Eric Clapton was born on March 30, 1945. His mother, Patricia Molly Clapton was only 16 years old at that time. His father was Edward Walter Fryer, 24 year old Canadian soldier who was stationed in England during the WWII, left them both and returned to his wife in Canada. When he was growing up he was quiet, polite boy with a talent for art. He believed that his mother was actually his sister, and that his grandparents were his real parents-he lived in that belief until he was nine. He started playing guitar around the time he started college. …
