The Cream of Clapton

by Eric Clapton

(Easy Guitar). 19 hits from his early years, including: Crossroads * I Shot the Sheriff * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Layla * White Room * Wonderful Tonight * and more. Songs are in chronological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079355151X
• ISBN13: 9780793551514
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

A great book of great tunes from the master.

This collection (that goes very well with the CD by the same name) provides a great cross section of Clapton's guitar classics. It is a challenging set of music, and could be daunting for the novice. The book provides the full tab for both guitars (some songs use 3), and is a very good resource for getting the intricacies of the second guitar on songs like Cocaine.There are in my opinion only two problems with the book. The first is that the book is standard bound, and if you want it to lay flat you have to split the spine. The second problem is that these songs are more compositions by Clapton, and really require the layering of instruments to come off right. That means that in order to play them (with several exceptions) you need to have bandmates available. If you do, this is a great start to a Clapton cover band.