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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

A look at the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison.

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documentary, biography, music

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Passion Pictures

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It's almost a thing of the past now - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

It's almost a thing of the past now

Eric People say I was pretty spoilt and I was selfish - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric People say I was pretty spoilt and I was selfish

At that point
I mistrusted everybody - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

At that point I mistrusted everybody

[blues riff playing on guitar] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[blues riff playing on guitar]

Eric Uncle Mac was on the radio - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric Uncle Mac was on the radio

And he would play
a variety of music for kids. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And he would play a variety of music for kids.

Something stirred me. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Something stirred me.

Well, obviously when I got
to the age to buy records, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Well, obviously when I got to the age to buy records,

[acoustic guitar playing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[acoustic guitar playing]

[Eric] It was always
one man - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Eric] It was always one man

He was completely alone and - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

He was completely alone and

So, more and more and more
and more, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

So, more and more and more and more,

I enrolled
in Kingston School of Art - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I enrolled in Kingston School of Art

When I was 15 - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

But I was absolutely addicted
to blues. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

But I was absolutely addicted to blues.

Muddy Waters, B.B King, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Muddy Waters, B.B King,

♪ Got my mojo working but it
just won't work on you ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ Got my mojo working but it just won't work on you ♪...

Eric There seemed to be - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric There seemed to be

We used to meet up
at the Marquee Club - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We used to meet up at the Marquee Club

♪ Got my mojo working ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ Got my mojo working ♪

[Ben Palmer] In those days,
there was very little interest - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Ben Palmer] In those days, there was very little interest

I was one of those snobby
purist people. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I was one of those snobby purist people.

And I got very interested in
a style of piano playing, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And I got very interested in a style of piano playing,

I thought well, this music
belongs in a band, really. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I thought well, this music belongs in a band, really.

Well, he said, "If only we
could find a guitar player. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Well, he said, "If only we could find a guitar player.

"We could really start to get
this music working together." - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

"We could really start to get this music working togeth...

We hired a room in a pub
with a piano - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We hired a room in a pub with a piano

It was instantly clear
that he had a tremendous gift - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

It was instantly clear that he had a tremendous gift

[Eric] Ben was the person
I knew, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Eric] Ben was the person I knew,

[Ben] I thought Eric had an
obsessive interest in music. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Ben] I thought Eric had an obsessive interest in music.

I thought it was the very core
of his being, really. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I thought it was the very core of his being, really.

And he tended to form very
close relationships - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And he tended to form very close relationships

Anyway, Eric decided he was - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Anyway, Eric decided he was

[man 1] Ten, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ Early in the morning
'bout the break a day ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ Early in the morning 'bout the break a day ♪

[Chris Dreja] We had been
working pretty regularly - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Chris Dreja] We had been working pretty regularly

Eric was in the same college
as we were. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric was in the same college as we were.

We were one of the few
southern British blues bands. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We were one of the few southern British blues bands.

♪ Staying out
all night long ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ Staying out all night long ♪

It was like a party.
Everyone would get together - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

It was like a party. Everyone would get together

And I developed a little
following amongst these people - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And I developed a little following amongst these people

♪ Trying to love me and
some other man, too ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ Trying to love me and some other man, too ♪

He had his own group of followers that used to stand - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

He had his own group of followers that used to stand

And we're having
a good time, you know, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And we're having a good time, you know,

Eric We were considered a good live act - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric We were considered a good live act

We were asked to do
The Beatles Christmas show. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We were asked to do The Beatles Christmas show.

[George Harrison]
We were both in bands - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[George Harrison] We were both in bands

[cheering] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

When The Beatles came on, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

When The Beatles came on,

We would watch from the wings - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We would watch from the wings

[harmonizing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

But the sad part was - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

But the sad part was

And I thought The Yardbirds
had real understanding - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And I thought The Yardbirds had real understanding

[ For Your Love
playing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[ For Your Love playing]

[Chris] Jim, Keith and myself - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Chris] Jim, Keith and myself

And when the music publisher
came along - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And when the music publisher came along

♪ I'd give you everything
and more ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ I'd give you everything and more ♪

All the material we were doing
was blues music - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

All the material we were doing was blues music

I noticed
they were deliberately - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I noticed they were deliberately

We had this massive record
suddenly - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We had this massive record suddenly

Eric I was so disheartened by the music business - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric I was so disheartened by the music business

[creaking] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Eric] I wanted his advice
on what to do - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Eric] I wanted his advice on what to do

And I stayed with him
for about two weeks - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And I stayed with him for about two weeks

And I thought his interest in
his music was so obsessive - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And I thought his interest in his music was so obsessive

[indistinct
television chatter] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[indistinct television chatter]

♪ See that crocodile walk ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ See that crocodile walk ♪

♪He got a long way to walk ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪He got a long way to walk ♪

♪Yeah, I wanna see you smile ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪Yeah, I wanna see you smile ♪

♪ He might settle down
now, baby ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪ He might settle down now, baby ♪

♪Hey, hey, crocodile ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

♪Hey, hey, crocodile ♪

He knew the history of it.
The background of it. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

He knew the history of it. The background of it.

He was given this freedom - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

He was given this freedom

[Alex Hooper] Eric,
how much do you think that - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Alex Hooper] Eric, how much do you think that

[Eric] If you're gonna
take it back to the roots - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Eric] If you're gonna take it back to the roots

And there were lots of people - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And there were lots of people

But he worked in the clubs
playing it. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

But he worked in the clubs playing it.

[Eric] The minute I got
into that band - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Eric] The minute I got into that band

We worked seven nights a week. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

We worked seven nights a week.

I still had no idea how you talk to girls - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I still had no idea how you talk to girls

[John Mayall]
Eric lived in Ripley - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[John Mayall] Eric lived in Ripley

I had the family, you know, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I had the family, you know,

The regular life with the mum
and dad and three children. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

The regular life with the mum and dad and three children.

Eric He was very cool - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric He was very cool

[tabla playing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[tabla playing]

[Indian music playing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[Indian music playing]

Eric One of the biggest influences - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric One of the biggest influences

I had been wandering into
music shops - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

I had been wandering into music shops

And I found this amp
way out in West London - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

And I found this amp way out in West London

[amplifier hums] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

[amplifier hums]

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A look at the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison.

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Year: 2017

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