A unique case. Despite not being overly productive in producing superhits, Clapton garnered universal adoration and became known as the best rock guitarist. Slow Hand or "Slowhand" - that's what he was called in his foggy British youth, when he savored the delights of mastering his first guitar for 14 pounds sterling, gifted by his grandmother and grandfather on his 14th birthday (a lucky number?), and dreamed of Muddy Waters.