从上帝到平民，克莱普顿走通了人生
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19次格莱美奖、3次入主摇滚名人堂、布鲁斯大师、史上最伟大的吉他手之一！
这么多光环的背后是一颗支离破碎的灵魂，作为私生子的克莱普顿幼年失怙、中年丧子，人生差点全毁于毒品和酒精。他是那个美好而疯狂年代的幸存者，用整个生命诠释了布鲁斯音乐痛苦、忧伤的精神内核，正如他在名作《泪洒天堂》中写出的苍凉：“如果我们在天堂见了面，你能否记起我的名字？”
马世芳：那些曾经轰动大半个世界的传奇场景后台，是自毁自溺而至成瘾，不断伤害与被伤害的一张残破的脸。然而，面对昔日种种荒唐与悲壮，那些纷至沓来的灾异与磨难，埃里克·克莱普顿皆能投以静定清澈的目光，淡然述说——他是那奇迹的生还者，也是曾经深深看进魔鬼眼睛的人。
黄贯中：克莱普顿有“慢手”之称，早在Yardbirds，Cream的年代已是很著名的吉他偶像，我喜欢他那以蓝调为根的曲风与他非常独特的Fender吉他Tone。他影响了很多有名的吉他手，像John Mayer等。克莱普顿在后期的作品更见历练、从容，看他的现场表现，是种享受。
一部辉煌的摇滚史诗。
——《纽约邮报》
克莱普顿是诚实的……在这本书中，他甚至是冷酷而睿智的，还带着幸存者式的残酷幽默。
——史蒂芬•金《纽约时代书评》

“I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way.”

With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest autobiography. More than a rock star, he is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys.
Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of nine, believed his actual mother to be his sister. In his early teens his solace was the guitar, and his incredible talent would make him a cult hero in the clubs of Britain and inspire devoted fans to scrawl “Clapton is God” on the walls of London’s Underground. With the formation of Cream, the world's first supergroup, he became a worldwide superstar, but conflicting personalities tore the band apart within two years. His stints in Blind Faith, in Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and in Derek and the Dominos were also short-lived but yielded some of the most enduring songs in history, including the classic “Layla.”
During the late sixties he played as a guest with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, as well as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and longtime friend George Harrison. It was while working with the latter that he fell for George’s wife, Pattie Boyd, a seemingly unrequited love that led him to the depths of despair, self-imposed seclusion, and drug addiction. By the early seventies he had overcome his addiction and released the bestselling album 461 Ocean Boulevard , with its massive hit “I Shot the Sheriff.” He followed that with the platinum album Slowhand , which included “Wonderful Tonight,” the touching love song to Pattie, whom he finally married at the end of 1979. A short time later, however, Eric had replaced heroin with alcohol as his preferred vice, following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage.
In the eighties he would battle and begin his recovery from alcoholism and become a father. But just as his life was coming together, he was struck by a terrible blow: His beloved four-year-old son, Conor, died in a freak accident. At an earlier time Eric might have coped with this tragedy by fleeing into a world of addiction. But now a much stronger man, he took refuge in music, responding with the achingly beautiful “Tears in Heaven.”
Clapton is the powerfully written story of a survivor, a man who has achieved the pinnacle of success despite extraordinary demons. It is one of the most compelling memoirs of our time.

Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of his era. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as 'God'. Now for the first time, Eric tells the story of his personal and professional journeys in this pungent, witty and painfully honest autobiography.
These are the memoirs of a survivor, someone who has reached the pinnacle of success, who has had it all, but whose demons have never left him. Eric tells his story as it is, hiding nothing, with a directness and searing honesty that will make this book one of the most compelling memoirs of our time.