After Midnight

Disclaimer: I haven't looked up anything on Wikipedia in awhile, so I figured I would start again. And go back to where it all started classic rock. The title should have been a clue. Though I must admit I didn't come up the title at first. I'll probably add it later. I bet you wondering why Eric Clapton, well he was the second classic rock artist I really got into. Aerosmith was of course first, maybe I should look them up too. Alright here we go.

I didn't know his middle name was Patrick, I'm learning something already. Wow he named two of his instruments, that's hot. This is pretty cool he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times. And Rolling Stone listed him as the 4th greatest guitarist of all time. They also rated him 53 on the list of immortals, the greatest artists of all time. Gee I didn't know that Clapton was in the Yardbirds, for some reason that surprises me. I know this totally off topic but wow the Yardbirds had three really great guitarists, in this order, Clapton, Beck and then Page. Aah now we go to his days with Cream, now that was a really kick ass band. It's kinda funny now, I can't believe I never realized what an influence Hendrix had on Cream. But looking back it totally makes sense when you think about the sound. I never trully realized how much Cream really changed the role of the instrumental. In many ways I've always associated that with bands like the Who and Led Zeppelin.

There was the time that he was in the band Blind Faith, which to be quite honest I don't know much about. I never realized that Steve Winwood was in that band. The band only did one album and concert tour and only lasted one year. I thought his first solo album would have been much earlier, and I always thought After Midnight was his song. Aah now we are up to the Derek and The Dominos era. I was always wondering where that name came from. But apparently its because a previous performer misprounced Eric and the Dynamos. That's kinda funny whekindfunny when you think about it. Here's the famous part of the story with Lalya. Clapthon worte it after he fell in love with George Harrison's wife and she rejected his advances. Ididn't know it was also inspired by this other story called the story of Layla and Majnun I guess that's where the name Lalya comes from. I didn't realize that this band had so much drama surrounding it's bandmates.

Wow I didn't know that he actually was involved with George Harrison's wife and eventually married her. I knew that Lalya was inspired by her, but I didn't know that so was Wonderful Tonight. The article then goes onto his solo career, I don't feel I need to repeat it all here. Typical for lots of celebrities he had an affair and a secret daughter. Here's the part about when his son died which inspired Tears in Heaven, which was of course the first song by Clapton that I liked. It of course inspired me to listen to more of his songs. The article then describes his modern career and him settling down. He's memoirs were recently sold for a reported 4 million dollars. To be honest I'm surprised one hasn't been written.