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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

The people in the South would go out back and roll around in the gravel, you know, about...

Eric Clapton: The people in the South would go out back and roll around in the gravel, you know, about bein' in love with your best friend's wife. Eric did it musically. He wanted so much to get Pattie back and he said, "It was time to record."

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The people in the South will go out back
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and roll around in the gravel you know
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About being in love with your best friend's wife
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Eric did it musically
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He wanted so much to get Pattie back
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and he said it was time to record
Duration
16 seconds
Views
531
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:10
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 wanted so much to get Pattie back - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
He wanted so much to get Pattie back
♪ Maybe someday soon ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:10
♪ Maybe someday soon ♪
We set up in Thunderbird motel down there, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:08
We set up in Thunderbird motel down there,
Get back to hotel, hole up in Eric's room - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
Get back to hotel, hole up in Eric's room
[blues guitar playing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
[blues guitar playing]
[Tom] They started playing me concepts for songs - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:16
[Tom] They started playing me concepts for songs
[Eric] I can't do it. When it gets a little more complicated - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
[Eric] I can't do it. When it gets a little more compl...
[indistinct conversation] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
[indistinct conversation]
[Tom speaking] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:08
[Tom speaking]
[Eric] About two weeks into the sessions, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[Eric] About two weeks into the sessions,
I'd written part of the song in England. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
I'd written part of the song in England.
It had this sort of story overlaid on him - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
It had this sort of story overlaid on him
Laila and Majnum. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
Laila and Majnum.
♪ And nobody's waiting by your side ♪ - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:18
♪ And nobody's waiting by your side ♪
But things were getting complicated. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
But things were getting complicated.
[Eric] Tom Dowd took us all to see the Allman Brothers. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
[Eric] Tom Dowd took us all to see the Allman Brothers.
And I was completely blown away by this band - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
And I was completely blown away by this band
He heard about Duane, but Duane and I were - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
He heard about Duane, but Duane and I were
It was Duane's show, he ran that band, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
It was Duane's show, he ran that band,
After the show, we asked him to come back and we jammed - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
After the show, we asked him to come back and we jammed