14 January

Eric's  Journeyman World Tour opened with the first of three consecutive nights at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. It was his largest world tour to date. The tour ended in Yokohama, Japan on 13 December

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17 January

Eric's album, Journeyman, which was released in November 1989, received a Gold Record Award from the RIAA (US). It would  go platinum on 13 March 1990

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18 January

Opening night of Eric's 18 night residency took place at London's Royal Albert Hall with concerts through 10 February. During his 4th residency at the venue, Eric performed with 4 different lineups including a blues band and a full orchestra. Select concerts were filmed and recorded for broadcast in their entirety by the BBC

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24 March

Eric performed on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live for the first time

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10 April

The citation that announced Minor Planet 4305 was named "Clapton" in Eric's honor was published in the Minor Planet Circular of the International Astronomical Union

Eric took home a lifetime achievement award at the 2nd International Rock Awards in ceremonies at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City

Eric was one of the performers along with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant and more that played at the The Silver Clef Award Winners concert at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire

Eric's  Journeyman world tour had its second night at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray jammed with Eric for the encore. SRV and members of Eric's crew are killed in tragic helicopter accident following the concert

21 January

Eric began rehearsing for a record-breaking run of 24 Nights at the Royal Albert Hall at The Point in Dublin, Ireland followed by two public warm-up shows at the venue on 31 January and 2 February

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5 February 

Eric performed the first night of his record-breaking 24 Nights at London's Royal Albert Hall. During his fifth and longest residency at the venue, Eric performed with a four-piece band, nine-piece band, blues band and full orchestra. All of the concerts were recorded for a live album and broadcast in their entirety by the BBC. During the run of shows, Eric also played on guest recording sessions in London for Buddy Guy, Johnnie Johnson and Richie Sambora

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9 March

Eric performed the final show of his 24 Nights at the Royal Albert Hall

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20 March

In a tragic accident, Eric's 4 1/2-year-old son, Conor died when he fell out of an open window in a Manhattan high-rise condominium where Conor’s mother was staying. Eric had taken Conor to the circus the night before at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island

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August

In the aftermath of his young son’s tragic death, Eric coped by playing guitar and throwing himself into his work. At The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, Eric recorded songs including the Grammy-winning "Tears in Heaven” plus soundtrack instrumentals for the film, Rush

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October

At The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, Eric recorded early versions of “Circus Left Town,” “My Father’s Eyes,” and “Lonely Stranger,” all inspired by his son, Conor

24 Nights was released on CD, LP and VHS. It was compiled from 42 concerts performed by Eric at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1990 and 1991

Eric and George Harrison began their Rock Legends Tour of Japan at the Yokohama Arena. A live double-album, George Harrison: Live in Japan, was released in July 1992

U2's The Edge inducted The Yardbirds into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. Eric was not at the ceremony, as he was scheduled to record MTV’s Unplugged the next day in England

Eric's episode of MTV’s Unplugged was recorded at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, Berkshire. The companion CD went on to be the most successful live album of all time

Eric launched his 1992 Tour with a concert at the Brighton Centre in East Sussex, England. The tour would include 12 nights at the Royal Albert Hall along with numerous dates in the US and Europe. He also teamed up with Elton John for a series of double-bill dates in Paris, Rotterdam, London, Lausanne, Monza, New York and Los Angeles

Eric recorded “Runaway Train” with Elton John at Town House Studios in London. The song was featured on Elton John’s The One and the soundtrack to Lethal Weapon 3. During this period, Eric worked with David Sanborn and Michael Kamen on the soundtrack in London and New York.  Sting joined them in New York to record “It’s Probably Me,” which appeared on the soundtrack album and Sting’s album, Ten Summoners Tales

18 March

Eric's single, "Tears in Heaven" received a Gold Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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15 April

Eric's single, "Tears in Heaven" received a Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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17 April

Eric's double-live album, 24 Nights, received a Gold Record Award from the RIAA (US)

Eric, Michael Kamen's and David Sanborn's Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack album was released

16 October

Eric was one of the many artists to perform at Columbia Records Celebrates the Music of Bob Dylan in a concert broadcast on radio and Pay-Per-View TV from Madison Square Garden in New York City

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28 October

Eric's  Unplugged CD earned Gold, Platinum and 2X Platinum Record Awards and the "Unplugged" video earned a Gold Sales Award from the RIAA (US)

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10 December

Eric's Unplugged CD received a 3X Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

At the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Eric, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce performed together for the first time since their two farewell shows at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 November 1968

2 February

Eric received the Royal Variety Club Award for Outstanding Recording Artist of 1992

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20 February

Eric opened his 7th annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Eric played all blues music for the 12 shows

The 1993 Grammy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Eric took home 6 Grammys and performed "Tears In Heaven." It was broadcasted live on CBS-TV (US) with an audience of 30 million

Eric, Jeff Beck, BB King and many others performed at the Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame concert celebrating the New York venue’s 50th anniversary. It was filmed for a later television broadcast in the US

August

Eric played on a session for a Curtis Mayfield Tribute Album and for a Jimi Hendrix Tribute Album at the Hit Factory in New York City

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29 September

Eric's Unplugged album received a 7X Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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1 -3 October

Eric headlined two benefit concerts for the Chemical Dependency Centre at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham followed by a third performance at the Sheffield Arena. Joe Cocker joined Eric for a few songs each evening

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12 October

Eric's Japan Tour opened at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo with the first of eight non-consecutive shows at the venue. The 14-date tour ended at the venue on 31 October

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10 November

Blind Faith's 1969 self-titled debut album received a Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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November – December

Eric's all-blues album, From The Cradle, was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in London. Final sessions took place in March 1994

Eric inducted The Band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremonies were held at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, and Clapton joined The Band on stage for a performance of “The Weight”

16 February

Eric played a warm-up gig at the Apollo Theatre in Ardwick Green, Manchester prior to his annual Royal Albert Hall residency

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20 February

Eric opened his 8th annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The set lists for the 12 nights were predominantly blues

An expanded version of the double LP Derek And The Dominos In Concert was released on 2CD and vinyl as Live At The Fillmore. The tracks were recorded on 23/24 October 1970

28 February

Eric performed his 100th solo show at London's Royal Albert Hall during his 8th annual residency. The concert also served as a benefit for Children in Crisis

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2 May

Eric played a benefit concert for the T.J. Martell Foundation at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City

Eric's 12th solo studio album, From The Cradle, was released. It won a Grammy Award for “Best Traditional Blues Album” and became his only #1 UK album to date

Eric was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on NBC-TV in the US (Season 20, Episode 1)

28 September

Eric's final rehearsal for the Nothing But The Blues Tour was filmed for later television broadcast on VH-1 at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York City

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3 October

Opening night of Eric's Nothing But The Blues North American Tour took place at The Forum in Montreal, Quebec. The arena tour ended a month later on 4 November at the San Jose Arena in California

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7 November

Eric's US Tour supporting his all-blues album From The Cradle opened with 3 shows at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California which were filmed for the Nothing But The Blues documentary 

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16 November

Eric's album, From The Cradle, received Gold, Platinum and 2X Platinum Record Awards from the RIAA (US)

A remastered expanded edition of Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert was released on the 22nd anniversary of the concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London

15 February

Eric opened the UK leg of his 1995 From The Cradle Tour with a concert at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow. The tour went to Europe, the US, and Japan before it ended on 13 October at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo

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19 February

First night of Eric's 9th annual residency at London's Royal Albert Hall. The twelve shows were part of his From The Cradle Tour

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16 March

Eric's album, From The Cradle, received a 3X Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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4 May

Eric won "Crossover Artist of the Year" at the 16th W.C. Handy Blues Awards ceremony by The Blues Foundation

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11 May 

Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Dr John, and Art Neville played a tribute concert for Steve Ray Vaughan that was filmed and recorded on the University of Texas Campus in Austin. It was later released as A Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan in CD and video formats

Eric and Dr John took part in filming Jools Holland's Hootenanny for broadcast on New Year's Eve at the BBC Television Centre in White City, London

Eric recorded incidental music for the film, The Van at Olympic Studios in London

Eric recorded “Change The World” with Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds at Village Recorders in Los Angeles for the Phenomenon film soundtrack

16 February

Eric played a warm-up show for his 10th Royal Albert Hall residency at the NYNEX Arena in Manchester plus Unplugged, received a 10X Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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18 February

Eric performed his 10th and final annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall in London. There were 12 shows. After this run, he returned to the venue for occasional residencies

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19 March

Eric was one of the performers at The Prince's Youth Business Trust 10th Anniversary: A Royal Gala at London's Royal Albert Hall. It was broadcasted live on Carlton Television

Eric's compilation box set, Crossroads 2 (Live In The Seventies), was released

Eric and Dr John filmed an episode of Duets for VH1 at Roseland Ballroom in New York City

Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Joan Osborne, Liza Minelli and others took part in the Luciano Pavarotti and Friends for War Child benefit concert at Parco Novi Sad in Modena, Italy

Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Who, Alannis Morissette, Jools Holland and Imogen Heap performed sets at the Masters of Music Concert For The Prince's Trust in Hyde Park, London

"Change The World" was released as a single. It spent 43 weeks in the US Top 40

Eric and Simon Climie collaborated on music for an upcoming Giorgio Armani Fashion Show at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California. Some of the music made it onto Eric's side project, T.D.F.’s Retail Therapy album in 1997

Eric is one of the performers at the Giorgio Armani Gala at the Lexington Armory in New York City. Plus "Change The World," received a Gold Record Award from the RIAA (US)

Eric began recording his album, Pilgrim, at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California.  The sessions continued in November in London at Olympic Studios through 1997

January - February

Eric recorded the soundtrack for Nil By Mouth at Olympic Studios in London in January. During this time, he also played on guest sessions for the Tony Rich Project and BeBe WInans

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26 February

Eric won 3 Grammy Awards in ceremonies held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He also performed his blockbuster single, "Change The World," with Babyface during the live telecast

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3 July

The final rehearsal for the Legends Jazz Tour took place at Auditorium Stravinsky in Montreux, Switzerland. Legends played 11 jazz festivals through 17 July. A number of the concerts were filmed and recorded

Twelve years after its release, Eric's 1985 album, Behind The Sun, received a Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

Eric played a guest session with BB King at Town House Studios in London for BB’s upcoming album, Deuces Wild.

Eric's Live in Hyde Park was released on VHS. It was recorded on 29 June 1996 during the MasterCard Masters of Music Concert for The Prince's Trust

Eric along with Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Buffet, Mark Knopfler and Elton John performed a benefit concert, Music for Montserrat at the Royal Albert Hall in London

The Cream CD box set, Those Were The Days, was released

Eric filmed a guest appearance on Babyface Unplugged for MTV at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York. They recorded "Change The World" and "Talk To Me" in front of a live audience

Eric started his Far East Tour with his first-ever concert in South Korea at the Olympic Gymnasium in Seoul. The tour ended on 31 October at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo

Derek and The Dominos' "Layla" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame which honors musical recordings of lasting historical significance

Pilgrim, Eric's first solo studio album since 1989's Journeyman was released. It reached the Top 10 in 22 countries

30 March

Eric opened his Pilgrim World Tour at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The tour ended 13 December at Messehalle 2 in Hannover, Germany

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22 April

Pilgrim received a Gold and Platinum Record Award from the RIAA (US)

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5 September

Eric performed at the World Convention of Narcotics Anonymous held at the San Jose University Event Center in San Jose, California

Eric was a guest performer for After New Year's Eve with David Sanborn. It was pre-recorded at Unitel TV Studios in New York City for broadcast 1 January 1999 on ABC-TV

Eric was one of the guest performers at A Very Special Christmas at The White House in Washington, DC, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. It was broadcasted on television and later released on CD and video formats

Eric won an American Music Award as "Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist." The ceremony from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California was broadcasted live on ABC-TV (US)

Eric recorded “Blue Eyes Blue” for the Runaway Bride soundtrack. He also recorded the soundtrack for The Story of Us at Paramount Scoring in Hollywood, California

Eric performed with BB King and George Benson at the 30th NAACP Image Awards at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. It was filmed for television and broadcasted on 4 March on the Fox Network

Eric performed with BB King at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. He won his 13th Grammy for "My Father's Eyes" and Cream's Disraeli Gears was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for recorded works

Eric performed "Boogie Chillin" with John Lee Hooker, Robert Jr Lockwood, Hubert Sumlin and others at the 10th Annual Rhythm and Blues Foundation Awards at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, California

Eric's album, Unplugged, received the first Diamond Record Award from the RIAA (US)

Eric's first guitar auction to benefit the Crossroads Centre Antigua Foundation took place at Christie's Auction House in New York City. It raised $4.4 million

Eric's  first benefit concert for the Crossroads Centre Antigua Foundation took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It aired on VH-1 and was later released on video formats

Eric was one of the guest performers at Central Park in Blue: Sheryl Crow and Friends in New York City. It was broadcasted live on television and later released on CD

Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton, featuring his hits from 1984-1999 was released on CD and DVD

Eric received the GQ Man of the Year Award for Music (Solo Artist)

Eric was one of the performers at The Concert of The Century for VH1 Save The Music Campaign at The White House in Washington, DC

Eric Clapton & Friends In Concert was released on VHS and DVD. It was the first benefit concert for Crossroads Centre Antigua, filmed on 30 June at the Madison Square Garden in New York City

2 November

Eric received the first Stevie Ray Vaughan Award from the Music Assistance Program Allegro Awards in recognition for his efforts in establishing Crossroads Centre

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9 November

Eric opened a 14-date tour of Japan at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo

Eric played on “Sunshine of Your Love” and “White Room” for Jack Bruce’s upcoming album, Shadows In The Air at Olympic Studios in London