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. He was brought up by his grandmother because his mother couldn't look after him - in fact, he thought that his grandmother was actually his real mother. When he was 14 he took up the guitar, having been influenced by blues artists such as 'B.B King' , Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. In 1963, after he was chucked out of art college ...[Read Story]