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他被叫做慢手，在中国通常有两个解释 1. 他弹太快，导致远看出现变慢的幻觉。
2. 人们故意叫他做慢手，突显他的速度有多快。
其实，真正的原因是，他年轻表演时，常断弦，换太慢，因而得名。
以下是出自外国网站 http://www.whereseric.com/the-vault/biographical-information-eric-clapton/how-did-eric-clapton-get-his-nickname-slowhand
HOW DID ERIC CLAPTON GET HIS NICKNAME, SLOWHAND?
The Yardbirds' manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, gave Eric Clapton the nickname 「Slowhand」 in early 1964.
The Yardbirds rhythm guitarist, Chris Dreja, recalled that whenever Eric Clapton broke a guitar string during a concert, Eric would stay on stage and replace it. The English audiences
would wait out the delay by doing a 「slow handclap」. [The British colloquialism is "to be given the slowhand".]
Clapton told his official biographer, Ray Coleman, in the mid-80s that 「My nickname of 'Slowhand' came from Giorgio Gomelsky. He coined it as a good pun. He kept saying I was a fast player,
so he put together the slow handclap phrase into 'Slowhand' as a play on words.」
In a June 1999 online chat, Clapton gave a slightly different version of how his nickname came about: 「I think it might have been a play on words from the 「Clap」 part of my name. In
England, in sport, if the crowd is getting anxious, we have a slow handclap, which indicates boredom or frustration. But it wasn't my idea it was someone else's comment.」
In Clapton - The Autobiography (2007), Eric had this to say, "On my guitar I used light-gauge guitar strings, with a very thin first string, which made it easier to bend the notes, and it was
not uncommon during the most frenetic bits of playing for me to break at least one string. During the pause while I was changing my string, the frenzied audience would often break
into a slow handclap, inspiring Giorgio to dream up the nickname of 'Slowhand' Clapton."
内容是说，慢手是他在YARDBIRDS时，经理人Giorgio Gomelsky给他改的。在他的自传中，他说自己爱用幼弦，因为比较容易推弦，但同时亦很容易被推断，故此常常要在表演时换弦。由于他换的速度太慢，不耐烦的观众就给他慢慢的拍掌，英国俗语叫做"to be given the slowhand"，最后启发了他的经理人，叫他做慢手。埃里克·克莱普顿自己本人对慢手的来源有两个解读。第一次是在80年代中期，他说他经理人（Giorgio Gomelsky)经常说他弹的很快，所以玩一下文字叫他作慢手。到了1999年6月时，他终于在网上承认是因为换弦很慢的源故。
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