Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi Clapton a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1945 a Ripley, Surrey, Ingila, zuwa Patricia Molly Clapton mai shekaru 16 (7 ga Janairu, 1929 - Maris, 1999) da Edward Walter Fryer (21 ga Maris, 1920 - 15 ga Mayu, 1985), wani soja mai shekaru 25 daga Montreal, Quebec. Fryer ya tashi zuwa yaki kafin haihuwar Clapton sannan ya koma Kanada. Clapton ya girma yana gaskanta cewa kakarsa, Rose, da mijinta na biyu, Jack Clapp, mahaifin mahaifin Patricia, iyayensa ne, kuma mahaifiyarsa ita ce 'yar uwarsa. Kamannin sunayen sunaye ya haifar da kuskuren imani cewa ainihin sunan Clapton shine Clapp (Reginald Cecil Clapton shine sunan mijin farko na Rose, kakan mahaifiyar Eric Clapton). Shekaru daga baya, mahaifiyarsa ta auri wani sojan Kanada kuma ta koma Jamus, ta bar Eric tare da kakansa a Surrey. Clapton ya sami guitar mai suna Hoyer, wanda aka yi a Jamus, don ranar haihuwarsa ta goma sha uku, amma kayan aiki mai tsada mai tsada yana da wuya a yi wasa kuma ya rasa sha'awar dan lokaci. Shekaru biyu bayan haka Clapton ya sake dawowa kuma ya fara wasa akai-akai. An rinjayi Clapton ta hanyar blues daga farkon shekaru, kuma yayi aiki na tsawon sa'o'i don koyon kiɗan kiɗa na blues ta hanyar wasa tare da rikodin. Ya adana zamansa na gwaji ta amfani da na'urar rikodin Grundig mai ɗaukar hoto, yana sauraron su sau da yawa har sai ya ji cewa ya yi daidai.A cikin 1961, bayan barin Makarantar Hollyfield a Surbiton, Clapton ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kingston amma an sallame shi a ƙarshen shekarar ilimi saboda ya mai da hankali kan kiɗa maimakon zane-zane. Wasansa na guitar ya ci gaba sosai, har zuwa lokacin da yake da shekara 16, an lura da shi. A wannan lokacin, Clapton ya fara buzzing a kusa da Kingston, Richmond, da West End.  Tambaya: Ina Fryer ya koma bayan ya tafi yaki?
Ƙasar Kanada