Nearly 20 years after he praised Clapton in our pages, Ed offered a new assessment of his hero. “I grew up on Clapton, but — don't hate me, Eric! — it's like he doesn't do that anymore.

Thank you.” You can see his post here. Per Rolling Stone, Clapton released one album with Mayall’s band in 1966 — “Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton” — before moving on to Cream.

Born Eric Patrick Clapton in Ripley, Surrey, he was inspired by American blues artists and began fusing the music with psychedelia when he co-founded Cream, one of the world’s first supergroups ...

Eric Clapton’s handwritten messages, being auctioned this week, shed light on how he wooed Pattie Boyd away from George Harrison and on the impassioned songs the affair inspired.