ERIC CLAPTON: Return Of The Reluctant Hero

There was once a movie actor who, having made his name as a heavy, took to playing the romantic lead. But no matter how often he wore a white hat or rode into the sunset, he was always the heavy.

For many rock fans, Eric Clapton remains the guitar hero, a memory from the 60’s, not flesh and blood, almost as if he had died, not Hendrix. The role was one he played reluctantly even then, a piece of type-casting he has endeavored for years to live down.