Survivor - The Authorized Biography of Eric Clapton
Ray Coleman
wyd. Futura Book
1991
anglojęzyczna biografia Erica Claptona
stan BDB

"Ray Coleman’s authorized biography probes the career and private life of Eric Clapton long shielded from prying eyes; pressures which culminated in heroin addiction; seven years lost to alcoholic torpor. Slowly and painfully Clapton kicked drugs and drink – a true survivor, and an incomparable guitarman.

British music journalist Coleman, longtime Melody Maker editor and author of the biography Lennon, has captured the "life, work and pulse” of the blues/rock guitarist and songwriter, tracing Clapton’s turbulent career with a number of groups (Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, etc.). The musician’s life, Coleman notes, "evokes the ingredients of a novel rather than a biography”: he was raised by his grandparents and had a troubled childhood, was expelled from college and began performing professionally at 18, and kicked both heroin and alcohol addiction. His obsessive pursuit of George Harrison’s wife, Pattie, led to a clandestine affair and their 1979 marriage. Coleman tracks the details of Clapton’s life with an intensity equal to his subject matter, and his extensive research is evident."

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