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By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-1970, he was long established as one of the world's major rock stars due to his group affiliations -- the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith -- affiliations that had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his generation. That it took Clapton so long to go out on his own, however, was evidence of a degree of reticence unusual for one of his stature. And his debut album, though it spawned the Top 40 hit "After Midnight," was typical of his self-effacing approach: it was, in effect, an album by the group he had lately been featured in, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.

Not surprisingly, before his solo debut had even been released, Clapton had retreated from his solo stance, assembling from the D&B&F ranks the personnel for a group, Derek and the Dominos, with which he played for most of 1970. Clapton was largely inactive in 1971 and 1972, due to heroin addiction, but he performed a comeback concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London on January 13, 1973, resulting in the album Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert (September 1973).

But Clapton did not launch a sustained solo career until July 1974, when he released 461 Ocean Boulevard, which topped the charts and spawned the number one single "I Shot the Sheriff."

The persona Clapton established over the next decade was less that of guitar hero than arena rock star with a weakness for ballads. The follow-ups to 461 Ocean Boulevard, There's One in Every Crowd (March 1975), the live E.C. Was Here (August 1975), and No Reason to Cry (August 1976), were less successful. But Slowhand (November 1977), which featured both the powerful "Cocaine" (written by JJ Cale, who had also written "After Midnight") and the hit singles "Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight," was a million-seller. Its follow-ups, Backless (November 1978), featuring the Top Ten hit "Promises," the live Just One Night (April 1980), and Another Ticket (February 1981), featuring the Top Ten hit "I Can't Stand It," were all big sellers.

Clapton's popularity waned somewhat in the first half of the '80s, as the albums Money and Cigarettes (February 1983), Behind the Sun (March 1985), and August (November 1986) indicated a certain career stasis. But he was buoyed up by the release of the box set retrospective Crossroads (April 1988), which seemed to remind his fans of how great he was. Journeyman (November 1989) was a return to form.

It would be his last new studio album for nearly five years, though in the interim he would suffer greatly and enjoy surprising triumph. On March 20, 1991, Clapton's four-year-old son was killed in a fall. While he mourned, he released a live album, 24 Nights (October 1991), culled from his annual concert series at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and prepared a movie soundtrack, Rush (January 1992). The soundtrack featured a song written for his son, "Tears in Heaven," that became a massive hit single.

In March 1992, Clapton recorded a concert for MTV Unplugged that, when released on an album in August, became his biggest-selling record ever. Two years later, Clapton returned with a blues album, From the Cradle, which became one of his most successful albums, both commercially and critically. Crossroads 2: Live in the '70s, a box set chronicling his live work from the '70s, was released to mixed reviews. In early 1997, Clapton, billing himself by the pseudonym "x-sample," collaborated with keyboardist/producer Simon Climie as the ambient new age and trip-hop duo T.D.F. The duo released Retail Therapy to mixed reviews in early 1997.

Clapton retained Climie as his collaborator for Pilgrim, his first album of new material since 1989's Journeyman. Pilgrim was greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its spring 1998 release, but the album debuted at number four and stayed in the Top 10 for several weeks on the success of the single "My Father's Eyes." In 2000, Clapton teamed up with old friend BB King on Riding With the King, a set of blues standards and material from contemporary singer/songwriters. Another solo outing entitled Reptile followed in early 2001. Three years later, Clapton issued Me and Mr. Johnson, a collection of tunes honoring the Mississippi-born bluesman Robert Johnson. 2005's Back Home, Clapton's 14th album of original material, reflected his ease with fatherhood. The Road to Escondido from 2006 paired him with the man behind "Cocaine" and "After Midnight", J.J. Cale. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Eagles to play private gig in London

Eagles private gig in London

Friday, October 12 2007, 15:23 BST

By Beth Hilton
The Eagles are to perform a private concert in London in front of members of the music industry.

Tickets for the show - to be held at the Indigo venue in the 02 Arena - are rumoured to cost up to £950 plus VAT.

A spokeswoman said the "once in a lifetime gig" is designed to mark the release of the band's album Long Road Out of Eden, the first containing new material since 1979's The Long Run.

Invited guests will receive “full hospitality” at the concert, including free meals, drinks and merchandise.

The Eagles broke up in the 1980s after a series of hits including 'Hotel California'. They reunited in the early 1990s and have been touring ever since.

Long Road Out of Eden is released on October 29, with the gig taking place two days later.


Eagles in London

*I love the Eagles songs but to pay that amount? I AM NOT INSANE! No wonder I didn't go to their concert in Dallas- it cost a lot of money! Damn it! There are a lot of wonderful bands out there!

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His career endured for more than 40 years.
Won 18 Grammy Awards - the only triple inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Clapton was a member of such seminal rock bands as Cream and Blind Faith, both featured on the album. A solo career hits 1n 1970 and the release of self-titled Eric Album and the 2005's Back Home. A Complete Clapton albums also featured songs with his collaboration with a blues legend BB King. The Road To Escondido ia a partnership with his long time friend great guitar man J.J Cale.
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Queen's Rhapsody voted best video

Queen were recently voted greatest British band of all time
Queen's groundbreaking promo for their 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody has been named the UK's best music video in a survey of music fans.
Out of 1,051 adults polled by O2, 30% named the six-minute video - which took only three hours to shoot and cost a mere £3,500 to make - their favourite.
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Procol Harum 1967

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