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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Eric went into seclusion. He turned and walked away with Alice and he got off into the...

Bobby Whitlock: [after having Pattie rejects him, Jimi Hendrix ODs, and his step-Dad dies within a period of five weeks] Eric went into seclusion. He turned and walked away with Alice and he got off into the heroin. And I was gonna stay there and wait it out; but, it didn't seem like it was going to ever happen. I thought it was the beginning, you know. I didn't know it was the end

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Bobby Eric went into seclusion
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He turned and walked away without us
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And he got off into the heroin
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And I was gonna stay there and wait it out
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But it didn't seem like it was ever gonna happen
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I thought it was the beginning
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I didn't know it was the end
Duration
24 seconds
Views
462
Timestamp in Movie
01:32:44
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Passion Pictures

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Movie Summary

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.
He turned and walked away, without us. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
He turned and walked away, without us.
[Ben] I was in Wales at the time, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
[Ben] I was in Wales at the time,
I didn't know anything about heroin addiction. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
I didn't know anything about heroin addiction.
I just thought because I was one of his oldest friends, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
I just thought because I was one of his oldest friends,
And I saw him moving past the window upstairs - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
And I saw him moving past the window upstairs
And nobody had responded to me ringing the bell, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
And nobody had responded to me ringing the bell,
In the end, I figured, "He doesn't want to see you," - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
In the end, I figured, "He doesn't want to see you...
And I thought to myself, given his family history - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:09
And I thought to myself, given his family history
You have to find a comfortable place to put them. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
You have to find a comfortable place to put them.
With '74 tour, we started Scandinavia at first, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
With '74 tour, we started Scandinavia at first,
He was fragile, I'm not sure whether he was - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
He was fragile, I'm not sure whether he was
But I just went from one addiction to another. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
But I just went from one addiction to another.
And the attitude back then was that alcohol was okay. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
And the attitude back then was that alcohol was okay.
But for me, alcohol was far more dangerous than heroin. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
But for me, alcohol was far more dangerous than heroin.
[Howard] Whether it be record label forcing him, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:14
[Howard] Whether it be record label forcing him,
[audience cheering] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
[audience cheering]
[George] Eric discovered Gevassier and Remy Martin - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
[George] Eric discovered Gevassier and Remy Martin
If he got a hold of something, he'd hit at it - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
If he got a hold of something, he'd hit at it
And before you know it, he'd be through a whole bottle - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
And before you know it, he'd be through a whole bottle
[Eric slurring] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[Eric slurring]