Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. This autobiography describes the story of the author's personal and professional journeys.
Written by a well-known rock biographer, this first account of rock's first three-man supergroup chronicles Cream from its formation in 1966 to its breakup a mere two years later--analyzing the group's working methods and offering detailed histories of all the band's recordings. 100 color photos.
Set in the 1970s against a backdrop of strikes, terrorist attacks and growing racial tension, this novel captures a fateful moment in British politics - the collapse of 'Old Labour' - and imagines its impact on the topsy-turvy world of the bemused teenager: a world in which a lost pair of swimming trunks can be just as devastating as an IRA bomb.