Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton - Hardcover

Schumacher, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078686074X ISBN 13: 9780786860746

Publisher: Hyperion, 1995

Synopsis

Accompanied by unpublished photographs and a discography, the first full-scale biography of the Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist covers his heroin addiction, his divorce, the accidental death of his four-year-old son, and his renewed fame.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Schumacher is an acclaimed reporter and author.

From Booklist:

Guitar hero, junkie, Beatle-wife-stealer, aggrieved father, born-again bluesman--Eric Clapton's career has had enough twists and turns for several rock stars. Schumacher examines Clapton's travails and chronicles their effects. Like many of his peers, Clapton expresses personal ups and downs in his music. For instance, Patti Harrison was the inspiration for the shimmering hit, "Layla" ; Schumacher examines that connection as well as the relationship with fellow guitar hero Duane Allman that made the recording possible. Schumacher also recounts Clapton's interactions with Howlin' Wolf, Delaney Bramlett, and the 1960s psychedelic scene. He makes the point that Clapton followed rather than set fashions: Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan inspired his frizzy sixties hairdo; the Beatles inspired the psychedelic art with which his supergroup Cream surrounded itself; and Dylan and the Band inspired the laid-back sound he adopted after Cream broke up. Eventually, Schumacher brings us up to date: Clapton, once hailed as God by London subway graffiti, has come a long way. This is a necessary addition to the pop-music library. Mike Tribby

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 078686074X
• ISBN 13: 9780786860746
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400