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It's like surrounding yourself in pink cotton wool, you know?
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

It's like surrounding yourselfin pink cotton wool, you know?

It's like surrounding yourself
in pink cotton wool, you know?

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It's like surrounding yourself in pink cotton wool, you know?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:32:14
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Passion Pictures

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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.
[Steve speaking] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[Steve speaking]
[Steve speaking] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[Steve speaking]
Bobby Eric went into seclusion - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:24
Bobby Eric went into seclusion
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