He was honored first as a member of the Yardbirds, then with Cream, then as a solo performer in two thousand.

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Clapton relied on this instrument throughout his career, from the Yardbirds, to Cream, to John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos, and then as a solo artist.

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They range from the 60s with bands like the Rolling Stones, Small Faces and the Yardbirds, through the 70s (Slade, Suzi Quatro, Sweet) and 80s (Eurythmics, Elton John) to the 90s (Oasis, Verve, Catatonia).

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Since his days in The Yardbirds as part of the British invasion of the 1960s, Beck has picked and plucked and whammy bar'd his way to true Guitar Hero status ( and not the video game kind).

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