Clapton: The Autobiography
by Eric Clapton
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Author: Eric ClaptonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-27
ISBN: 076792536X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: "A Toe Rag from Ripley"
Summary: 4 Stars
The reviews I've read here on this book have blown my mind. Not because so many of them are really bad...... but because so many of them have gotten it all wrong.... OK, and most of 'em are really bad as well. Most of the reviews have either been written by gushing idol worshippers or pissed off 12 steppers bent on excoriating EC for some cardinal violations of the program.... I mean...who gives a rat's ass anyway?
Eric has written an honest perspective and history of his own life. From being the bastard child (essentially) poor, working class folk who, with alot of love, study and dedication became nothing less than a music icon.
He didn't set out to become Mother bloody Teresa or Ghandi for Chrissakes....he's a sodding guitar player... and damn well one of thee greatest students of American blues currently alive on this planet. And his story is a "warts and all" autobiography of an admittedly selfish, self centered junkie cum drunk who came face to face with his own destructive demons and was saved by nothing less than a one-on-one encounter with The Almighty.... Thus giving him a new life of direction and goodness. And which (to some degree) validated the very existence of the man who'd been (by guitarist standards) been simply known as "God".
The story telling is honest... Eric really tells it like it is. The recollectionsof his relationships disparage no one... The assertion that he treats George Harrison unkindly is (pure) horse manure. He loved George and they were great friends. They had a great history, both good and bad. Eric knows all too well that what he did was selfish and he suffered greatly for those choices.
This was a good book and an easy read.
The courage that Eric shows in honestly putting his life on paper is exemplified best in his startled conclusion that he's really just "a toe rag from Ripley". Who, despite all of his weak, selfish and destructive behavior Eric is nothing less than a musical god.
I've learned more about practical guitar playing from Django, Eric and Carlos than anyone else..... OK..OK, Stevie Ray, too...
Now, I feel that I know the man himself... And frankly, after reading his story, I'm surprised that he lived to tell about it...
God bless ya, Eric....Thanks for everything.
Timothy A. Di Pietro
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