How did Eric Clapton (according to Rolling Stone magazine the second greatest guitarist of all time) earn the nickname 'Slowhand'?

It appears to have come from the fact that audiences would clap very slowly, out of boredom, while Clapton was changing a broken guitar string, something that happened often -- he must have been using cheap strings. A slow clap in the UK apparently signifies boredom or frustration. (After all the time I've spent there, I've learned something new.)

I personally consider Clapton to be the greatest guitarist of all time. I couldn't care less what RS has to say about it.


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