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Slowhand : the life and music of Eric Clapton / Philip Norman.

Slow hand (other title)

Norman, Philip, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

For half a century Eric Clapton has been acknowledged to be one of music's greatest virtuosos, the unrivalled master of an indispensable tool, the solid-body electric guitar. His career has spanned the history of rock, and often shaped it via the seminal bands with whom he's played: the Yardbirds, John Mavall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes. Winner of 17 Grammys, the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's only three-time inductee, he is an enduring influence on every other star soloist who ever wielded a pick. Now, with Clapton's consent and access to family members and close friends, rock music's foremost biographer returns to the heroic age of British rock and follows Clapton through his distinctive and scandalous childhood, early life of reckless rock 'n' roll excess, and twisting & turning struggle with addiction in the 60s and 70s. Readers will learn about his relationship with Pattie Boyd--wife of Clapton's own best friend George Harrison--the tragic death of his son, which inspired one of his most famous songs, "Tears in Heaven," and even the backstories of his most famed, and named, guitars. Packed with new information and critical insights, "Slowhand" finally reveals the complex character behind a living legend.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316560436
ISBN: 031656043X
Physical Description: 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: a clockwork strawberry -- Introduction: the supersurvivor -- Rick -- Pat -- Troubadour -- Rooster to engineer -- Yardbird -- Journeyman -- Bluesbreaker -- Just like Freddie -- Stiggy -- NSU -- The pheasantry -- 'Fuck! I'm rich!' -- Into the woods -- Million-dollar timebomb -- The domino effect -- Fanfare for Eric -- The black box -- E+P -- Wonderful tonight? -- 'God bless our wedlock' -- Made in Montserrat -- Captain Smirnoff -- 'Please, just don't cry' -- A place to stand -- 'The hem of God's garment'.