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Eric Clapton is arguably the greatest living guitarist. Born in 1945, he was abandoned by his mother at an early age, and was subsequently raised by his...

Eric Clapton, original name Eric Patrick Clapp, (born March 30, 1945, Ripley, Surrey, England), British rock musician who was a highly influential guitarist in the late 1960s and early ’70s and later became a major singer-songwriter. Clapton was born to a teenage mother and a Canadian soldier, who was stationed in England during World War II and returned to his wife before Clapton was born. Clapton was largely raised by his grandparents. He began playing the guitar in his teens and briefly studied at the Kingston College of Art. After playing lead guitar with two minor bands, in 1963 he

In this exclusive excerpt (with bonus material) from their book The Show Won't Go On, Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns detail the Top Ten most bizarre, shocking and historic deaths of Rock & Roll drummers onstage!

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Today in Music History for June 7: In 1904, the Haskell Opera House was opened in Rock Island on the Quebec-Vermont border. Now classified as a historic site, it also includes a library on the main floor. Patrons from both countries enter the building without passing through customs. In the Opera House upstairs, the stage is in Canada, but most of the seats are in the U.S. In 1940, singer Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd,...