Harry Shapiro Books

When Cream broke up in 1968 it was by no means a foregone conclusion that it would be Eric Clapton who would enjoy continued commercial success. After all, it was Jack Bruce who had the looks, and who co-wrote and sang all the band's major hits. This is a biography of Bruce.

One hundred years on from the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1920, this book examines the money, politics and exploitation behind drugs and raises the question nobody asks: 'What kind of drugs policy do we actually want in the UK?'

A biography of British blues musician Alexis Korner tracing his early life, his travels around Europe and North Africa, his discovery of jazz in wartime London, his role in the development of skiffle and his development into an influential force in British music inspiring such bands as the Rolling Stones, Cream and the Animals.

The first official biography of the last great guitar hero.