Clapton

the autobiography

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Eric Clapton: Clapton (2007, Random House)

343 pages

English language

Published 2007 by Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-385-51851-2
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Review of 'Clapton' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I've enjoyed his music, but would never say I was an Eric Clapton fan. His autobiography popped up as Goodreads deal of the day and I picked it up. I didn't realize how interesting Clapton's life has been, I was most familiar with him from Unplugged forward, so he always seemed like a fairly mellow guitarist.

But his early days were far from mellow, his autobiography goes into plenty of the details of his days as a rock and roll star during the 60's, 70's and 80's and all the drugs, alcohol, girls, addictions, and eventual recovery that entailed. I also never realized how much, and how many people his life cross passed with. A real fascinating and interesting life and glad he shared and I read it.

The book itself goes a bit too much into the details of recordings, producers, managers, and lots of extra details which had …

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  • Clapton, Eric
  • Rock musicians -- England -- Biography