Growing Up Without Parents
Clapton’s anguish at Conor’s death could have been exacerbated by the fact that he was raised without a mother or father. In 1944, Clapton’s father, Edward Fryer, a Canadian soldier, had a night out with Clapton’s mother, Pat Clapton. Pat, on the other hand, was just 15 years old at the time and had no intention of becoming a mother. Clapton’s mother, you see, moved to Canada when he was only a child with another guy.
Growing Up Without Parents
My Father’s Eyes
Clapton grew up assuming that his grandma Rose was his mother as a result. And he has mistaken Pat for an elder sister when she turned up, which she did on occasion. Clapton, on the other hand, was evidently tormented by his father’s absence, as he wrote “My Father’s Eyes” in memory of Fryer in 1988.
My Father’s Eyes
