Eric Clapton Named Top UK Guitar Hero

11/29/2010
. (hennemusic) Iconic status has been placed on Eric Clapton for most, if not all, of his career, but it's impressive that fans have continued to hold the guitarist in high regard more than 40 years after his career began.

Clapton was voted the U.K.'s #1 Guitar Hero, according to a poll by the country's largest musical insurer, Allianz Musical Insurance.

At the London guitar show Guitar Nation Live, guitarists that visited the Allianz stand were asked to declare their guitar idols - those famous guitarists who have been a great musical influence on them. - See who else made the list

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