Clapton

I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest autobiography More than a rock star, he is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of nine, believed his actual mother to be his sister In his early teens his solace was the guitar, and his incredible talent would make him a cult hero in the clubs of Britain and inspire devoted fans to scrawl Clapton is God on the walls of London s Underground With the formation of Cream, the world s first supergroup, he became a worldwide superstar, but conflicting personalities tore the band apart within two years His stints in Blind Faith, in Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and in Derek and the Dominos were also short lived but yielded some of the most enduring songs in history, including the classic Layla During the late sixties he played as a guest with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, as well as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and longtime friend George Harrison It was while working with the latter that he fell for George s wife, Pattie Boyd, a seemingly unrequited love that led him to the depths of despair, self imposed seclusion, and drug addiction By the early seventies he had overcome his addiction and released the bestselling album 461 Ocean Boulevard, with its massive hit I Shot the Sheriff He followed that with the platinum album Slowhand, which included Wonderful Tonight, the touching love song to Pattie, whom he finally married at the end of 1979 A short time later, however, Eric had replaced heroin with alcohol as his preferred vice, following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage In the eighties he would battle and begin his recovery from alcoholism and become a father But just as his life was coming together, he was struck by a terrible blow His beloved four year old son, Conor, died in a freak accident At an earlier time Eric might have coped with this tragedy by fleeing into a world of addiction But now a much stronger man, he took refuge in music, responding with the achingly beautiful Tears in Heaven Clapton is the powerfully written story of a survivor, a man who has achieved the pinnacle of success despite extraordinary demons It is one of the most compelling memoirs of our time. Free Download [ Clapton ] by [ Eric Clapton ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr It seems as if Eric Clapton wrote this tell all autobiography in an attempt to debunk the oft heard graffiti fied slogan Clapton is God If so, mission accomplished I ve loved his music since I can remember, but I never really considered what he was like as a person Turns out that he s an average joe, who can sometimes be a bit of a dicklike most average joes He s got his reasons illegitimacy, abandonment and a bevy of the usual childhood dramas Clapton lays them out fairly generously It seems as if Eric Clapton wrote this tell all autobiography in an attempt to debunk the oft heard graffiti fied slogan Clapton is God If so, mission accomplished I ve loved his music since I can remember, but I never really considered what he was like as a person Turns out that he s an average joe, who can sometimes be a bit of a dicklike most average joes He s got his reasons illegitimacy, abandonment and a bevy of the usual childhood dramas Clapton lays them out fairly generously and you have to give him credit for owning up to his less than stellar side Clapton will always hold a place in my heart for the work he did in the 60s with such legen...Eric Clapton s attempt at writing an interesting account of his life was pretty much a failure I read the book because I am a Clapton fan though not a huge one , because I had read another rock star s Anthony Kiedis drug related biography and thoroughly enjoyed it, and because my mom got it for me so I felt obligated to do so From beginning to end, I found rare interest in anything the knight had to record about himself Unfortunately, I am writing this well over a year after reading it, bu Eric Clapton s attempt at writing an interesting account of his life was pretty much a failure I read the book because I am a Clapton fan though not a huge one , because I had read another rock star s Anthony Kiedis drug related biography and thoroughly enjoyed it, and because my mom got it for me so I felt obligated to do so From beginning to end, I found rare interest in anything the knight had to record about himself Unfortunately, I am writing this well over a year after reading it, but I can fairly attest to the repetitiveness of his writing What I enjoyed most was hearing about his influences and all the great blues musicians that got him started After that, hearing about his infidelity, drug abuse, and how he treated his friends and family made me really despise the man It ...Eric Clapton, guitar god, has written his autobiography, aptly titled Clapton, The Autobiography It covers his entire life, from his poor upbringing, to the present day as happy family man He addresses every phase of his personal and professional life, which is amazing in the fact that the book clocks in at only 328 pages Maybe this is why, as honest as Clapton is, it left me wanting a bitFor instance, during his drunk periods he admits to being chauvinistic to his then wife Patti, a Eric Clapton, guitar god, has written his autobiography, aptly titled Clapton, The Autobiography It covers his entire life, from his poor upbringing, to the present day as happy family man He addresses every phase of his personal and professional life, which is amazing in the fact that the book clocks in at only 328 pages Maybe this is why, as honest as Clapton is, it left me wanting...His memoir, just like his life, is seemingly compelling at first and utterly vacuous at the end Clapton s story starts out with a confusing childhood and then builds a bright flame of artistry on top This all crumbles as his desire and dependecy steer him to the brink self destruction But all of the compelling rock n roll stories that should be in this autobiography are replaced with remorseful and arrogant AA group therapy recounts of his misadventures As he winds down his story I m left, His memoir, just like his life, is seemingly compelling at first and utterly vacuous at the end Clapton s story starts out with a confusing childhood and then builds a bright flame of artistry on top This all crumbles as his desire and dependecy steer him to the brink self destruction But all of the compe...It wasn t until I started the autobiography that I considered why it appealed to me in the first place I m a rather indifferent fan of Clapton s Cream Derek the Dominos, etc Unplugged is the only album of his that I own It wasof a curiosity about that era the hardcore sex, drugs, rock roll of the 70s and to read about the experiences of someone who barely made it out alive that compelled me to read As a child in the 70s, I was watching Mr Rogers when EC was writing Layla It wasn t until I started the autobiography that I considered why it appealed to me in the first place I m a rather indifferent fan of Clapton s Cream Derek the Dominos, etc Unplugged is the only album of his that I own It wasof a curiosity about that era the hardcore sex, drugs, rock roll of the 70s and to read about the experiences of someone who barely made it out alive that compelled me to read As a child in the 70s, I was watching Mr Rogers when EC was writing Layla and wreaking havoc on his physical and mental health with heroin But having older brothers meant that rock and roll played a major role in my life I could sing along to Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd by the tender age of 8 Almost Famous is one of my favorite movies Clapton wrote this memoir at the age of 62, looking back with humility ...Najvi e volim slu ati klasi ni rock od 1965 do 1975 godine i to britanske bendove koji su napravili revoluciju i ponovno izmislili blues rock Clapton je tu bio bitan igra , a i jedan je od najboljih gitarista svih vremena Nisam ga puno slu ao, ali volim Cream i odli an mi je John Mayallov album Blues Breakers na kojem je svirao Mislio sam da u ga po eljeti vi e slu ati dok budem itao ovu autobiografiju ve inom tako bude kada itam o nekom bendu ili glazbeniku ali on pi e tako suhopa Najvi e volim slu ati klasi ni rock od 1965 do 1975 godine i to britanske bendove koji su napravili revoluciju i ponovno izmislili blues rock Clapton je tu bio bitan igra , a i jedan je od najboljih gitarista svih vremena Nisam ga puno slu ao, ali volim Cream i odli an mi je John Mayallov album Blues Breakers na kojem je svirao Mislio sam da u ga po eljeti vi e slu ati dok budem itao ovu autobiografiju ve inom tako bude kada itam o nekom bendu ili glazbeniku ali on pi e tako suho...If you re a total Slowhand freak and I am this book is invaluable in that it comes right from the horse s mouth I ve read a number of EC biographies, and, obviously, the main events of his life story are the same here as they are in the past Cream still implodes, Layla still gets recorded, etc In that sense, there isn t much new information as there is the personal perspective and voice of Clapton himself.Most revealing are the details of his youth growing up Everyone knows about the If you re a total Slowhand freak and I am this book is invaluable in that it comes right from the horse s mouth I ve read a number of EC biographies, and, obviously, the main events of his life story are the same here as they are in the past Cream still implodes, Layla still gets recorded, etc In that sense, there isn t much new information as there is the personal perspective and voice of Clapton himself.Most revealing are the details of his youth growing up Everyone knows about the illegitimacy issues and the resulting confusion, but there s an added poignancy when you get the details that EC provides himself.You also get a taste of his experience in Hazeldon that you don t get anywhere else again, with emotional depth that even an authorized biography can t touch.Ironically, it s the happiness in EC s life that make the tail end of the book a bit anticlimactic His apparently happy marriage and family life after ...Besides music, Eric Clapton can write prose I wondered who the ghostwriter was, but towards the end he said he carried the drafts with him on tour Not only is the book coherent in way many autobiographies are not, it appears to be an honest presentation of his life as he lived it Most autobiographers tell little jokes on themselves, but very few of will tell of their deepest disappointments in themselves Clapton tells how tried to be sober to visit his son but thought of drinking the whole t Besides music, Eric Clapton can write prose I wondered who the ghostwriter was, but towards the end he said he carried the drafts with him on tour Not only is the book coherent in way many autobiographies are not, it appears to be an honest presentation of his life as he lived it Most autobiographers tell little jokes on themselves, but very few of will tell of their deepest disappointments in themselves Clapton tells how tried to be sober to visit his son but thought of drinking the whole time with him yes, the son who fell to his death at age 4 He tells how he longed for Patty Layla while in other relationships including with her sister and how in pursuit of her, he got taken in very strangely so by a self described seer a continent away He tells how his perceived somewhat real, but not complete rejection by his mother shaped his sexuality for years a...Full Disclosure Before reading this book, I was not a huge Eric Clapton fan Sure, I d enjoyed him in concert a few times and I owned some of his albums I respected him But I wasn t all that interested in reading about him I wasinterested in reading what he had to say about George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.In this book, Eric Clapton has plenty to say about all three But he s got evento say about a lot of other people, events, places and things And in doing s Full Disclosure Before reading this book, I was not a huge Eric Clapton fan Sure, I d enjoyed him in concert a few times and I owned some of his albums I respected him But I wasn t all that interested in reading about him I wasinterested in reading what he had to say about George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.In this book, Eric Clapton has plenty to say about all three But he s got evento say ab...The Autobiography from Eric Clapton, published in 2007, is perhaps a book I would never have read were it not for the fact that my better half picked this up for me at a local car boot sale As expected E.C fills the pages with the usual sixties excess of alcohol, sex and drugs and rock n roll The family name is actually Clapp Fortunately this was changed, otherwise that 60 s graffiti would have been Clapp is God which thankfully we were spared.As Eric recounts his rise to rock music ic The Autobiography from Eric Clapton, published in 2007, is perhaps a book I would never have read were it not for the fact that my better half picked this up for me at a local car boot sale As expected E.C fills the pages with the usual sixties excess of alcohol, sex and drugs and rock n roll The family name is actually Clapp Fortunately this was changed, otherwise that 60 s graffiti would have been Clapp is God which thankfully we were spared.As Eric recounts his rise to rock music icon, from Yardbird to John Mayall s Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes and all the way to 461 Ocean Boulevard, the dedicated fan or casual reader will struggle to gain empathy or warm to this man Clapton s autobiography grows into a full, frank and honest confessional of his struggle with life in the fast lane A serial adulterer, heavy heroin use...

• English
• 19 September 2017
Eric Clapton
• Hardcover
• 343 pages
• 038551851X
• Eric Clapton
• Clapton