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[Howard] Whether it be record label forcing him
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Whether it berecord label forcing him, management forcing him, mayhave been a little too...

[Howard] Whether it be
record label forcing him, management forcing him, may
have been a little too quick going on a huge tour
like that, and throwing him back into
the public limelight after being a hermit through the past
four or five years

Full Transcript

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[Howard] Whether it be record label forcing him,
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management forcing him, may have been a little too quick
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going on a huge tour like that,
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and throwing him back into the public limelight
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after being a hermit
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through the past four or five years.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:36:18
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.
[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]
[crowd booing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[crowd booing]
Some shows, he played 30 minutes - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:08
Some shows, he played 30 minutes
But you also have 25,000, 30,000 people that have... - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
But you also have 25,000, 30,000 people that have...
Get a little upset... [laughs] That you just left. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
Get a little upset... [laughs] That you just left.
It was still legal to throw bottles - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:08
It was still legal to throw bottles
[Eric] The first disappointing confrontation with my mother - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[Eric] The first disappointing confrontation with my mother
I learned how to recover from that over the next few years. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
I learned how to recover from that over the next few years.
Becoming good at art and developing a strong interest - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
Becoming good at art and developing a strong interest
By then I'd kind of developed a personal look. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:04
By then I'd kind of developed a personal look.
[children laughing] - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:06
[children laughing]
[Eric] I had my guitar and that was my total companion - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:07
[Eric] I had my guitar and that was my total companion
And then there came this invitation to go to Germany, - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:10
And then there came this invitation to go to Germany,
He came over to visit us in Germany - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
He came over to visit us in Germany
And we said, if he wanted to bring the guitar with him - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
And we said, if he wanted to bring the guitar with him
[Eric] We're on an army camp and I didn't fit. - Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars 00:05
[Eric] We're on an army camp and I didn't fit.