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00:00it was a great success this year wasn't it yes yes it was great it was great good weather great
00:06crowd and i think the fact that we'd already done it there once made it familiar eric clapton is a
00:11famous english singer rock guitarist songwriter musician composer artist actor record producer
00:18film score composer tv producer and film producer let me tell you that rolling stone magazine has
00:24ranked him number 53 on their list of the top 100 artists of all time and eric is the only person to
00:31have been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame three times as a solo artist as a member of
00:36the band called cream and as a part of the yardbirds back in 2009 time magazine ranked eric number five
00:44on their list of the 10 best electric guitar players during his successful career eric has won 18
00:50grammy awards one brit award four iver novella awards and three american music awards
00:58but it was like everyone came back knowing what they were getting into you know and it's
01:03it's kind of like the usual suspects now there's a core group of players and people if you enjoy these
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01:15favorite celebrity is that you'd love to see in an upcoming video his full name is eric patrick
01:21clapton but he's also known as god and slow hand he was born march 30th 1945 in ripley surrey england
01:29making him 75 at the time of this production he stands at five feet nine inches tall or 1.77 meters
01:38this man has considered himself a car enthusiast since the 1970s and owns several ferraris
01:44back in the year 2010 eric said that ferrari has always been the number one car to own and drive
01:50and back in 1993 he became the director of a uk treatment center for alcohol dependence called
01:57clouds house he served on clouds house's board until the year 1997 from 1994 to 1999 he was a member of the
02:06board of directors for the chemical dependency center in 1998 eric founded the crossroads center to help
02:13people overcome their alcohol and drug addiction let me tell you that eric has organized the crossroads
02:19guitar festival many times to raise funds for the crossroads center
02:26he's a fan of west bromwich albion which is an english football club eric also collects art and in 2001
02:33he purchased three gearhart richter paintings for 3.4 million dollars
02:37during the 1970s eric briefly dated a funk singer named betty davis and in 1979 he got married to
02:46patty boyd this marriage was marred by eric's domestic violence and infidelities let me tell
02:52you that eric has admitted in an interview that he was abusive to patty then in 1989 the pair divorced
02:58however he had also started dating yvonne kelly in 1984 kelly was also married at that time and in
03:071985 eric and kelly had a daughter who was named ruth kelly clapton eric and patty divorced following
03:15his extramarital affair with laurie del santo an italian model in 1986 eric and laurie had a son named
03:22connor who died in 1991. then in 1998 he met malia mchenry in columbus ohio at that time malia was 22
03:32years old while eric was 53 years old the pair went public with their romantic relationship in 1999
03:39and married in 2002. they welcomed their first daughter named julie rose in june 2001 and their
03:46second daughter ella may was born in january 2003. then in february 2005 they had their third daughter
03:53named sophie bell ruth and her husband dean bartlett had a son named eric owen bartlett in 2013. that
04:01that we want to do it you know and like who vince gill azizi top sonny landreth you know jimmy vaughn
04:10buddy guy he's the son of patricia molly clapton and edward walter fryer
04:16eric was born his mother was 16 years old and his father was a soldier from montreal who was 25 years
04:22old growing up eric believed that his grandmother named rose and her husband jack clap were his
04:28parents let me tell you that jack was patricia's stepfather and rose's second husband later patricia
04:35married a canadian soldier and relocated to germany while eric still lived with his grandparents
04:40when he turned 13 eric received an acoustic guitar on his birthday
04:45eric went to hollyfield school and left school in 1961 to join the kingston college of art
04:51eric was getting noticed for his guitar playing by the age of 16 and this musician started
04:56performing as a duo with david brock in 1962. eric joined the roosters when he was 17 years old
05:03and left the band in 1963. in october of that year eric joined the band called the yardbirds
05:10and left it in 1965. he performed with the yardbirds at the royal albert hall in london in 1964
05:18and also recorded the single titled good morning little schoolgirl later eric joined the band called
05:24john mayell and the blue breakers and became famous as a guitarist with this band eric also visited
05:30greece for a short time with a band called the glands after he returned from greece eric released the
05:36album titled blues breakers with eric clapton he also performed with the powerhouse in 1966
05:43in july 1966 eric left the blues breakers and joined the band called cream eric left this band in 1969
05:52and played a vital role in the recording of successful scores of this band from 1968 to 1969
05:58after leaving cream eric formed the blues rock band called blind faith and released an album called
06:06blind faith in 1969. the next year eric recorded his solo album titled eric clapton and also formed
06:13the band called derek and the dominoes in that year in 1971 eric released the album there's one in every
06:20crowd last year eric collaborated with van morrison to release the single titled stand and deliver
06:27during his career eric has played over 3 000 concerts in around 60 countries moreover this
06:34musician has sold over 100 million records globally during his career as a solo artist
06:39which makes him one of the best-selling music artists on the planet we we did a jam at the
06:44end of this last one with over 25 guitar players on stage all doing the same thing and it was horrendous
06:53eric has primarily earned money from music back in 1966 eric earned 60 000 from the album titled
07:00blues breakers with eric clapton during the same year he earned 500 000 from the album titled fresh
07:07cream in 1969 eric earned more than 2.1 million dollars from his various albums in 1972 eric earned
07:15500 000 from the compilation album titled the history of eric clapton in 1977 he released the album slow
07:24hand and earned 3.11 million dollars his compilation album timepieces the best of eric clapton helped him
07:31earn more than seven million dollars the total net worth of eric clapton is 450 million dollars this
07:39musician has owned houses in various places including ohio antigua france and england
07:52is called standfast point which was built in 2000 for 14 million dollars the property features
08:2110 000 square feet of living space and in 2009 eric started renting out this property for 50 000 each week
08:33eric clapton owns the following cars a custom clapton ferrari a 1968 ferrari dyno 206 gt
08:43a 1967 custom mini cooper a 1964 ferrari 250 gt luso
08:58a ferrari 612 scaglietti
09:11a ferrari enzo
09:28a ferrari 365 gtc
09:34a ferrari 365 gtc
09:41a porsche 911 turbo
09:51a 1991 ferrari f40
10:05a 1991 ferrari f40
10:07a 1938 cadillac fleetwood
10:11a 1932 ford victoria hot rod
10:18a 1932 ford victoria hot rod
10:19a 1949 ford coupe hot rod
10:21a 1949 chevrolet advanced pickup design
10:27a ferrari s12 bb
10:31a 1932 gt of coronavirus
10:48a Спường 850 gtb
10:52A Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano A Ferrari 360 Spyder
11:19A Ferrari 575M Marinello A Ferrari Daytona
11:34A Ferrari SPC 12EC
11:50Back in 2005, Eric purchased a superyacht called Vabene, which is 156 feet long and can accommodate
12:0512 guests in 6 cabins.
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