“That's when I drag the old one back on, and suddenly it's just like jumping into a warm pool of water. I can be miles away thinking about this stuff, and suddenly I shut down and say, ‘This is enough. “This all happens in my head while I'm actually playing. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. If I get into this guitar too deeply, it's tricky, because then I won't be able to go back to Blackie. Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. But while I was doing that, I was thinking Well, Blackie is back there. I tried it, and liked it, and played it on stage – liked it a lot. tried to get me interested in a fairly revolutionary guitar. “I get offered guitars and endorsements come along every now and then. 'I feel that that guitar has become part of me,” he told Guitar Player in 1985. “It is such a personal thing – I almost made this guitar myself – from different components, and I’ve never done that before or since,” Clapton told Christie’s, who auctioned the guitar off for a record-breaking $959,500 in 2004.

Making its live debut 50 years ago, this iconic Strat was put together by Nashville luthier Ted Newman Jones using a 1956 alder body and a 1957 V-profile maple neck. In this historic clip from the 1985 Live Aid concert (thought to have been watched by roughly 40 percent of the world’s population!) Clapton performs an epic version of the Derek and the Dominos classic “Layla” using his famous “Blackie” Fender Stratocaster.

“The Dominos was really just a stepping stone to his solo career, of his being able to go out there on his own and be the Eric Clapton that he became.” A look at the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison. With Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Ginger Baker, Chuck Berry. “He didn’t know what his next step was going to be, but he wasn’t ready to be a solo artist and front his own group,” said Bobby Whitlock, Clapton’s co-singer, co-songwriter and keyboard-playing partner in Derek and the Dominos. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars: Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck. I feel that that guitar has become part of me

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