GUITAR GOD CLAPTON WRITES THE BOOK ON ROCK SURVIVAL.(Living)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: October 16, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Larry McShane, Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Clapton is Good.

The second "o" is critical. Back in the 1960s, when London graffiti proclaimed "Clapton is God," the brilliant British guitarist was descending into a personal hell. Eric Clapton traded a heroin addiction for alcoholism, suffered disastrous love affairs, contemplated suicide while armed with a bottle of vodka, a gram of blow and a shotgun.

The guitar deity has long since surrendered to a higher power; at 62, Clapton has 20 years of sobriety, a happy marriage and three young daughters. It's a good ...

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