Clapton (Paperback)

~ Ray Coleman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (August 26, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446386308
• ISBN-13: 978-0446386302
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,718,935 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one great book, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

This book has it all from pictures to journal writings. This book tells about EC's struggles as a young boy in art school to his marriage and even about his drug habits. This book is number one in my book and always will. It is a must read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good till the last drop, September 16, 1998

By A Customer

Clapton! Good Till the last drop

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hagiography Taken to Extremes, October 27, 2000

By A Customer

If you are a Clapton fan and need 300 pages of reassurance that he is a a gifted musician, then put this book at the top of your shopping list. If, however, you are looking for an objective assessment of his life, career and impact as a musician you'll need to look elsewhere.

Clapton and Coleman were close friends and this book is essentially a 300-page french kiss, as most third-party "authorized biographies" are. It's hard to imagine a book with more postive editorializing adjectives per page (briliant, superb, amazing, stunning.)

Clapton's failed marriages are glossed over in a paragraph or so and his heroin addiction is treated like a valiant and ultimately positive "adventure." The author throws out all prentense of neutrality by the end of the first chapter.

Coleman is capable of superb work, as his definitive biography of John Lennon shows. One can only hope that someday someone will do a similar treatment of Clapton's life. This isn't it by a long stretch.

If you are in the market for a first-rate biography of a great guitarist, consider Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy.