Yes.
Eric Blind was born in 18??.
Eric Blind died on December 31, 1916, in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA of pneumonia.
There is nothing on the web that suggests that he is.
Eric Clapton was a member of Cream, The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Derek and the Dominosand Blind Faith.
Blind Faith
Cause he's blind in one eye.
The members of the rock band, Blind Faith were Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Rick Grech. They made one album titled Blind Faith.
blind faith
Steve Winwood is credited on the History of Eric Clapton.
That song was from the Blind Faith era.
Blind Joe Reynolds wrote it and Eric Clapton was the arranger for Cream's version off their second album.
Eric McKinnie has: Played himself in "The Late Late Show" in 1962. Played himself in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 1992. Played The Blind Boys of Alabama in "The Fighting Temptations" in 2003. Played Blind Boys of Alabama in "Hop" in 2011. Played himself in "Warren Haynes Presents Christmas Jam 24" in 2012.