![]() JR-3 He became more enamored with the blues artists who inspired rock and roll, namely Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red Whittaker, and Robert Johnson. Clapton’s grandparents bought him a guitar for his 13th birthday. In his youth, Clapton was swept up by American rock-and-roll, especially a Jerry Lee Lewis performance of “Great Balls of Fire” in 1958, via television. ![]() JR-1 When he was only 2, his mom left him with her mother and stepfather and met another Canadian serviceman, married him, and moved to Canada. ![]() When the war was over, Fryer went back home to Canada and his wife. The married Fryer had an affair with her and she got pregnant. His father was a Canadian airman named Edward Fryer who met Pat Clapton at one of his dance-band gigs. He was born Eric Patrick Clapton on Main Ripley, England.
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