Who is clapton married to

Eric grew up believing that his grandmother Rose, and her second husband, Jack Clapp, Patricia's stepfather, were his parents, and that his mother was actually his older sister. Clapton married Pattie Boyd in She had previously been married to Clapton's friend George Harrison from to Clapton's songs 'Layla' and 'Wonderful Tonight' were inspired by her.

They divorced in He married his second wife Melia McEnery in a small church ceremony in January Melia was born in , and is 31 years younger than Eric. They met at a party in when Eric was 53 and Melia was Although both were married to other people at the time, they had a daughter in After ascertaining that the woman he had an affair with was no longer in the picture, Boyd said yes, and they married in Tucson, Ariz. Why We Loved Them: In their heyday, Clapton and Boyd epitomized the whirlwind musician-and-model-muse relationship trope we know and love.

And even though there was turbulence more on that later , Boyd said she never regretted any of it: "It was like hitching a ride on a shooting star: a fantastic experience that caused immense pain, but I'm glad I had it, she wrote in her book. I was in shock. I was 42 and had been trying to have a baby for 21 years and this woman had slept with my husband once or twice and was carrying his child.

But by , it was reported that the couple was done for good. In April, Boyd filed for divorce. The two young guitarists who replaced Clapton in The Yardbirds, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, would also go on to rank among the greatest rock guitarists in history.

The album, which included songs such as "What'd I Say" and "Ramblin' on My Mind," is widely considered among the greatest blues albums of all time. Clapton's miraculous guitar-playing on the album also inspired his most flattering nickname, "God," popularized by a bit of graffiti on the wall of a London Tube station reading "Clapton is God.

Despite the record's success, Clapton soon left the Bluesbreakers as well; a few months later, he teamed up with bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker to form the rock trio Cream. Performing highly original takes on blues classics such as "Crossroads" and "Spoonful," as well as modern blues tracks like "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room," Clapton pushed the boundaries of blues guitar.

On the strength of three well-received albums, Fresh Cream , Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire , as well as extensive touring in the United States, Cream achieved international superstar status. Yet they, too, broke up after two final concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, citing clashing egos as the cause.

After the breakup of Cream, Clapton formed yet another band, Blind Faith, but the group broke up after only one album and a disastrous American tour. Then, in , he formed Derek and the Dominos, and went on to compose and record one of the seminal albums of rock history, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

A concept album about unrequited love, Clapton wrote Layla to express his desperate affection for Pattie Boyd, the wife of the Beatles' George Harrison. The album was critically acclaimed but a commercial failure, and in its aftermath a depressed and lonely Clapton deteriorated into three years of heroin addiction. Clapton finally kicked his drug habit and reemerged onto the music scene in with two concerts at London's Rainbow Theater organized by his friend Pete Townshend of The Who.

Despite his great musical productivity during these years, Clapton's personal life remained in woeful disarray. However, by this time Clapton had simply replaced his heroin addiction with alcoholism, and his drinking placed a constant strain on their relationship. He was an unfaithful husband and conceived two children with other women during their marriage.

Clapton and Boyd divorced in In , Clapton's son Conor died when he fell out of the window of his mother's apartment. The tragedy took a heavy toll on Clapton and also inspired one of his most beautiful and heartfelt songs, "Tears in Heaven.

He recalled their first meeting and said, "There was something about her She occupied her space with absolute authority.

It was clear that even though she was half my age she was capable of being an adequate partner for anybody. Before meeting McEnery, Clapton had a reputation as a womanizer — and it's something he's been open about as well. Girlfriends became a way of avoiding being with myself," he explained to The Telegraph. From to , Clapton was married to Pattie Boyd , with whom he fell in love while she was still married to his friend, the late Beatle George Harrison.