The other day I picked up my guitar after ages. I’ve always been a ten-chord guitarist, good enough to get by at parties where fervour matters more than perfection, but after a long break even those ...

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. When he was 2 his mother felt she was unable to ...