Eric Clapton, the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will return to St. Paul’s Grand Casino Arena Sept. 15.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan will open.
Clapton, who turns 81 at the end of March, began performing as a teenager. In 1963, he joined the Yardbirds, a British band that played Chicago-style blues. He left the group two years later, after their single “For Your Love” became a chart success. He then joined the power trio Cream, rock music’s first supergroup.
Cream only lasted 28 months, but sold more than 15 million albums and scored hits with “White Room,” “Sunshine of Your Love” and “Crossroads.” Clapton’s next group, Blind Faith, included Steve Winwood, with whom he shared the stage when he last played the X in June 2009.
After joining yet another band, Derek and the Dominos, Clapton embarked on a solo career that earned him 18 Grammy Awards and second place, behind Jimi Hendrix, on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time list. His many hits include “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Lay Down Sally,” “Forever Man,” “It’s in the Way That You Use It,” “Bad Love” and “Tears in Heaven.”
Clapton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. His St. Paul concert is one of just six he announced Monday.
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