Eric Clapton in his personal life, which was troubled by romantic longings and drug and alcohol addiction. He became infatuated with Pattie Boyd, who at the time was married to close friend George Harrison, and withdrew from recording and touring to isolation in his Surrey residence as the band broke up. There he nursed a heroin addiction, which resulted in a lengthy career hiatus interrupted only by the Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971 (where he passed out on stage, was revived, and managed to finish his performance). In January 1973, the Who's Pete Townshend organised a comeback concert for Clapton at
Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse Ric Grech and again Ginger Baker. Some of the Powerhouse recordings have also been re-released: "Crossroads" was included on Winwood's compilation album "Winwood" in 1971, under the name Powerhouse; "I Want to Know" was included on Clapton's compilation "The History of Eric Clapton" in 1972, as the Powerhouse; and both were released together on Winwood's compilation "The Finer Things" in 1995, credited simply to Eric Clapton. "Crossroads", "I Want to Know", and "Steppin' Out" were included in Jack Bruce's anthology "Can You Follow?" in 2008. Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse was a British blues rock