Eric Clapton: Lost In The Blues (Paperback)

~ (Author) "By the time Eric Clapton was born in 1945, his spiritual ancestor Robert Johnson had been dead for about seven years, after drinking some poisoned..." (more)
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Eric Clapton's position as the world's greatest rock guitarist is unlikely to change in our lifetime. His career over the past four decades has been closely followed by millions of fans, as a member of the influential Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes, and for many years as a highly successful solo artist. He has a vast catalogue behind him. His rise to guitar hero in the 60s led to a much documented involvement with drugs. The historic Rainbow concert marked the beginning of his return. His turbulent marriage to Patti Boyd was another media favorite. Ultimately it is Clapton's music and complete mastery of the electric guitar which is his most important attribute. Unavailable for several years, Shapiro's earlier study, Slowhand, established itself as one of the classics of rock biography. Here the life is fully reappraised and brought up-to-date to cover the tragic death of Clapton's son, Conor, in 1991 and includes a complete discography and many previously unpublished photographs.

About the Author

Harry Shapiro is the author of a number of critically acclaimed works including Waiting For the Man: The Story of Drugs and Popular Music, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy and Graham Bond: The Mighty Shadow. Shapiro works in the drug abuse field and has been writing about music for over ten years. He lives with his partner and two children in Harrow, England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (August 21, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306804808
• ISBN-13: 978-0306804809
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,196,766 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Lost in The Reproduction, February 29, 2008

By	Paul W. Petraitis (Chicago, Il USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm in the middle of writing a piece on the blues boom of the '60's and am reading all I can on the principal players. After reading Clapton's auto biography, I ordered two more Clapton books, STRANGE BREW and LOST IN THE BLUES. I discovered to my displeasure that LOST is little more than a reprint of his previous book with a new title and some new pictures. Though the text is breezy it's (still) loaded with factual errors. As a professional musician and historian I'm always leery of musical talks in books like these...there's a lot of rehashing of myths. That would be OK if there were anything like new quotes in the book, which there aren't. At least the ghost- written/edited autobiography had some personal insights into the man himself..precious little on music though. What is the worst thing about LOST is the dark, over-inked photographs, possibly the worst photographic reproductions ever to be offered by a legitimate publishing house. Having spentmany a year as a photographer myself I wonder where quality control was for this project? Who OK'd this mess? I'd love to see these new images reproduced with the care they deserve. I'm almost tempted to give it ONE STAR...maybe ONE AND A HALF...the delightfully obsessive STRANGE BREW is a better buy for my money.Eric Clapton: Lost in the Blues