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The Beatles had some juice when it came to distortion, but Clapton was finally able to break through those early studio engineers' fear of overloading. He defined the sound that guitarists spend the rest of their lives trying to get.

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Joe Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 10
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