Table of Contents
Introduction ix
1 Hellhound on My Trail: The Delta Blues 1
2 The Mojo Travels North: Sweet Home Chicago 9
3 The Midnight Special Hops the Pond: Early British Blues 18
4 Those Cotton Fields Back Home: Whatever Happened To 21
5 I'm Gonna Leave Here Running: Growing Up Clapton 28
6 This Train Is Bound for Glory: Early Groups 30
7 I Hate to Leave You, Baby: Whatever Happened To 33
8 I'll Give You Everything and More: Replacing Top Topham 37
9 I'll Give You Diamonds Bright: The Yardbirds Featuring Eric Clapton 41
10 It Hurts So Bad for Us to Part: Departure 45
11 I Really Hate to Leave You, Baby: Whatever Happened To 48
12 You Got a Boy-Child Coming: Bluesbreakers Spring 1965 57
13 You Told Me You Was High Class: It's Greek to Me 59
14 The Hoochie Coochie Man Arrives: Clapton Is Almost God 61
15 I Finally Learned My Lesson: Whatever Happened To 64
16 It's Getting Near Dawn: Fresh Cream 69
17 Meet Me at the Crossroads: Heavy Cream, or Clapton Is God 75
18 Worked All Summer, Worked All Fall: Sour Cream 83
19 Another Spoonful: Reunions and Regurgitations 85
20 Vanish from This Place: Whatever Happened To 89
21 I Know I Don't Have Much to Give: Not Enough Faith 97
22 What'll You Do When You Get Lonely: A Little Help from His Friends 103
23 When You Finally Get Back on Your Feet Again: A Lot of Help for His Friends 106
24 I Tried to Give You Some Consolation: Whatever Happened To 111
25 I Swear It Was Self Defense: Surviving the Seventies 121
26 How Many Bridges Have I Crossed: Cruising the Eighties 136
27 The Healing Rain Which Restores the Soul: Redemption in the Nineties 149
28 You Give 'Em a Smile and They Melt: Enduring Superstar 160
29 All Around My Home Town, They're Trying to Track Me Down Whatever Happened To 176
30 Way-Out Willie and Rocking Millie: Singles-Hits and Misses 190
31 Drink Some Brew and Find a Safe Place: Album Art 216
32 Oh Lordy Lord: Guest Appearances 227
33 I'll Sleep in This Place with the Lonely Crowd: Guitars 249
34 I'll Really Sleep in This Place with the Lonely Crowd: Women 259
35 Deep Down in the Dead of Night, I Call Out Your Name: Whatever Happened To 264
36 Tell Me Who's Been Fooling You: Boots 272
37 So There I Was in Hollywood: Awards and Honors 287
38 How Many Times Must We Tell the Tale: Coming to a City Near You 296
39 All Along, We Had to Talk About It: Books 327
40 Guess There's Nothing Left for Me to Explain: Legacy 331
41 Then I Can Change the World: What Will Happen To 334
Selected Bibliography 337
Index 341
