Eric Clapton, nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Yardbirds, Cream, and solo). Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Although Clapton’s musical style has varied throughout his career, it has always remained rooted in the blues. Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of his career, which have included blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and psychedelic rock (with Cream). Clapton has also achieved great chart success in genres ranging from Delta blues (Me and Mr. Johnson) to pop (”Change the World”) and reggae (Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff”). Clapton also achieved fame with Derek and the Dominos through the hit song “Layla”.
Tears in Heaven
“Tears in Heaven” is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the former’s pain he felt following the 1991 death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a 53rd-story window in his mother’s New York City condominium. By all accounts, the death was simply a tragic accident, and Clapton was distraught for months afterwards.
Clapton stopped playing it in 2004, as well as the song “My Father’s Eyes.”
“I didn’t feel the loss anymore, which is so much a part of performing those songs. I really have to connect with the feelings that were there when I wrote them. They’re kind of gone and I really don’t want them to come back, particularly. My life is different now. They probably just need a rest and maybe I’ll introduce them for a much more detached point of view.”
http://djallyn.org/media/Eric_Clapton-Tears_in_heaven.flvWould you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?I must be strong
And carry on,
‘Cause I know I don’t belong
Here in heaven.Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?I’ll find my way
Through night and day,
‘Cause I know I just can’t stay
Here in heaven.Time can bring you down,
Time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart,
Have you begging please, begging please.Beyond the door,
There’s peace I’m sure,
And I know there’ll be no more
Tears in heaven.Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?I must be strong
And carry on,
‘Cause I know I don’t belong
Here in heaven.
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