Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, on March 30, 1945. His real father was a Canadian pilot but he didn't find that out until he was 53. On March 20, 1991, Eric Clapton suffered a parent’s worst nightmare. In a heartbreaking tragic accident, Clapton’s four-and-a-half-year-old son, Conor, fell out. The 4 1/2-year-old son of the rock guitarist Eric Clapton was killed yesterday morning when he fell out an open bedroom window on the 53d floor of a. Very rare from the 90's. This autumn, Eric Clapton is coming to the big screen for a very special event in cinemas across the globe. Recorded in May this year, Eric Clapton: Live at the Royal. Eric Clapton on Rolling Stone, your trusted source for the latest artist news, bio, & reviews. Guitar musician and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Learn more at Biography.com. The discography of Eric Clapton, a British guitarist and singer-songwriter, currently contains twenty-two studio albums, twenty-six singles, seventeen compilations. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll. Eric Clapton - Layla Thank you for these more than 20 million views! This belongs to the Madison Square Garden concert in 1999. Thanks to RockKillaz for.