Slowhand : the life and music of Eric Clapton

Author

Philip Norman

Call Number

• 921 C5895N (CEN)

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Edition

First US edition.

Publication Information

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

Physical Description

440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

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.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• 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'.