Guitar Memoriabilia
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer.
Clapton's choice of electric guitars has been as notable as the man himself, and alongside Hank Marvin, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, Clapton has exerted a crucial and widespread influence in popularising particular models of the electric guitar.
On 24 June 2004, Clapton sold "Blackie" at Christie's Auction House, New York for $959,500 to raise funds for his Crossroads Centre.
In 2004, Clapton organised and participated in the Crossroads Guitar Festival to benefit the Centre. A second guitar auction, including the "Cream" of Clapton's collection - as well as guitars donated by famous friends - was also held on 24 June 2004. The total revenue garnered by this auction at Christie's was US $7,438,624.
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King played guitars of different brands early in his career. He played a Fender Telecaster on most of his recordings with RPM Records. However, he is best known for playing variants of the Gibson ES-355.
On November 5, 2000 King donated an autographed copy of Lucille to the National Music Museum.
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