Eric Clapton: The Autobiography

Eric Clapton has produced a gem of a rock memoir, in which he lays bare the painful roots of his music. Clapton speaks honestly and touchingly not only about the external course of his life but of what music has meant to him. That makes it much the best of this season’s rock memoirs. Clapton delivers himself profoundly. It’s extremely moving. * Evening Standard *
Clapton relates what happened with painful honesty. In other rock stars, such plump contentment might seem hypocritical, even vulgar. But with Eric Clapton, you feel that a little comfort is the least he deserves. * Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday (4 star review) *
This is an essential read * Observer *
It’s a raw and remarkable piece of self-exposure * Daily Telegraph *
It is a pity more autobiograophers don’t have Clapton’s grounding in the blues. * Sunday Times *
His story is certainly deserving of telling. What sets this book apart is Clapton’s sheer stature. His tale is frank, witty and engaging. Worth a read. * News of the World *
This is a gripping read * Observer *
Eric Clapton: The Autobiography is nail-biting, white-knuckle stuff * Tatler *
An inspiring story of struggle, setback and redemption, The early chapters bring vividly alive the mood and music of the times, and the young Clapton cuts a deceptively sympathetic figure: an idealist, dedicated to maintaining the ‘purity’ of his music; modest about his talents, candid about his professional jealousies, his shyness, his sexual insecurities. * Telegraph *
Clapton’s book is a candid, almost confessional look back on a starry life. This is a compelling, down-to-earth document of the man behind the guitar-hero mask. * Q *

Eric Clapton was born in 1945. At the age of eighteen, he joined the Yardbirds and in 1966, he formed Cream with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos followed before Eric embarked on his solo career which has spanned three decades to date. He has produced dozens of bestselling albums selling tens of millions of copies. He is married with three daughters and lives with his family in Surrey. He also has another daughter, Ruth, by a previous relationship.

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