Vinyl Disc Eric Clapton / Slowhand (LP)

Slowhand is the fifth studio album by Eric Clapton, released in 1977. Took the second line of the Billboard chart. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at the 325th position in the ranking of the "500 greatest albums of all time".

Eric Patrick Clapton is a British rock musician (composer, guitarist, vocalist). Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In the 1960s, Clapton played with the blues-rock bands John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream. Later, his musical style changed over time, but he always stuck to his blues roots. Clapton has worked a lot solo and as a session musician. His nickname - "slow hand" became the name one of the most successful albums (1977). The most successful single of Clapton's entire solo career was a cover version of Bob's "I Shot the Sheriff". Marley, who topped the US charts in September 1974. In 1993, Clapton was awarded Grammy Awards in all the most prestigious nominations: "album of the Year" (MTV Unplugged), "song of the Year" ("Tears in Heaven") and "record of the Year" ("Tears in Heaven"). Eric Clapton is one of the most respected and influential rock musicians. He is the only musician who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times: as a solo artist and a member of the rock bands Cream and The Yardbirds. Clapton appears in the 2011 Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the greatest guitarists of all time in second place after Jimi Hendrix., he also appears in the list of the greatest performers of all time compiled by the same magazine - both as a solo artist and as a participant The Cream and The Yardbirds groups. In the previous version of the list, he was ranked fourth after Hendrix, Dwayne Allman and BB King.