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The Best Years of Our Lives by Clapton, Richard

ISBN: 9781760290320 PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 344 PUBLICATION DATE: 1.09.2015 DIMENSIONS: 19.8 x 12.8 centimetres

DESCRIPTION: Welcome to the party that never ends...When he was 16 he inveigled his way into a Sydney hotel to hang out with the Rolling Stones. From that day on, Richard Clapton knew he was going to be a rock star. It's now almost 50 years since that fateful day - years filled with a lifetime of incredible experiences, outrageous good times and a catalogue of iconic and timeless songs. Through the glory years of rock 'n' roll, in cities as varied as London, Berlin, Sydney, Los Angeles and Paris, Richard forged his own career and built up a significant body of work while living, loving and partying with the biggest names in the Australian and international music world...By his own frank admission, these were years fuelled by prodigious quantities of alcohol and drugs, set against a backdrop of constant recording and touring, of endless partying and wild times. It was to be a rollercoaster ride of euphoric highs and deep, shattering lows. For 40 years, Richard Clapton has been, above all else, a songwriter - a wry observer of human behaviour and an astute commentator on the Australian condition. His best songs - 'Deep Water', 'The Best Years of Our Lives', 'Goodbye Tiger', 'Glory Road', 'Lucky Country', 'Girls on the Avenue', 'Trust Somebody' and 'Capricorn Dancer' - capture the essence of this country and the meaning of our lives like few others...In this extraordinary memoir, Richard employs his songwriter's keen powers of observation,

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