CLAPTON! An Authorized Biography

by Coleman, Ray

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NY: Warner Books, 1985. 4th printing. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. pp: xv, 368, index; 50+ illus from photographs. "In-depth biography of rock's greatest blues guitarist." 8" x 5.25".

Book summary

Sex, drugs, rock & roll, and trout fishing--Ray Coleman's comprehensive authorized biography of one of the most influential guitarists to emerge from the British 1960s blues boom has all the elements of a classic rock biography. Coleman's portrayal reveals Eric Clapton as both phenomenally talented and incredibly insecure, a combination that led to worldwide acclaim but also to addictions to heroin and alcohol. (The trout fishing let Clapton place a little distance between himself and his demons.) Coleman skillfully constructs a detailed picture of life on the '60s British rock scene, with its petty jealousies and rivalries, and Clapton's meteoric rise from the toast of London's clubland as the guitarist of the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Buesbreakers, to international prominence, first as one third of the seminal supergroup Cream, then as a member of Blind Faith, is painstakingly itemized. His later battles with alcoholism are exhaustively described, and Coleman also chronicles Clapton's stormy love life, in particular the relationship with Patti Boyd that inspired one of his biggest hits, "Layla." With an extensive discography and an instructive timeline of his career, CLAPTON! is one of the most comprehensive and revealing biographies of the guitarist available.

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