release of their only album. It was then that Claptonlaunched his solo career. For A few years in the early 70s Clapton contend with embossment band "Delaney and Bonnie and Friends", and made a few comely successfulalbums, but nothing in comparison to the popularity he had with Cream.This was the split of a period of time (basically most of the 70s) whereEric Cla pton would switch around from backup band to backup band. In doing this,he had to play differently with individually one, so it kept his style fresh and everchanging. In the 70s Eric took more of a departure from blues and went on tobasically playing rock and pop. An exception to this would be when he coveredBob Marleys song "I Shot the Sheriff" and took a stab at reggae. He didexcellently with it, too, it was a big Top 40 hit.     The eighties saw Eric Clapton make few albums. Although this was thelow point in his career, he still made albums that were shade by any standard.They also saw a more hop on Clapton. The Eric from the sixties with his endless,