Eric Clapton His Life and Music Author:Marc Roberty (Book). Marc Roberty has been in and around the Clapton organization since the beginning. For this first-time music-centric Clapton biography, he had access to rare and never before used materials, including reviewing 127 plus hours of footage from the unreleased Rolling Hotel film about Clapton's 1978 European tour on the Orient Express. This... more » film was one of the first ever "fly-on-the-wall"-type documentaries where full access was allowed (needless to say, there is a reason why it has never been released). Also, Roberty spent five years tracking rare film and audio discussed in the book. Roberty also covers the years since Clapton's autobiography was published in 2007, including the highly anticipated reunions of Blind Faith, with Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker; several Clapton and Winwood worldwide tours; high-profile solo tours; the Crossroads event in Chicago; Clapton's recording an album of cover songs and falling out with JJ Cale in the studio; playing with the Allman Brothers; guesting with Smokey Robinson; canceling his appearance at the 25th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show; touring with his Yardbirds replacement Jeff Beck; playing with Yoko Ono in a reformed Plastic Ono Band; teaming up with Wynton Marsalis for some extraordinary shows, and more.« less