Eric Clapton: The Autobiography | Hardback

Yes, this is a fantastic bed time read. Meaning that it's so boring you'll be falling asleep after a couple of pages.

Bought this at the start of January and im still ploughing my way through it. There's hundred of names being thrown at you (which you'll forget in no time) and he literrally skims over the surface of what should have been the interesting parts !

If you're a HUGE fan of Clapton im sure you'll like it but if you're after a great book of anecdotes and tales then check out the Keith Moon book called Dear Boy by Tony Fletcher .

I'm a keen reader of memoirs, i have read many books but never picked up a book quite like this. Being young i never lived the real era of claptons peak so this book was a good way to look back at his career. I have listened to a lot of his music and thought i had a pretty good idea about the guy, but after reading about his 3 rehab admissions, loss of his first child and the constant contreversy surrounding a young boy of illegitimacy to a man who finds piece 60 years later kept a grip of me and i could paint a picture of his life as i read the book, which left me feeling inspired and respectfull of a man who dealt with a life as hard as his, i would seriously recommend this book to any music lover or book lover.

I have read many bookso n Eric and followed him for some 40+ years. The book was well written and one was led through from the early wild days to Eric as a family man via the up and downs, love, drugs, drink and tradegy.

By the end of the book I was left with the strange feeling that he was saying goodbye and perhaps we had heard the last from Eric who is now so obviously resolved to a new life style and in love with his family and the life and contentment that this has at last given him. He is a now even more of a private man and cares that this privacy includes his family.
I hope above all that this is not the end of Eric's continued entertainment but it is great to know that at 63 he seems content with his life at last.

Mike Young

Probably the best autobiography I have ever read in all my life, If you weren't a Clapton fan before you read it you will be afterwards!
Brilliant Eric, long may you continue to please us.
Thanks.

From start to finish this is a treat to behold , can't put down,won't want to put down . Eric's life is told in a truthful and realistic fashion,truly a great read and you won't get a more honest account of the mans life.Nothing is hid from the reader,his love of music , drink , drugs all unfolds between the pages and there is even room for a happy ending...buy this book and enjoy.....Thanks Eric for a fantastic read!