However, Clapton was intent on blaming others for the relationship breakdown. Clapton spoke of his love for Manuel on many occasions. He was raw. When he sang in that high falsetto the hair on my neck would stand on end. Not many people can do that. He wrote to Boyd telling her that he was working on Journeyman and had written a song about her.
Enter Your Email Address. March 30, On the strength of three well-received albums, Fresh Cream , Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire , as well as extensive touring in the United States, Cream achieved international superstar status. Yet they, too, broke up after two final concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, citing clashing egos as the cause.
After the breakup of Cream, Clapton formed yet another band, Blind Faith, but the group broke up after only one album and a disastrous American tour. Then, in , he formed Derek and the Dominos, and went on to compose and record one of the seminal albums of rock history, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. A concept album about unrequited love, Clapton wrote Layla to express his desperate affection for Pattie Boyd, the wife of the Beatles' George Harrison. The album was critically acclaimed but a commercial failure, and in its aftermath a depressed and lonely Clapton deteriorated into three years of heroin addiction.
Clapton finally kicked his drug habit and reemerged onto the music scene in with two concerts at London's Rainbow Theater organized by his friend Pete Townshend of The Who.
Despite his great musical productivity during these years, Clapton's personal life remained in woeful disarray. However, by this time Clapton had simply replaced his heroin addiction with alcoholism, and his drinking placed a constant strain on their relationship.
He was an unfaithful husband and conceived two children with other women during their marriage. Clapton and Boyd divorced in In , Clapton's son Conor died when he fell out of the window of his mother's apartment.
The tragedy took a heavy toll on Clapton and also inspired one of his most beautiful and heartfelt songs, "Tears in Heaven. In , with the help of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, Clapton finally quit drinking and has remained sober ever since.
Being sober for the first time in his adult life allowed Clapton to achieve the kind of personal happiness he had never known before. In , he founded the Crossroads Centre, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, and in , he married Melia McEnery.
Clapton, who published his autobiography in , was ranked the second greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in An time Grammy Award winner and the only triple inductee of the Rock and Roll of Fame as a member of The Yardbirds, as a member of Cream and as a solo artist , he continued to record music and tour through his 60s, while also performing charity work.
In , Clapton revealed that he had been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy three years earlier, a condition that left him with back and leg pain. In early , he admitted in an interview that he was also dealing with tinnitus, a ringing in the ears caused by noise-induced hearing loss.
Despite the ailments, the guitar legend said he intended to continue performing that year. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Who wrote the most Cream songs? Who was the vocalist for cream?
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