Music legend Eric Clapton?s dramatic life has always shadowed his incomparable talent. Clapton?s heroin addiction, his affair with Patti Harrison, wife of Beatle George Harrison, and the tragic death of his son Conor in 1991 have all been covered extensively in the media. Now, Clapton is ready to tell his story personally in a book about his life, set for release in 2007.

The much sought after memoirs of Clapton were snatched up by Doubleday for an advance believed to be between $4 million and $6 million.

?Clapton is 60 and happily married and he feels very good about his life, and feels ready to look back in an honest way, warts and all,? said Doubleday spokesman David Drake. ?He?s ready to write really candidly about his peaks and valleys and about how he has gone to hell and back.?

Clapton will write the book, currently untitled, with close friend Christopher Simon Sykes.

Doubleday also announced that Warner Brothers will release a boxed set of Clapton?s music to coincide with the book, and the rocker also plans to tour ahead of its release.






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