Clapton - The Authorised Biography

Eric Clapton's album 'Unplugged', featuring 'Tears in Heaven', sold seven million copies in the USA alone, and its composition won him a coveted Grammy Award as Song of the Year. In this extensively researched portrait, Eric Clapton emerges as a driven man.

Speaking candidly about his three-year plunge into heroin addiction and seven years lost to alcoholic torpor, Clapton explains why he had to win such battles. Author Ray Coleman also spoke to Clapton's mother, his grandmother (who raised him), and his closest friends. Discography, guest sessions, and diary extracts.