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Eric Clapton Discusses His Later Career.

PART II: Rock guitarist Eric Clapton. His friends call him "Slowhand," his fans call him "God." Whatever name he goes by, Eric Clapton is at or near the top of any list of the greatest guitar players in rock history. In the 60's Clapton started playing the blues with the Yardbirds (For Your Love) and then played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before forming Cream, one of the 60's most influential bands (Crossroads, White Room). Clapton then became part of the band Blind Faith, played and toured with Delany and Bonnie, and fronted Derek and the Dominoes (Layla, Little Wing). To top it off, Clapton's made more than a dozen solo albums (After Midnight, Cocaine, I Shot the Sheriff). His latest is called "Journeyman." Clapton's later work with Cream and Blind Faith, and his personal life are all explored in today's interview.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 8, 1989: Interview with Eric Clapton, part 2; Interview with Abdullah Ibrahim; Interview with Mark Halliday.
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Abdullah Ibrahim Discusses Jazz and Apartheid.

South African pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim (E-bra-HEEM). His music is influenced by South African vocal and popular music, early American Jazz, church music, and American Jazz of the 1960's and 1970's which was influenced by African music. One of his songs, "Mannenberg is Where It's Happening (Capetown Fringe)," a vocal, was a hit in South Africa and became the anthem for the Soweto uprisings of 1976. Ibrahim formerly went by the name Dollar Brand, and has several albums under that name. Ibrahim lives in New York in self-imposed exile from South Africa.

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Eric Clapton Discusses His Early Career.

Rock guitarist Eric Clapton. His friends call him "Slowhand," his fans call him "God." Whatever name he goes by, Eric Clapton is at or near the top of any list of the greatest guitar players in rock history. Clapton started out playing blues with the Yardbirds (For Your Love) in the early 60s, then played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before forming Cream, one of the 60s most influential bands (Crossroads, White Room).

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Jimi Hendrix, Before He Was Famous

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