We wrote a song called 'Help Me Up' for the end of the movie… then Eric saw another place in the movie for a song and he said to me, 'I want to write a song about my boy.'" Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Flashback: Stevie Ray Vaughan Jams With Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy at Final Concert Shortly after this epic performance, Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash … He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and of Cream.Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Eric Clapton came up with the first verse when he mourned his four-years-old son, Conor, who died six month earlier. Jennings told in an interview, "Eric and I were engaged to write a song for a movie called Rush. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Unplugged is a 1992 album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series.