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Title: Clapton by Ray Coleman ISBN: 0-446-38630-8 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Hagiography Taken to Extremes
Comment: 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.
Rating: 5
Summary: one great book
Comment: 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.
Rating: 4
Summary: The definitive biography of EC as a man.
Comment: Ray Coleman was granted amazing access to Eric, his family and friends. This is the best book on the market about Eric as a person. Roberty's books are more comprehensive about his music, but the late, great Melody Maker editor Ray Coleman knew and loved Eric for many years, and has rare insight.
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Title: Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Michael Schumacher ISBN: 0806524669 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Cream: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker -- The Legendary `60's Supergroup by Chris Welch ISBN: 0879306246 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 30 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Clapton: Edge of Darkness by Christopher Sandford ISBN: 0306808978 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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