Celebrate Three Eras of Rock Hall of Famer Eric Clapton

With just about one week to go before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, who better to celebrate than three-time inductee, Eric Clapton?

In 1992, Clapton was inducted as a member of the Yardbirds. The following year, he was inducted with Cream, and to top it off, he was inducted as a solo artist on March 6, 2000.

With 18 Grammys and a number 2 ranking on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” Slowhand has proved himself as a straight-up legend.

Below, celebrate the virtuosic guitarist in each of the three eras that landed Clapton in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Yardbirds “Louise”

Clapton was just a kid in ’64. For someone so young to play guitar that well is astounding.

Cream “Sunshine of Your Love”

I mean, he’s introduced by the narrator as “the finest instrumentalist of his kind in the world.” Enough said.

Eric Clapton “Cocaine”

That solo is deserving of more than a few slow claps.