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Hi, this is Eric Clapton here.
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I just want to uh...
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Express my sadness
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and uh...
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To say, thank you,
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to my dear friend B.B. King.
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I want to thank him
for all the inspiration and
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encouragement he gave me
as a player over the years and
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for the friendship
that we enjoyed.
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Um...
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There's not a lot left to say
because this music, um...
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It's almost a thing
of the past now.
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So, uh, if you're not familiar
with his work then I...
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I would encourage you to go
out and find an album called,
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B.B King Live at the Regal.
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Which is where it all really
started for me
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as a young player.
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[acoustic guitar playing]
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[Eric] I had
a blissful childhood.
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I was raised with a great deal
of love by my parents.
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Especially by my mother.
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Because she loved me
in an unconditional way.
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[Rose speaking]
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[ Puffin' Billy
playing]
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[Eric] People say I was pretty
spoilt and I was selfish.
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I'm sure I must've had
some qualities,
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but not from what I hear.
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I was very fond of painting
and drawing.
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Anything that was introverted.
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[Rose speaking]
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[Eric] I knew that
I was different.
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And I knew that other kids
at school
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regarded me as different or
maybe inferior
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and I did have a massive
inferiority complex.
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And I didn't know why.
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Then I found out that my
sister was really my mother.
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She left when I was very,
very young
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and I was raised
by my grandparents.
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[Rose speaking]
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[Sylvia] Pat was very lively,
very difficult youngster.
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She wasn't easy.
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Rose used to say
she was a nightmare.
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She met this Canadian.
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He was over here in England
in the village.
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And it was one-night-stand.
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In those days to be pregnant
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and young
and you're not married
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was awful.
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Ric was born and she just went
to Canada.
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If Rose and Jack
hadn't have taken him on,
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I don't know what would have
happened to him.
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I really don't.
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[Eric] I felt hurt.
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Very, very upset.
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At that point
I mistrusted everybody
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including my grandparents.
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I was so confused.
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It seemed to me that my life
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had been a lie.
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[blues riff playing on guitar]
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[man on radio] Hello,
children everywhere.
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This Uncle Mac.
Good morning, to you all.
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Here in London
on Saturday.
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[Eric] Uncle Mac
was on the radio
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on Saturday morning.
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And he would play
a variety of music for kids.
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How Much Is That Doggie
In The Window?
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All those kind of novelty
things he would play.
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And then, every now and then,
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he'd play
some different music.
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♪All that time ♪
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♪ Man, I've laid in my bed
so long... ♪
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[Eric] You didn't hear that
anywhere else.
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Except on
this kiddie's program.
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And I thought, aw, man,
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this is just for me.
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♪ The landlady decided to call
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♪ I was too evil to answer
the phone ♪
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[Eric] I didn't even know
that it was black music.
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I didn't know about black and
white being different stuff.
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But something about it got me.
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Something stirred me.
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Without me even being
aware of it.
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It took all the pain away.
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Well, obviously when I got
to the age to buy records,
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I went and bought them.
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[harmonica playing]
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[Rose speaking]
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[acoustic guitar playing]
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[Eric] I could get
the record player
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down to the level
that was right
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and play along
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to my heart's content.
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Non-stop.
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[Rose speaking]
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[Eric] It was always
one man
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with his guitar
versus the world.
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He was completely alone and
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had no options other than
to just sing and play
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to ease his pain.
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And that echoed what I felt.
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So, more and more and more
and more,
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I wanted to be like that.
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I enrolled
in Kingston School of Art
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when I was 15.
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And I was really gripped by
the experience
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of getting involved
in a life in the arts.
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I wanted to know about
French literature.
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I wanted to know about French
cinema, Japanese cinema.
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I read Baudelaire.
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I read Kerouac,
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Ginsberg and Steinbeck.
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But I was absolutely addicted
to blues.
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Totally obsessed.
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I had a record collection.
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And I was skiving off a lot.
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Going to try and find imports
in jazz record stores.
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Muddy Waters, B.B King,
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Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.
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[Mojo Working
playing]
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♪ Got my mojo working but it
just won't work on you ♪
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♪ Got my mojo working but it
just won't work on you ♪
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♪ I wanna love you so bad
till I don't know what to do ♪
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[Eric] There seemed to be
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nobody that I could talk to,
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would have any interest
in this.
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You had to travel miles
to find another person.
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We used to meet up
at the Marquee Club
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up in Oxford Street.
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The blues night was
a Thursday night.
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And you would meet like minds
there and just dance.
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I met Mick and Keith and Brian
over there.
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They were just part of this
crew that would go there.
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♪ Got my mojo working ♪
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♪ Got my mojo working ♪
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♪ Got my mojo working ♪
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♪ Got my mojo working... ♪
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[Eric] And so blues music
led me to the friends
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that I was gonna have.
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[knocking]
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[Ben Palmer] In those days,
there was very little interest
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in the blues.
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It wasn't popular music
in this country at all.
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I was one of those snobby
purist people.
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And I got very interested in
a style of piano playing,
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played by Muddy Waters'
pianist, Otis Spann.
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I thought well, this music
belongs in a band, really.
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So, I advertised in the
Melody Maker.
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This bass player got in touch
with me.
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Well, he said, "If only we
could find a guitar player.
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"We could really start to get
this music working together."
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[ Steppin' Out
playing]
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We hired a room in a pub
with a piano
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and this little fellow walked
in the door with a guitar.
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He was about 17.
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[music continues]
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It was instantly clear
that he had a tremendous gift
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and had worked really hard
to develop it.
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We couldn't believe
how good he was.
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It was a very small outfit
with no equipment.
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We all went through one
amplifier.
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Vocals, guitars
and everything.
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We did more rehearsing
than playing.
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But it was fun.
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[music continues]
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[Eric] Ben was the person
I knew,
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from the minute I met him
was a serious guy.
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And he was
a great piano player.
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He was a deep inspiration
for me.
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And a kind of
father figure too.
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[Ben] I thought Eric had an
obsessive interest in music.
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I thought it was the very core
of his being, really.
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He was very friendly
but very private too.
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And he tended to form very
close relationships
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with people suddenly,
none of which ever lasted
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for any length of time.
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Anyway, Eric decided he was
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going to be a professional
musician
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and so he had to make
a career move.
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[man 1] Ten,
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nine, eight...
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[man 2] All right, take one
now. When you're ready.
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Four, three, two...
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[ I Wish You Would ]
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♪ Early in the morning
'bout the break a day ♪
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♪ That's when my baby
went away ♪
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♪ Cryin' and pleadin'
won't do no good ♪
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♪Come back baby
I wish you would... ♪
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[Chris Dreja] We had been
working pretty regularly
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and we'd lost
our lead guitar player.
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Eric was in the same college
as we were.
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We were one of the few
southern British blues bands.
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So he joined the band sort of,
immediately.
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♪ Staying out
all night long ♪
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We did a weekly gig on
a Sunday night
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at a place called the
Crawdaddy Club in Richmond.
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It was like a party.
Everyone would get together
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and just go mad.
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And I developed a little
following amongst these people
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and I knew that there were
certain ways that I could
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get them going.
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♪ Trying to love me and
some other man, too ♪
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He had his own group of
followers that used to stand
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right in front of him
on the stage.
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The Clapton clique.
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Usually everyone would
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go for the lead singer but
it was different in our band.
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[Eric] It spread and it became
a fan base.
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[ I Wish You Would
continues]
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♪ Oh! ♪
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[applause]
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[Paul McCartney] It's great,
you know, it's good fun.
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There's lots of people
all comin' in, which is nice.
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And we're having
a good time, you know,
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with Freddy and the Dreamers,
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and The Yardbirds
and everybody. It's good.
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[Eric] We were considered
a good live act.
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We were asked to do
The Beatles Christmas show.
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And we thought
they were wankers.
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But I got on with George
very well
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because he was
a guitar player.
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[George Harrison]
We were both in bands
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and we did a Christmas season
in the Hammersmith Odeon
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together and Eric
was in The Yardbirds.
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And we met then.
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[cheering]
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[The Beatles singing]
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♪ Can't do that ♪
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[Eric] So people that came
to see Yardbirds
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were really into the music.
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When The Beatles came on,
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they'd just start screaming
so that you couldn't actually
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hear anything
but the screaming.
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We would watch from the wings
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and I would see how pointless
these guys thought it all was.
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Already.
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[harmonizing]
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George was clearly
an innovator.
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But the sad part was
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that no one listened.
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And I thought The Yardbirds
had real understanding
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about what it was
really all about.
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And it wasn't about
being famous
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or getting on TV
or having a hit.
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[cheering]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[ For Your Love
playing]
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[Chris] Jim, Keith and myself
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started to have many ideas
about areas of music
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we wanted to pursue.
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And when the music publisher
came along
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with the song
For Your Love,
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it just felt absolutely right.
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♪ I'd give you everything
and more ♪
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♪ And that's for sure ♪
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[Eric] It was pop.
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All the material we were doing
was blues music
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which hadn't even properly
filtered through
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to the mainstream here.
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So we were
pioneering something.
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I noticed
they were deliberately
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growing Beatles haircuts.
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I thought we've sold out.
I've sold out.
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I've gotta get out of here.
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[Chris] Eric played
on the studio sessions
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for
For Your Love.
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And then immediately left.
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We had this massive record
suddenly
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and no lead guitar player.
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[Eric] I was so disheartened
by the music business,
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because it seemed to me that
everywhere I looked
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everyone was on the make.
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I think I was probably a nasty
piece of work
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to have around, you know,
if you were tryin' to launch
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into the successful
music world.
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[creaking]
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[thud]
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[Ben] Eric came to my house
in Oxford.
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I was living on my own so,
it was a one to one thing.
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And we just talked.
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[Eric] I wanted his advice
on what to do
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because I liked playing the
guitar and I love blues music.
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But I thought I was gonna
give up everything.
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And I stayed with him
for about two weeks
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and watched him carve.
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[Ben] We both have pretty
dysfunctional families.
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And we would sort of sit
and talk about these things.
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And I thought his interest in
his music was so obsessive
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that he didn't really have
a choice about what he was
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doing with his time.
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He just had to go where
it was best to go.
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I'm sure it's been with him
all his life.
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[Eric] And while I was there
someone tracked me down.
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And it was John Mayall.
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[indistinct
television chatter]
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[laughing]
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Thanks, Bu.
And before we run out of time,
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I think it's about time
we learn to do
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the Crocodile Walk,
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with Johnny Mayall
and the Bluesbreakers.
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♪ See that crocodile walk ♪
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♪ Hey, and he lookin' my way ♪
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[Bob Dylan speaking]
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♪ Any minute today ♪
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♪He got a long way to walk ♪
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♪ Lookin' for a home ♪
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♪Yeah, I wanna see you smile ♪
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♪ And, hey, hey, crocodile ♪
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♪ Yeah, crocodile
now tell me ♪
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♪ He might settle down
now, baby ♪
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♪Ooh, yeah
♪
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♪Hey, hey, crocodile ♪
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[John] When it came to blues
there was nobody like him.
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Eric was that special.
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He knew the history of it.
The background of it.
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And he had the emotional
feel for it.
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And the technique
to express it.
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He was given this freedom
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to let loose.
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♪ Disappearing in the dark ♪
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[Alex Hooper] Eric,
how much do you think that
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his influence helped blues
based bands?
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[Eric] If you're gonna
take it back to the roots
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it's between him and Alexis
Korner and they're the ones
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that started actually
physically playing it.
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And there were lots of people
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that collected
old blues records
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but that didn't play.
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But he worked in the clubs
playing it.
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I mean, he's responsible for
the whole thing, really.
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[Eric] The minute I got
into that band
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I joined a working schedule
I'd never seen before.
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We worked seven nights a week.
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We played every night.
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The Twisted Wheel
in Manchester.
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The Mojo in Sheffield.
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The Boathouse in Nottingham.
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The Club a'Gogo in Newcastle.
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I still had no idea
how you talk to girls.
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I was very shy.
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And then suddenly I was
dating, picking up girls.
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It was like a girl
in every gig.
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[John Mayall]
Eric lived in Ripley
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and he didn't have transport.
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So it became a matter of
convenience
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that he'd stay at our house.
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There was a spare room.
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So he moved in there.
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I had the family, you know,
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so he was living in
the family house.
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So it was very suburban.
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The regular life with the mum
and dad and three children.
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At night we did the gigs.
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[Eric] He was very cool.
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He had an incredible
collection of records
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that I listened to all day
long. For about a year,
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I just would put on records
and play along with them.
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and I went at it.
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[tabla playing]
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A lot of my influences around
that time
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weren't just guitar players,
they were other singers
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and also Indian music.
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I listened to Bismillah Khan
a lot.
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I wanted my guitar to sound
like his reed instrument.
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[Indian music playing]
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[blues music playing]
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[Eric] One of the
biggest influences
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on what I wanted to achieve
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with a guitar
was Little Walter.
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00:23:34,459 --> 00:23:35,917
The sound he made with
the harmonica,
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playing through an amplifier.
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And it was thick and fat.
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Very melodic.
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I had been wandering into
music shops
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in the west end of London.
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And plugging a guitar in.
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I'd try that guitar with
that amp.
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And I found this amp
way out in West London
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and it was perfect.
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It was an absolutely
perfect sound.
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00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,791
[amplifier hums]
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[ Steppin' Out ]
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[John] He showed up with
that guitar and that amp
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and immediately people started
to idolise what he was doing.
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And to certain extent that's
what bugged him the most.
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00:25:02,417 --> 00:25:05,791
He didn't want to be
looked at and inspected.
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00:25:05,791 --> 00:25:07,833
He just wanted to play the way
he wanted to play
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and leave him alone.
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[ Steppin' Out
continues]
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[interviewer]
Now, from the time
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that you left The Yardbirds
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00:25:22,334 --> 00:25:25,167
and joined up with John Mayall
and company,
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00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:29,209
your head seemed to change
tremendously as far as
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00:25:29,209 --> 00:25:31,167
your music was concerned.
395
00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:32,459
What kind of things were
happening to your head then?
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00:25:32,459 --> 00:25:36,125
Well, I really didn't change
as much as you probably think
397
00:25:36,125 --> 00:25:38,666
because it's not really,
398
00:25:38,666 --> 00:25:40,167
you know,
an individual change.
399
00:25:40,167 --> 00:25:42,292
It was just put into
a different context.
400
00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:43,167
So, I mean, the things
that I was doing
401
00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:45,541
reflected differently,
you know.
402
00:25:45,541 --> 00:25:46,833
I mean the...
403
00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:49,167
The context of The Yardbirds
as opposed to John Mayall
404
00:25:49,167 --> 00:25:51,750
is totally different.
One is pop and one is...
405
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:54,875
Was then even more earthier
blues than it is now.
406
00:25:54,875 --> 00:25:56,875
Stuff you played then.
407
00:25:56,875 --> 00:25:59,167
And you know, I just played
the same things
408
00:25:59,167 --> 00:26:01,708
but they just
sounded different.
409
00:26:02,791 --> 00:26:04,292
[man] Take three.
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00:26:05,875 --> 00:26:07,708
[blues music playing]
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00:26:14,083 --> 00:26:16,334
[Eric] We had been
on the road for long enough
412
00:26:16,334 --> 00:26:19,083
to go in
and just play our set.
413
00:26:19,083 --> 00:26:20,750
But at that period
there were technicians
414
00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:22,500
doing the recording
415
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:26,083
that just came up to your amp
with a microphone,
416
00:26:26,083 --> 00:26:29,000
stuck it two inches away from
the front of the amplifier.
417
00:26:30,375 --> 00:26:33,666
It seemed to me that
if you wanted to get
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00:26:33,666 --> 00:26:36,125
the atmosphere that we were
getting in the clubs,
419
00:26:36,125 --> 00:26:38,875
you needed for it to sound
like you were in the audience.
420
00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:42,042
Ten feet away.
Not three inches.
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00:26:44,541 --> 00:26:46,292
And so when the guy did that
422
00:26:46,292 --> 00:26:49,750
on that day that we went in
to record,
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00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:52,125
I said, "Excuse me, I don't
want it there."
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00:26:52,125 --> 00:26:54,000
"Put it over there."
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00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,875
He said, " Well, you're making
our job really difficult."
426
00:26:56,875 --> 00:27:01,209
And I said, "I don't care,
that's the way I want it."
427
00:27:01,209 --> 00:27:03,417
[blues guitar playing]
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00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:11,250
With Eric playing at the
sort of volume he was playing,
429
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:13,125
there was no way that
anyone could deal with it.
430
00:27:13,125 --> 00:27:15,167
They didn't know what to do.
So we had to find a way
431
00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:17,292
to deal with it.
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00:27:17,292 --> 00:27:20,417
That was the most
exciting part of the project
433
00:27:20,417 --> 00:27:23,459
because when we found how
to do it, we had the sound.
434
00:27:25,459 --> 00:27:26,292
[ All Your Love
playing]
435
00:28:19,292 --> 00:28:23,292
[Roger Waters] That changed
everything.
436
00:28:23,292 --> 00:28:26,000
Before Eric, guitar playing
in England had been
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00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,209
Hank Marvin and The Shadows.
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00:28:28,209 --> 00:28:31,167
Very, very simple,
not much technique.
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00:28:32,958 --> 00:28:36,083
Suddenly we heard something
that was completely different.
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00:28:36,083 --> 00:28:39,083
The record sounded unlike
anything that any of us
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had ever heard before, it was
completely revolutionary.
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[interviewer] Eric, now that
blues have started to emerge
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as a really very
powerful force
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00:28:52,167 --> 00:28:53,708
on the pop scene.
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00:28:53,708 --> 00:28:55,500
And everyone's latching
on to it even though
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00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:57,209
they don't necessarily
understand the music.
447
00:28:57,209 --> 00:28:59,917
Now, do you think
this is a bad thing?
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00:28:59,917 --> 00:29:03,042
No, because, you see,
what will happen is that
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00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:05,042
after a long time, they
will become
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00:29:05,042 --> 00:29:07,541
so well educated musically
451
00:29:07,541 --> 00:29:11,000
that they'll be able to
dig spades singing the blues
452
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,209
instead of having to take
watered down imitations.
453
00:29:14,209 --> 00:29:15,292
They won't have
to accept that any more
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00:29:15,292 --> 00:29:17,417
because they'll be
free thinking enough
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00:29:17,417 --> 00:29:20,417
to be able to look
at a coloured man and dig it
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00:29:20,417 --> 00:29:23,875
without having
any hang ups. You know?
457
00:29:23,875 --> 00:29:25,625
And then, you know,
458
00:29:25,625 --> 00:29:27,083
all the white guys
are gonna have to find
459
00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:28,083
something their own to play,
that is good enough
460
00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:29,541
to stand up to it because
461
00:29:29,541 --> 00:29:33,083
they won't be accepted,
they'll be rejected.
462
00:29:33,083 --> 00:29:34,000
There won't be any white
blues bands,
463
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,833
it couldn't happen.
464
00:29:36,917 --> 00:29:39,583
What is it you think
about the music that draws
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00:29:39,583 --> 00:29:40,833
young white kids
to it?
466
00:29:40,833 --> 00:29:42,666
Now, you mentioned
the fact that, uh,
467
00:29:42,666 --> 00:29:43,459
groups like
The Rolling Stones
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00:29:43,459 --> 00:29:45,417
have turned them on
to the music.
469
00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:47,833
I think white kids really
love a beautiful sound.
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00:29:47,833 --> 00:29:50,209
That deep tone.
471
00:29:50,209 --> 00:29:52,083
Then even white kids
sing the blues.
472
00:29:52,083 --> 00:29:54,791
They can play more blues than
I can ever dream of playing.
473
00:29:54,791 --> 00:29:57,625
But you know, they'll never be
able to vocal like me,
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00:29:57,625 --> 00:29:58,708
you know that.
475
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,375
And I'm singing that
out to the church
476
00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:02,375
and got that big tone,
I guess that's what
477
00:30:02,375 --> 00:30:05,541
the white kids come
to see me for often.
478
00:30:05,541 --> 00:30:10,292
Does it have something
to do with the feeling that...
479
00:30:10,292 --> 00:30:12,334
That's what I'm saying,
that tone is the feeling,
480
00:30:12,334 --> 00:30:13,750
you got the feeling in there,
for those kids.
481
00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:15,875
And there's no way
you can counterfeit that?
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00:30:15,875 --> 00:30:17,167
You can't counterfeit that.
483
00:30:17,167 --> 00:30:18,791
You mean,
in other words...
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00:30:18,791 --> 00:30:21,292
The young kids can learn
to play a guitar that way
485
00:30:21,292 --> 00:30:22,500
but they can't learn
to sing that way?
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00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:23,791
Like me?
487
00:30:23,791 --> 00:30:25,209
-You mean, white kids?
-Yeah.
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00:30:25,209 --> 00:30:26,209
Oh, no.
489
00:30:26,209 --> 00:30:28,209
-You know better than that.
-Why is that?
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00:30:28,209 --> 00:30:30,791
They ain't got enough soul
491
00:30:30,791 --> 00:30:32,334
and they didn't have
enough hard times.
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00:30:32,334 --> 00:30:32,417
[chuckles]
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00:30:35,833 --> 00:30:38,042
[Hughie Flint] I came around
to Jones' house one day
494
00:30:38,042 --> 00:30:39,000
and he'd been out in
the garden reading
495
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,917
The Melody Maker
and he was furious.
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00:30:41,917 --> 00:30:44,167
And he said,
"Eric's rehearsing with a band
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00:30:44,167 --> 00:30:46,666
"in some church."
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00:30:46,666 --> 00:30:48,833
And I said, "Oh, is he?"
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00:30:48,833 --> 00:30:50,708
All of a sudden,
there it was.
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00:30:50,708 --> 00:30:53,125
There was this new group
that's gonna be
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00:30:53,125 --> 00:30:55,167
making its debut somewhere
and that was it.
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00:30:55,167 --> 00:30:57,375
It was very sudden.
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00:30:58,125 --> 00:30:59,791
Total lunatic.
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00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:01,292
Just said he's gonna quit.
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00:31:02,209 --> 00:31:03,625
[I Feel Free
playing]
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♪ I feel free ♪
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00:31:11,125 --> 00:31:11,625
♪ I feel free ♪
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00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,541
[Eric] I wanted to be
a blues trio.
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00:31:19,541 --> 00:31:20,625
Fusing jazz and rock.
510
00:31:22,583 --> 00:31:23,708
It was just a thing where
511
00:31:23,708 --> 00:31:26,917
the three of us liked
one another's playing
512
00:31:26,917 --> 00:31:28,791
and we decided to do it.
513
00:31:28,791 --> 00:31:29,875
♪ I feel free ♪
514
00:31:30,917 --> 00:31:32,125
♪ I feel free ♪
515
00:31:34,583 --> 00:31:38,666
♪ Feel when I dance with you ♪
516
00:31:39,708 --> 00:31:42,666
♪ We move like the sea ♪
517
00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:48,625
♪ You, you're all
I want to know ♪
518
00:31:50,334 --> 00:31:54,666
♪ I feel free ♪
519
00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:59,917
♪ I feel free ♪
520
00:32:01,083 --> 00:32:06,250
♪ I feel free ♪
521
00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:09,250
♪ I can walk down the street
there's no one there ♪
522
00:32:09,250 --> 00:32:11,583
♪ Though the pavements
are one huge crowd ♪
523
00:32:11,583 --> 00:32:13,708
♪ I can drive down the road
my eyes don't see ♪
524
00:32:13,708 --> 00:32:16,541
♪ Though my mind
wants to cry out loud ♪
525
00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:21,708
♪ I ♪
526
00:32:23,083 --> 00:32:26,625
♪ I ♪
527
00:32:27,042 --> 00:32:32,375
♪ I ♪
528
00:32:33,417 --> 00:32:37,583
♪ I feel free ♪
529
00:32:38,917 --> 00:32:43,209
♪ I feel free ♪
530
00:32:44,083 --> 00:32:48,083
♪ I feel free ♪
531
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,625
[Jimi speaking]
532
00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:15,750
[Eric speaking]
533
00:33:27,292 --> 00:33:28,625
[Jimi speaking]
534
00:33:30,833 --> 00:33:32,917
[Eric] The first time
I saw Jimi, I think
535
00:33:32,917 --> 00:33:35,583
it was a gig we did
in London
536
00:33:35,583 --> 00:33:39,000
and I saw him a couple
of times at the speak easy.
537
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,167
He used to come around to
the flat a lot and stay there.
538
00:33:43,167 --> 00:33:44,833
We had a great time really.
539
00:33:44,833 --> 00:33:48,875
He was so shy, and quiet,
withdrawn and gentle.
540
00:33:50,666 --> 00:33:54,500
We talk about every day
kind of ambitions, you know?
541
00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,334
And the way we want
the world to be
542
00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:58,541
but the conversation never
stayed that way for very long.
543
00:33:58,541 --> 00:34:02,541
'Cause Jimi had such
a surreal mind.
544
00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:05,666
Once you start going
talking about anything.
545
00:34:05,666 --> 00:34:08,292
You'd end up talking about
flying saucers, you know?
546
00:34:08,292 --> 00:34:10,209
Sort of purple velvet
moons.
547
00:34:10,209 --> 00:34:11,500
[laughs] It's like.
548
00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:14,375
And you couldn't keep him
on the ground for any length
549
00:34:14,375 --> 00:34:15,459
of time.
550
00:34:18,375 --> 00:34:21,042
[Jimi speaking]
551
00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:40,708
[Eric speaking]
552
00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:00,209
[indistinct chatter]
553
00:35:00,209 --> 00:35:03,417
[Ben] Eric came to
my house in Oxford with Ginger
554
00:35:03,417 --> 00:35:06,625
and said he was forming Cream
555
00:35:06,625 --> 00:35:09,791
and would I like to go
and work for them.
556
00:35:09,791 --> 00:35:12,833
I think he wanted somebody
around who he knew.
557
00:35:14,625 --> 00:35:17,958
He was enjoying the new fruits
of success hugely
558
00:35:17,958 --> 00:35:21,500
and the psychedelic musical
venture that was happening.
559
00:35:24,292 --> 00:35:26,875
[Ahmet Ertegun] Eric and Cream
came to New York
560
00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:31,334
and they came to record
in our studio.
561
00:35:32,417 --> 00:35:36,958
They played songs
that are not absolutely
562
00:35:36,958 --> 00:35:40,875
in a 12 or eight bar form
but have a blues feel.
563
00:35:42,292 --> 00:35:44,583
It's a new music.
564
00:35:44,583 --> 00:35:48,209
Especially when Eric
played the guitar.
565
00:35:48,209 --> 00:35:49,833
[ Hey Joe
playing]
566
00:35:51,666 --> 00:35:53,958
[Tom Dowd] When I walked
into my studio,
567
00:35:53,958 --> 00:35:56,459
I had a bunch of English
roadies setting up
568
00:35:56,459 --> 00:35:58,583
double stacks
of Marshalls
569
00:35:58,583 --> 00:36:02,125
and double bass drums
and double cymbal stands
570
00:36:02,125 --> 00:36:03,625
and so I just looked
and I thought,
571
00:36:03,625 --> 00:36:04,917
"What, have I got two
of everything?"
572
00:36:04,917 --> 00:36:06,541
I couldn't believe what
I was looking at,
573
00:36:06,541 --> 00:36:07,750
it was just three men.
574
00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:10,000
[indistinct studio chatter]
575
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:18,583
[Strange Brew
playing]
576
00:36:34,292 --> 00:36:37,833
♪ Strange brew ♪
577
00:36:37,833 --> 00:36:39,917
♪ Kill what's inside of you ♪
578
00:36:43,666 --> 00:36:48,125
♪ She's a witch of trouble
in electric blue ♪
579
00:36:48,125 --> 00:36:52,833
♪ In her own mad mind
she's in love with you ♪
580
00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:54,583
♪ With you ♪
581
00:36:55,791 --> 00:36:58,459
♪ Now what you gonna do? ♪
582
00:37:02,042 --> 00:37:07,042
♪ Strange brew
kill what's inside of you ♪
583
00:37:36,666 --> 00:37:38,958
[Richard Goldstein speaking]
584
00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:42,209
[Eric speaking]
585
00:37:49,083 --> 00:37:50,334
[Richard speaking]
586
00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:53,000
[Eric speaking]
587
00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:12,375
[Richard speaking]
588
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,708
[Eric speaking]
589
00:38:31,750 --> 00:38:34,625
[Eric] We were recording
in Atlantic Studios.
590
00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:37,625
We're sharing that workspace
with Ray Charles,
591
00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:39,750
Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding
592
00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:44,583
and Wilson Pickett,
so we were in their play room.
593
00:38:44,583 --> 00:38:47,958
A lot of the time, we were
going out as Otis Redding
594
00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:50,292
was coming in
or Aretha Franklin
595
00:38:50,292 --> 00:38:52,459
was coming, the sessions
that would overlap.
596
00:38:52,459 --> 00:38:54,250
And one day Ahmet said,
597
00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:55,334
"What would you like
to play?"
598
00:38:55,334 --> 00:38:58,917
And I said,
"Oof, would I? You kidding?"
599
00:39:00,541 --> 00:39:02,375
-Okay.
-Standby.
600
00:39:02,375 --> 00:39:04,459
[Eric] I looked in
and there was Joe South,
601
00:39:04,459 --> 00:39:05,625
Bobby Hinton, Bobby Womack.
602
00:39:05,625 --> 00:39:09,334
There were like five
guitar players on the floor
603
00:39:09,334 --> 00:39:11,625
and Aretha on piano, singing.
604
00:39:13,125 --> 00:39:15,666
And I went in there
with my permed hair
605
00:39:15,666 --> 00:39:18,209
and pink trousers,
high-heeled boots.
606
00:39:18,209 --> 00:39:20,583
Looking like a freak
from Mars
607
00:39:20,583 --> 00:39:22,708
and they looked at me
like, "What's this?"
608
00:39:22,708 --> 00:39:25,708
And I sat down
and played.
609
00:39:25,708 --> 00:39:28,958
♪ If you had a dollar ♪
610
00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,292
♪ And I had a dime ♪
611
00:39:39,042 --> 00:39:42,209
♪ I wonder could
I borrow yours? ♪
612
00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:47,917
♪ As easy as you could mine ♪
613
00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:54,833
♪ Because when you need
my love ♪
614
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,500
♪ And I gave time
after time ♪
615
00:40:02,958 --> 00:40:07,541
♪ And turn around
to find me no returns ♪
616
00:40:07,541 --> 00:40:13,750
♪ Then, my friend
you've used my dimes ♪
617
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:16,167
[Ahmet] Aretha Franklin
started laughing when
618
00:40:16,167 --> 00:40:18,000
she saw Eric because
he was wearing
619
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,666
psychedelic costume.
[laughing]
620
00:40:21,666 --> 00:40:23,917
But when Eric played
the guitar,
621
00:40:23,917 --> 00:40:25,917
Aretha stopped laughing
622
00:40:25,917 --> 00:40:27,875
because it was the real thing.
623
00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:30,917
♪ Your heart
to do for me ♪
624
00:40:30,917 --> 00:40:35,917
♪ Then, baby, just don't
darken my front door ♪
625
00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:38,666
♪ Baby ♪
626
00:40:40,417 --> 00:40:45,167
♪ I want you to be as good
to me as I am to you ♪
627
00:40:50,375 --> 00:40:52,083
♪ Baby ♪
628
00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,583
[Eric] Man, that was it,
I thought if that comes out.
629
00:40:54,583 --> 00:40:56,459
I don't have
to do anything again.
630
00:40:59,083 --> 00:41:02,167
♪ Listen,
don't you walk around here ♪
631
00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:08,334
♪ Feeling like you can
treat me any ol' way ♪
632
00:41:13,958 --> 00:41:15,250
[camera shutter clicking]
633
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,292
I had just arrived
from Paris to be a model.
634
00:41:20,417 --> 00:41:22,541
When I met Eric,
I didn't know
635
00:41:22,541 --> 00:41:23,417
who he was at all.
636
00:41:25,042 --> 00:41:28,375
He was a bit shy, he was
a bit inhibited at first.
637
00:41:29,791 --> 00:41:32,750
But then we started
going out together.
638
00:41:32,750 --> 00:41:35,292
And we pretty much
moved in together
639
00:41:35,292 --> 00:41:36,167
very quickly.
640
00:41:39,791 --> 00:41:42,541
[Eric] Charlotte
was very funny
641
00:41:42,541 --> 00:41:44,417
and very, very open minded.
642
00:41:45,292 --> 00:41:47,417
We had a friendship.
643
00:41:47,417 --> 00:41:49,750
We just were comfortable
together.
644
00:41:50,791 --> 00:41:55,167
She saw who I was
645
00:41:55,167 --> 00:41:56,666
for better or worse.
646
00:41:59,083 --> 00:42:00,833
[Charlotte] I just started
feeling like
647
00:42:00,833 --> 00:42:02,167
Alice in Wonderland.
648
00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:05,750
I was totally into
the Beatles.
649
00:42:05,750 --> 00:42:08,292
The next minute,
we were invited
650
00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:13,708
to take part of this
special event by the Beatles.
651
00:42:13,708 --> 00:42:17,250
It was like, "Okay."
[laughs] You know,
652
00:42:17,250 --> 00:42:18,209
normal.
653
00:42:18,209 --> 00:42:19,334
♪ Learn how to play the game ♪
654
00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:22,209
♪ It's easy ♪
655
00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:28,875
♪ Nothing you can make
that can't be made ♪
656
00:42:28,875 --> 00:42:30,750
When I moved into
the Kings Road.
657
00:42:30,750 --> 00:42:33,625
George would drop by
on his route home
658
00:42:33,625 --> 00:42:34,875
out to Esher.
659
00:42:36,958 --> 00:42:38,833
And I've been going
to Esher a few times
660
00:42:38,833 --> 00:42:42,917
taking acid together, bit by
bit, we were becoming friends.
661
00:42:42,917 --> 00:42:45,417
♪ All you need is love ♪
662
00:42:46,791 --> 00:42:49,334
♪ All you need is love ♪
663
00:42:52,375 --> 00:42:55,958
♪ All you need is love, love ♪
664
00:42:56,958 --> 00:42:58,917
♪ Love is all you need ♪
665
00:43:12,875 --> 00:43:14,500
[indistinct chatter]
666
00:43:20,750 --> 00:43:22,334
[audience cheering]
667
00:43:32,917 --> 00:43:34,917
[rock music playing]
668
00:44:07,625 --> 00:44:10,625
The audience there
was so much more advanced.
669
00:44:10,625 --> 00:44:16,167
Cream very quickly realized,
they could just open up.
670
00:44:16,167 --> 00:44:19,459
I mean they would play the
same number for 40 minutes.
671
00:44:20,750 --> 00:44:22,875
Improvisation every night.
672
00:44:25,875 --> 00:44:27,958
[rock music playing]
673
00:45:13,666 --> 00:45:16,375
And the audience
couldn't have enough of it.
674
00:45:16,375 --> 00:45:20,334
It was exactly what
they had wanted to hear
675
00:45:20,334 --> 00:45:22,042
and it had suddenly arrived.
676
00:45:26,875 --> 00:45:28,625
[drumming intensifies]
677
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,791
[audience cheering]
678
00:46:01,583 --> 00:46:03,083
[music ends]
679
00:46:03,083 --> 00:46:04,833
[audience cheering]
680
00:46:18,334 --> 00:46:20,042
[Crossroads
playing]
681
00:46:38,625 --> 00:46:41,583
♪ I went down
to the crossroads ♪
682
00:46:41,583 --> 00:46:43,625
♪ Fell down on my knees ♪
683
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:51,167
♪ Down to the crossroads
fell down on my knees ♪
684
00:46:54,209 --> 00:46:55,292
♪ Asked the Lord above
for mercy ♪
685
00:46:55,292 --> 00:46:58,083
♪ Save me if you please ♪
686
00:47:01,083 --> 00:47:03,958
♪ I went down
to the crossroads ♪
687
00:47:03,958 --> 00:47:06,000
♪ Tried to flag a ride ♪
688
00:47:07,541 --> 00:47:12,750
♪ Down to the crossroads
tried to flag a ride ♪
689
00:47:14,750 --> 00:47:19,708
♪ Nobody seemed to know me
everybody passed me by ♪
690
00:47:23,083 --> 00:47:24,334
[interviewer] Many of these
young players
691
00:47:24,334 --> 00:47:25,750
coming along today
692
00:47:25,750 --> 00:47:29,083
have been really turned on by
the way you play the guitar.
693
00:47:29,083 --> 00:47:32,459
I'm grateful some of them
seem to like me.
694
00:47:32,459 --> 00:47:34,917
I'm grateful because
695
00:47:34,917 --> 00:47:38,666
to me, it seemed
to open a few doors for us
696
00:47:38,666 --> 00:47:42,541
that seemed like that was
never gonna be open.
697
00:47:45,167 --> 00:47:48,958
Because until the days of
rock 'n' roll a lot of times,
698
00:47:48,958 --> 00:47:51,292
a lot of the places, we...
They just wouldn't accept us.
699
00:47:51,292 --> 00:47:55,334
I'm not speaking racially,
700
00:47:55,334 --> 00:47:56,875
I'm just talking about
the people at home
701
00:47:56,875 --> 00:47:59,167
that just wouldn't accept us
in some of the places that...
702
00:47:59,167 --> 00:48:01,541
The door's open now,
that you can go into.
703
00:48:01,541 --> 00:48:04,167
[Crossroads
continues]
704
00:48:04,167 --> 00:48:07,000
[Bill Graham] B.B King played
the joints for years.
705
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,791
Otis Redding was
a black R&B singer
706
00:48:09,791 --> 00:48:12,083
who played the southern route.
707
00:48:12,083 --> 00:48:14,750
And what rock n' roll
or the popularity
708
00:48:14,750 --> 00:48:16,083
of rock n' roll
has afforded us
709
00:48:16,083 --> 00:48:18,250
is the opportunity
to use
710
00:48:18,250 --> 00:48:20,375
good rock n' roll
as bait to bring
711
00:48:20,375 --> 00:48:22,541
the people in, but once
they got it, present them with
712
00:48:23,209 --> 00:48:24,292
uh...
713
00:48:24,292 --> 00:48:27,167
some of the people who,
were it not for them,
714
00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:27,583
there wouldn't be
any rock n' roll.
715
00:48:30,583 --> 00:48:33,708
[B.B King] I was playing
in New York City
716
00:48:33,708 --> 00:48:36,209
and I've been hearing about
this young guitarist,
717
00:48:36,209 --> 00:48:38,666
the Cream and so on.
718
00:48:39,292 --> 00:48:42,250
I met this young man.
719
00:48:42,250 --> 00:48:46,875
Long hair
and very quiet like.
720
00:48:46,875 --> 00:48:48,500
We had a jam session.
721
00:48:50,500 --> 00:48:53,583
Eric seemed to take time,
it's like putting pieces
722
00:48:53,583 --> 00:48:54,958
in a puzzle.
723
00:48:54,958 --> 00:48:57,459
Like an old seasoned guy.
724
00:48:58,583 --> 00:49:01,083
It could sound good,
but if you gonna play
725
00:49:01,083 --> 00:49:04,000
more than two or three notes,
you need to have
726
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,209
a story to tell.
727
00:49:06,209 --> 00:49:08,459
And he told me
some very good ones.
728
00:49:09,708 --> 00:49:14,000
White America had
never paid attention to blues.
729
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,750
So thanks to Eric, really,
it awakened.
730
00:49:17,541 --> 00:49:19,375
Started them listening.
731
00:49:19,375 --> 00:49:21,958
Now a lot of doors were
opened for B.B. King
732
00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:23,958
and many other people
like myself.
733
00:49:23,958 --> 00:49:24,666
[Crossroads
continues]
734
00:49:31,875 --> 00:49:35,167
[Ahmet] They did like
300 shows a year.
735
00:49:35,167 --> 00:49:37,625
And had a huge, huge following
736
00:49:37,625 --> 00:49:41,500
based on their live
performances.
737
00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:44,459
So at that time,
Cream got to be
738
00:49:44,459 --> 00:49:46,791
the biggest band in the world.
739
00:49:46,791 --> 00:49:49,167
Much bigger than
the Rolling Stones
740
00:49:49,167 --> 00:49:50,500
and the Beatles.
741
00:49:54,459 --> 00:49:56,083
[music ends]
742
00:49:56,083 --> 00:49:57,625
[audience cheering]
743
00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:03,375
[Jack] Eric Clapton, please.
744
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,292
[interviewer]
When you're improvising,
745
00:50:08,292 --> 00:50:09,459
do you use stock phrases?
746
00:50:09,459 --> 00:50:11,583
Um, yeah, there are
always phrases
747
00:50:11,583 --> 00:50:14,250
that I always play
that are stock phrases
748
00:50:14,250 --> 00:50:15,541
that I work from
you know,
749
00:50:15,541 --> 00:50:16,791
which are just like...
750
00:50:22,666 --> 00:50:24,500
All these runs.
751
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:27,250
You know, I've put
together from old phrases
752
00:50:27,250 --> 00:50:29,125
that I've first
started on like...
753
00:50:29,125 --> 00:50:30,500
[plays guitar slowly]
754
00:50:33,042 --> 00:50:35,459
And then they're just
kind of messed up
755
00:50:35,459 --> 00:50:37,042
with other things
which I've learned like...
756
00:50:41,666 --> 00:50:43,500
If a guy likes
playing football,
757
00:50:43,500 --> 00:50:45,334
then that's what
he'll use to get...
758
00:50:45,334 --> 00:50:47,625
To get all of his,
kind of, basic...
759
00:50:47,625 --> 00:50:50,666
Kind of, angry bits
out of him,
760
00:50:50,666 --> 00:50:52,666
you know, that you build up
through any day.
761
00:50:52,666 --> 00:50:54,708
You can just, someone
is tooting the horn
762
00:50:54,708 --> 00:50:55,708
in the car behind you
and you'll get angry
763
00:50:55,708 --> 00:50:58,334
and you have no release
for it, you know?
764
00:50:58,334 --> 00:51:01,083
Well, that happens
to everybody,
765
00:51:01,083 --> 00:51:02,708
but you know, I've got
the advantage of being
766
00:51:02,708 --> 00:51:04,417
able to sort of
play that out
767
00:51:04,875 --> 00:51:06,459
on the guitar.
768
00:51:06,459 --> 00:51:08,791
By being sort of, um,
769
00:51:08,791 --> 00:51:10,833
fairly aggressive in
the way I'm playing,
770
00:51:10,833 --> 00:51:12,042
not the way I use it.
771
00:51:12,042 --> 00:51:14,125
That can be done too
with people like The Who.
772
00:51:14,125 --> 00:51:16,375
Can you show us?
773
00:51:16,375 --> 00:51:18,125
What you mean, you want me
to break the guitar up?
774
00:51:18,125 --> 00:51:19,167
Well, no,
not quite, just an example
775
00:51:19,167 --> 00:51:21,375
-of aggression in your music.
-Yeah, right.
776
00:51:21,375 --> 00:51:21,875
[plays blues guitar]
777
00:51:52,750 --> 00:51:55,375
[Charlotte] Eric
wasn't the best communicator.
778
00:51:55,375 --> 00:51:57,917
There was a lot of unsaid
things, you know,
779
00:51:57,917 --> 00:52:00,250
about where he was at.
780
00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:02,917
He enjoyed part of it
very much.
781
00:52:02,917 --> 00:52:05,666
There was an aspect
of being adored.
782
00:52:06,583 --> 00:52:10,583
But it was difficult
to keep up.
783
00:52:10,583 --> 00:52:12,791
And to be on tour
for months and months.
784
00:52:21,250 --> 00:52:24,666
There was constant,
serious dispute
785
00:52:24,666 --> 00:52:28,791
between Jack and Ginger
every day.
786
00:52:28,791 --> 00:52:30,125
It didn't matter to them
what they were arguing about
787
00:52:30,125 --> 00:52:32,125
really.
788
00:52:32,125 --> 00:52:35,500
It was just, they were
at each other's throats
789
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:37,334
and it was very intense.
790
00:52:39,791 --> 00:52:41,459
We shut one another out,
I mean I would just run away
791
00:52:41,459 --> 00:52:44,541
from him, we never socialized.
792
00:52:44,541 --> 00:52:47,791
We never really shared ideas
any more, we just got
793
00:52:47,791 --> 00:52:49,833
together on stage and played
and then went our
794
00:52:49,833 --> 00:52:49,958
different ways.
795
00:52:51,791 --> 00:52:54,375
The whole thing was awful.
796
00:52:55,500 --> 00:52:57,375
[sombre music playing]
797
00:53:11,833 --> 00:53:13,417
[indistinct chatter]
798
00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:28,209
[guitar playing]
799
00:53:42,875 --> 00:53:44,625
[Charlotte] Eric was
picking up his guitar at home.
800
00:53:44,625 --> 00:53:47,750
and twanging
on it non-stop.
801
00:53:48,833 --> 00:53:50,833
Which is not always
the easiest thing
802
00:53:50,833 --> 00:53:51,500
when you're trying
to have a conversation
803
00:53:51,500 --> 00:53:53,375
with somebody.
804
00:53:55,000 --> 00:54:00,541
I remember finding myself
talking and I would get
805
00:54:00,541 --> 00:54:02,500
a riff from the guitar back,
806
00:54:02,500 --> 00:54:04,042
rather than
proper communication.
807
00:54:11,375 --> 00:54:15,167
It was very hard to keep up on
an emotional, personal level.
808
00:54:17,708 --> 00:54:20,459
You know,
I'm in love with Eric.
809
00:54:20,459 --> 00:54:22,125
And then the world's
in love with him.
810
00:54:23,334 --> 00:54:25,500
We just didn't talk about
feelings.
811
00:54:26,541 --> 00:54:28,750
Eric just wouldn't go there.
812
00:54:31,750 --> 00:54:34,958
I always felt he was
running away from something.
813
00:54:40,917 --> 00:54:43,292
He started going to George
and Pattie's quite a lot
814
00:54:43,292 --> 00:54:44,833
when they lived in Surrey.
815
00:54:45,875 --> 00:54:47,750
When Cream broke up,
I think spiritually,
816
00:54:47,750 --> 00:54:49,583
he was really
rather bereft.
817
00:54:49,583 --> 00:54:52,625
And he enjoyed hanging out
and played guitar and started
818
00:54:52,625 --> 00:54:53,958
writing all day.
819
00:54:55,583 --> 00:54:57,791
[John Lennon] Yes?
820
00:54:57,791 --> 00:54:58,875
[Engineer] Start again.
821
00:54:58,875 --> 00:54:59,917
-[cymbal crashes]
-[John] Okay.
822
00:54:59,917 --> 00:55:01,459
George said, "I'm going
to do this song,
823
00:55:01,459 --> 00:55:02,750
"I want you to play
the guitar."
824
00:55:03,708 --> 00:55:05,417
How we doing, Hal?
825
00:55:05,417 --> 00:55:06,791
[Eric] We did maybe
two or three takes,
826
00:55:06,791 --> 00:55:09,125
and there was a very few
827
00:55:09,125 --> 00:55:10,958
attempts at the song.
828
00:55:10,958 --> 00:55:12,125
[John] Yes?
829
00:55:12,125 --> 00:55:13,459
Just start again.
830
00:55:13,459 --> 00:55:16,125
They were fast and furious,
they were harsh judges.
831
00:55:19,042 --> 00:55:20,833
[While My Guitar Gently Weeps
playing]
832
00:55:34,958 --> 00:55:41,167
♪ I look at you all
see the love ♪
833
00:55:41,167 --> 00:55:43,459
♪ There that's sleeping ♪
834
00:55:45,334 --> 00:55:49,083
♪ While my guitar
gently weeps ♪
835
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:57,875
♪ I look at the floor
and I see ♪
836
00:55:57,875 --> 00:56:00,459
♪ It needs sweeping ♪
837
00:56:01,334 --> 00:56:06,750
♪ Still my guitar
gently weeps ♪
838
00:56:39,417 --> 00:56:40,334
[camera shutter clicking]
839
00:56:42,791 --> 00:56:44,375
[Eric] It was just
one policeman.
840
00:56:44,375 --> 00:56:47,000
His name
was Inspector Pilcher.
841
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,833
He wanted to bust
all of the people
842
00:56:48,833 --> 00:56:51,209
that were in the pop business
for drugs.
843
00:56:51,209 --> 00:56:53,042
He ended up getting done
for corruption.
844
00:56:55,583 --> 00:56:57,167
He busted George
845
00:56:57,167 --> 00:56:59,917
and the word was,
he had planted dope.
846
00:57:01,833 --> 00:57:04,000
Ginger knew someone
in the police force,
847
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,666
who said I was
on Pilcher's list.
848
00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:09,958
That night, the Pheasantry
got raided
849
00:57:09,958 --> 00:57:13,000
and they planted
hash everywhere.
850
00:57:14,209 --> 00:57:18,250
So I thought, well,
I better get out of town.
851
00:57:18,250 --> 00:57:23,000
♪ See the love
there that's sleeping ♪
852
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:28,042
♪ While my guitar
gently weeps ♪
853
00:57:32,417 --> 00:57:34,958
It's the first time I spent
any money really,
854
00:57:34,958 --> 00:57:37,167
any of the money
that I made with Cream.
855
00:57:37,167 --> 00:57:39,500
I never owned anything
before.
856
00:57:39,500 --> 00:57:42,625
I mean, I'd been bumming
around all my life
857
00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:45,417
from the day that I first
left Ripley.
858
00:57:48,292 --> 00:57:50,042
I just fell in love with it.
859
00:57:50,042 --> 00:57:52,375
I had the most incredible
feeling of coming home.
860
00:57:57,334 --> 00:58:00,334
Now, Eric had a house
in Newhurst
861
00:58:00,334 --> 00:58:01,334
which is just beyond
Esher.
862
00:58:01,334 --> 00:58:03,000
So it's quite easy for
the two of them
863
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,541
to go to each other's houses.
864
00:58:05,541 --> 00:58:09,500
[Charlotte] And it was just
like a really nice friendship
865
00:58:09,500 --> 00:58:11,125
going on.
866
00:58:11,125 --> 00:58:15,375
George had a lot of respect
for Eric's guitar playing.
867
00:58:15,375 --> 00:58:17,625
It was just four friends.
868
00:58:17,625 --> 00:58:18,583
[Pattie] We'd hang out
together
869
00:58:18,583 --> 00:58:21,875
and we'd go to
the restaurants and bars.
870
00:58:21,875 --> 00:58:24,250
He used to come over
to the house quite a lot.
871
00:58:25,334 --> 00:58:26,292
Not always to see George.
872
00:58:29,666 --> 00:58:31,791
I think as time went on.
873
00:58:31,791 --> 00:58:34,917
You know how some people
have that stare that's longer
874
00:58:34,917 --> 00:58:36,917
than it should be?
875
00:58:36,917 --> 00:58:38,708
And I caught a couple
of those.
876
00:58:45,334 --> 00:58:46,250
[Eric] I knew it was wrong.
877
00:58:48,917 --> 00:58:50,833
George was my best friend.
878
00:58:53,125 --> 00:58:57,583
But I felt a compulsion
towards her.
879
00:58:57,583 --> 00:59:01,000
That she was probably
the most desirable woman
880
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:01,125
I had ever met.
881
00:59:04,042 --> 00:59:05,958
And even though,
they were married,
882
00:59:05,958 --> 00:59:06,375
I wanted her.
883
00:59:08,958 --> 00:59:10,500
Even though
she was unavailable
884
00:59:11,791 --> 00:59:13,625
and that frightened me.
885
00:59:18,250 --> 00:59:20,917
[Pattie] I felt there was
a big confusion in his head
886
00:59:20,917 --> 00:59:22,083
about women.
887
00:59:22,083 --> 00:59:24,125
And what they represented
to him.
888
00:59:25,708 --> 00:59:28,167
It was so intense
and he was so intense.
889
00:59:44,708 --> 00:59:47,334
[ship horn blaring]
890
01:00:04,083 --> 01:00:07,417
[Eric] When I was nine,
my grandmother said to me.
891
01:00:07,417 --> 01:00:10,125
This lady's coming
and she's your real mum
892
01:00:10,125 --> 01:00:11,791
and we're gonna go
and meet her
893
01:00:11,791 --> 01:00:12,250
and she's gonna stay
for a little while.
894
01:00:15,250 --> 01:00:18,791
She arrived by boat
and we went to meet her
895
01:00:18,791 --> 01:00:20,334
at Southampton.
896
01:00:20,334 --> 01:00:21,292
She was on
one of those big liners.
897
01:00:23,334 --> 01:00:25,292
She came with two kids.
898
01:00:27,666 --> 01:00:29,708
[Sylvia Clapton] Eric was
very quiet that day.
899
01:00:29,708 --> 01:00:31,917
He's very shy.
900
01:00:33,292 --> 01:00:35,500
He wanted to see
his real mum.
901
01:00:36,500 --> 01:00:39,958
And I think Rick
was looking for love.
902
01:00:42,875 --> 01:00:44,625
[Eric] We got back to Ripley
903
01:00:44,625 --> 01:00:47,125
and then when everyone
came down to get a cup of tea
904
01:00:47,125 --> 01:00:48,791
or whatever.
905
01:00:48,791 --> 01:00:51,334
I wanted to know
the most important thing.
906
01:00:53,625 --> 01:00:56,375
"You're my mum,
are you gonna be my mum?"
907
01:00:59,334 --> 01:01:00,917
And she said,
908
01:01:00,917 --> 01:01:02,708
"No.
909
01:01:02,708 --> 01:01:04,375
"I think it's best
we leave it the way it is."
910
01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:11,375
[Sylvia] It was so cruel.
911
01:01:11,375 --> 01:01:13,833
She didn't like the fact
he called her, "mum."
912
01:01:15,583 --> 01:01:19,625
I couldn't believe anybody
could be so nasty.
913
01:01:22,334 --> 01:01:25,292
She brought her other son,
Bryan
914
01:01:25,292 --> 01:01:27,541
and he said to 'Ric,
"Are you my brother?"
915
01:01:27,541 --> 01:01:30,292
And she heard that,
and she said, "No, he's not
916
01:01:30,292 --> 01:01:32,167
"your brother."
917
01:01:32,167 --> 01:01:34,500
I couldn't believe it,
she could say things like that
918
01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:35,334
to a child.
919
01:01:40,875 --> 01:01:42,541
[Eric] I was
so angry with her.
920
01:01:43,917 --> 01:01:45,459
I just felt rejection.
921
01:01:50,541 --> 01:01:51,417
I didn't talk to anybody.
922
01:01:55,334 --> 01:01:58,500
I was more on my own
than I had ever been.
923
01:01:59,541 --> 01:02:01,209
[sombre music playing]
924
01:02:17,958 --> 01:02:19,459
[Presence of the Lord
playing]
925
01:02:41,417 --> 01:02:44,125
[Steve Winwood] Eric felt that
he wanted to try something
926
01:02:44,125 --> 01:02:45,708
a bit different
927
01:02:45,708 --> 01:02:48,500
musically and asked me
if I'd be interested.
928
01:02:48,500 --> 01:02:50,500
We were essentially
just experimenting.
929
01:02:58,791 --> 01:03:01,583
None of us more than Eric
I think,
930
01:03:01,583 --> 01:03:05,250
he was definitely going
through something.
931
01:03:14,708 --> 01:03:17,125
[Eric] We were just
having fun,
932
01:03:17,125 --> 01:03:17,500
we hadn't got an agenda.
933
01:03:20,167 --> 01:03:22,958
I wrote a song called,
Presence of the Lord
934
01:03:22,958 --> 01:03:24,625
which it starts out
935
01:03:24,625 --> 01:03:26,500
with the line, "I finally
found a place to live."
936
01:03:26,500 --> 01:03:29,459
And I was really writing
about Hurtwood.
937
01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:37,500
♪ I have finally found
a place to live ♪
938
01:03:40,125 --> 01:03:45,125
♪ Just like I never
could before ♪
939
01:03:46,375 --> 01:03:52,334
♪ And I know I don't have
much to give ♪
940
01:03:54,625 --> 01:03:57,625
♪ But I can open any door ♪
941
01:04:01,250 --> 01:04:07,083
♪ Everybody knows the secret ♪
942
01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:14,750
♪ Everybody knows the score
yeah ♪
943
01:04:16,500 --> 01:04:21,459
♪ I have finally found
a place to live ♪
944
01:04:24,708 --> 01:04:27,500
♪ In the presence
of the Lord ♪
945
01:04:29,833 --> 01:04:32,958
♪ In the presence
of the Lord ♪
946
01:04:39,209 --> 01:04:41,375
[Eric] By now, Charlotte
had had enough.
947
01:04:42,459 --> 01:04:45,708
We broke up
and she'd gone back to Paris.
948
01:04:45,708 --> 01:04:49,875
And I had begun on and off
to see this girl, Alice.
949
01:04:50,750 --> 01:04:53,167
She was a great woman.
950
01:04:53,167 --> 01:04:56,666
But she didn't know that
I was obsessed with Pattie.
951
01:04:59,292 --> 01:05:03,875
♪ Everybody knows the secret ♪
952
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:12,708
♪ Everybody knows the score
yeah, yeah ♪
953
01:05:15,209 --> 01:05:20,250
♪ I have finally found
a way to live ♪
954
01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:25,750
♪ In the presence
of the Lord ♪
955
01:05:28,125 --> 01:05:31,083
♪ In the presence
of the Lord ♪
956
01:05:38,666 --> 01:05:40,459
[audience cheering]
957
01:05:45,750 --> 01:05:48,083
[Pattie] One morning,
I woke up and
958
01:05:48,083 --> 01:05:50,167
opening the mail, I found
this letter
959
01:05:50,167 --> 01:05:52,209
with tiny little
handwriting.
960
01:05:54,375 --> 01:05:56,958
And I opened it
and it said,
961
01:05:58,459 --> 01:05:59,625
"Dearest L."
962
01:06:03,958 --> 01:06:07,708
The spacing of the words
and the size of the lettering
963
01:06:07,708 --> 01:06:09,791
compared to the size
of the page.
964
01:06:09,791 --> 01:06:13,167
It was quiet,
but it was full of passion.
965
01:06:15,167 --> 01:06:17,750
I almost had a sort of
physical reaction
966
01:06:17,750 --> 01:06:20,833
that somebody could write
something so amazingly
967
01:06:20,833 --> 01:06:23,042
beautiful and yet
keeping it quiet.
968
01:06:25,125 --> 01:06:26,917
It was bursting with passion.
969
01:06:33,958 --> 01:06:36,541
And later
in the early evening,
970
01:06:36,541 --> 01:06:39,459
the phone rang
and it was Eric.
971
01:06:39,459 --> 01:06:41,958
He said, "I mean
what I say in the letter."
972
01:06:54,625 --> 01:06:57,833
[Bobby] The very first time
I met Eric.
973
01:06:57,833 --> 01:07:00,459
We were opening up
for Blind Faith.
974
01:07:00,459 --> 01:07:03,375
That band broke up,
so I called up Eric
975
01:07:03,375 --> 01:07:05,708
and I just said,
"I needed to get away,
976
01:07:05,708 --> 01:07:06,708
"and just to get quiet
for a while."
977
01:07:06,708 --> 01:07:09,833
And he said,
"Why don't you come over?"
978
01:07:09,833 --> 01:07:13,125
We just hung out and played
and watched silly programs
979
01:07:13,125 --> 01:07:14,292
and stuff, you know?
980
01:07:17,250 --> 01:07:20,125
[Eric] I was offered a concert
which was a benefit, you know?
981
01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:21,250
Wouldn't make any money,
really, it was just a chance
982
01:07:21,250 --> 01:07:23,541
to play somewhere.
983
01:07:23,541 --> 01:07:24,833
Bobby and I
984
01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:26,042
thought, "Why don't
we do that?"
985
01:07:26,042 --> 01:07:27,417
So we only did
the rhythm section,
986
01:07:27,417 --> 01:07:29,209
but the only rhythm section
we knew that we could
987
01:07:29,209 --> 01:07:30,875
work with was Jim and Carl.
988
01:07:30,875 --> 01:07:31,833
So we got Jim and Carl over.
989
01:07:33,042 --> 01:07:35,833
And I think that was
the only thing we had planned.
990
01:07:38,541 --> 01:07:40,209
[rock music playing]
991
01:08:03,375 --> 01:08:07,750
[Bobby] It was all about
just playing constantly.
992
01:08:07,750 --> 01:08:10,708
There was times when
we jammed in E for like days.
993
01:08:25,625 --> 01:08:27,250
[Cathy] There was really
no break from it,
994
01:08:27,250 --> 01:08:30,334
there was like
a constant musical party.
995
01:08:30,334 --> 01:08:32,042
Everybody came over
to visit.
996
01:08:35,708 --> 01:08:38,334
There was always
a lot of cocaine.
997
01:08:38,334 --> 01:08:39,583
Lot of Mandrax,
998
01:08:39,583 --> 01:08:41,583
which is kind of like
a quaalude.
999
01:08:41,583 --> 01:08:45,334
LSD, mescaline and a lot
of pot, a lot of hash.
1000
01:08:47,125 --> 01:08:51,125
I knew something was wrong
with Eric, he wasn't himself,
1001
01:08:51,125 --> 01:08:53,791
he was very distracted
all the time.
1002
01:08:53,791 --> 01:08:56,625
Whenever I saw Pattie, I saw
him perk up a little bit.
1003
01:08:56,625 --> 01:08:57,459
He had a lot of pictures
of her around,
1004
01:08:57,459 --> 01:08:59,000
like modelling pictures.
1005
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:02,209
I think that was even bigger
than his music,
1006
01:09:02,209 --> 01:09:04,292
because he seemed
to be so obsessed.
1007
01:09:09,209 --> 01:09:12,459
Eric started to phone me
and said, "Come on.
1008
01:09:12,459 --> 01:09:13,666
"You're obviously unhappy,
come away with me."
1009
01:09:13,666 --> 01:09:16,750
And I'd say, "No, I can't."
1010
01:09:16,750 --> 01:09:18,958
You know, I'm married
to George and he'll say,
1011
01:09:18,958 --> 01:09:19,833
"Look, come on..."
1012
01:09:21,417 --> 01:09:24,500
He was fun and awake
and alive.
1013
01:09:24,500 --> 01:09:26,541
It was the most
wonderful temptation
1014
01:09:27,459 --> 01:09:28,875
and I could only compare
him to George
1015
01:09:28,875 --> 01:09:31,958
who could be very cold
and would just turn off.
1016
01:09:35,875 --> 01:09:39,209
So from time to time,
during the summer,
1017
01:09:39,209 --> 01:09:40,958
Eric and I saw each other.
1018
01:09:40,958 --> 01:09:44,791
We'd go to little places for
coffee, lunch or even dinner.
1019
01:09:55,958 --> 01:09:59,083
[Bobby] George Harrison
rang one afternoon
1020
01:09:59,083 --> 01:10:00,666
and he asked Eric,
1021
01:10:00,666 --> 01:10:03,500
if he and I would like to
play on his first album
1022
01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:04,708
that he's gonna do.
1023
01:10:04,708 --> 01:10:07,583
He had all these songs,
you know?
1024
01:10:07,583 --> 01:10:09,083
Eric and I had talked
about who we wanted
1025
01:10:09,083 --> 01:10:10,791
in the band.
1026
01:10:10,791 --> 01:10:13,459
Of course we knew,
we wanted Carl.
1027
01:10:13,459 --> 01:10:16,583
And Jim Gordon
just storm trooped over
1028
01:10:16,583 --> 01:10:18,083
and we were ready to go,
we couldn't wait.
1029
01:10:18,083 --> 01:10:21,250
You know, because it was to go
into the studio and record
1030
01:10:21,250 --> 01:10:23,209
All Things Must Pass.
1031
01:10:23,209 --> 01:10:26,209
So, really, we put
the band together
1032
01:10:26,209 --> 01:10:29,167
during the
All Things
Must Pass sessions.
1033
01:10:29,167 --> 01:10:30,042
[My Sweet Lord
playing]
1034
01:10:32,833 --> 01:10:35,459
[Eric] That was our first
recording,
1035
01:10:35,459 --> 01:10:37,375
it was
All Things Must Pass.
1036
01:10:37,375 --> 01:10:39,000
It was the first Dominos
real recording.
1037
01:10:40,833 --> 01:10:43,875
But that's when
the drugs were coming in.
1038
01:10:43,875 --> 01:10:48,125
This guy would show up
at Abbey Road
1039
01:10:48,125 --> 01:10:49,666
and sell you your coke
1040
01:10:49,666 --> 01:10:50,958
but he'd make sure
that you bought
1041
01:10:50,958 --> 01:10:53,250
smack as well.
1042
01:10:53,250 --> 01:10:54,833
That was the deal,
he wouldn't sell you one
1043
01:10:54,833 --> 01:10:56,042
without the other.
1044
01:10:56,042 --> 01:10:57,708
♪ Really want to see you ♪
1045
01:11:00,083 --> 01:11:01,666
[Bobby] Eric says,
"You wanna try some of this?
1046
01:11:01,666 --> 01:11:04,583
You know, the heroin.
1047
01:11:04,583 --> 01:11:06,875
I said, "No, man,
let me just watch you."
1048
01:11:10,125 --> 01:11:10,833
He did it.
1049
01:11:10,833 --> 01:11:13,583
Just snorted it, you know?
1050
01:11:13,583 --> 01:11:15,417
I said, "What does
it feel like?"
1051
01:11:15,417 --> 01:11:19,042
He said, "Pink cotton wool
surrounding me."
1052
01:11:27,500 --> 01:11:30,791
[Eric] Then I went in
to a sort of trance.
1053
01:11:30,791 --> 01:11:34,583
It got really mysterious
and I didn't know where I was.
1054
01:11:37,583 --> 01:11:40,708
I had been given
a little Persian book.
1055
01:11:41,708 --> 01:11:43,958
The love story about
Laila and Majnun.
1056
01:11:47,791 --> 01:11:50,708
An absolute tragedy
of doomed love.
1057
01:11:54,125 --> 01:11:57,917
The hero ends up alone
in the desert
1058
01:12:00,541 --> 01:12:04,125
and gives his soul up
to Allah before dying alone.
1059
01:12:06,625 --> 01:12:10,292
I saw myself as that.
1060
01:12:10,292 --> 01:12:14,125
I saw the whole experience
with Pattie as tragedy.
1061
01:12:19,334 --> 01:12:23,500
[Pattie] Things became rather
tricky with George and I.
1062
01:12:25,250 --> 01:12:29,459
I met with Eric, we had
a drink in South Kensington,
1063
01:12:29,459 --> 01:12:30,583
he had a flat there.
1064
01:12:38,042 --> 01:12:41,459
Eric said, "You know,
I love you and I want you
1065
01:12:41,459 --> 01:12:42,708
"to be with me,
come away with me.
1066
01:12:42,708 --> 01:12:46,459
"I just feel that I need you."
1067
01:12:56,833 --> 01:13:00,000
[Eric] We'd been flirting
for quite a while.
1068
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:02,958
But we hadn't gone
over the line.
1069
01:13:04,875 --> 01:13:06,459
But that evening.
1070
01:13:07,917 --> 01:13:08,167
We made love.
1071
01:13:18,750 --> 01:13:22,250
And then we realized that
we were supposed to be
1072
01:13:22,250 --> 01:13:23,334
at this party.
1073
01:13:27,209 --> 01:13:30,209
[Cathy James] Everybody was
there. It was a big party.
1074
01:13:30,209 --> 01:13:31,958
I went with Mick.
1075
01:13:31,958 --> 01:13:35,167
Paul McCartney was there,
Eric was there.
1076
01:13:36,209 --> 01:13:37,167
Pattie came without George.
1077
01:13:41,375 --> 01:13:44,292
[Eric] For the first time, it
felt like there was a chance
1078
01:13:44,292 --> 01:13:45,125
for us.
1079
01:13:46,708 --> 01:13:48,625
[Pattie] Eric said he wanted
to talk to me
1080
01:13:48,625 --> 01:13:50,125
and we were in the garden.
1081
01:13:50,125 --> 01:13:53,000
This was quite late, you know,
because the sun was beginning
1082
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:53,125
to come up.
1083
01:13:55,750 --> 01:13:58,500
And George appeared
from nowhere
1084
01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:01,000
from the mists
of the morning.
1085
01:14:04,541 --> 01:14:07,625
[Eric] And I said, "I have
to tell you something,
1086
01:14:07,625 --> 01:14:09,042
"I'm in love with your wife."
1087
01:14:11,250 --> 01:14:14,417
[Pattie] And George looked at
me accusingly and said,
1088
01:14:14,417 --> 01:14:16,708
"Well, what are you gonna do,
are you going with him
1089
01:14:16,708 --> 01:14:17,042
"or are you coming back
with me?"
1090
01:14:20,334 --> 01:14:22,917
[Eric] I felt her detach.
1091
01:14:22,917 --> 01:14:25,541
Right there and then,
I knew the deal was off.
1092
01:14:27,459 --> 01:14:30,000
[Pattie] So I said, "George,
of course I'm going with you."
1093
01:14:34,500 --> 01:14:38,250
There were no extra words,
there was nothing else
1094
01:14:38,250 --> 01:14:41,958
to be discussed except who
was I going home with
1095
01:14:41,958 --> 01:14:44,791
and I found that
deeply depressing.
1096
01:14:48,583 --> 01:14:51,334
[Eric] Everyone knew that
George was playing around
1097
01:14:51,334 --> 01:14:54,209
but she was absolutely
loyal to him.
1098
01:15:00,625 --> 01:15:02,791
And I thought,
"What do you want?
1099
01:15:02,791 --> 01:15:05,334
"Do you want to see me crawl
across the floor to you?"
1100
01:15:06,334 --> 01:15:07,167
What do I have to do?
1101
01:15:07,167 --> 01:15:10,417
[Thorn Tree In The Garden
playing]
1102
01:15:10,417 --> 01:15:12,500
♪ There's a thorn tree
in the garden ♪
1103
01:15:12,500 --> 01:15:15,334
♪ If you know just
what I mean ♪
1104
01:15:15,334 --> 01:15:18,000
♪ And I hate to hurt
your feelings ♪
1105
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,417
♪ But it's not the way
it seems ♪
1106
01:15:20,417 --> 01:15:23,833
♪ 'Cause I miss her ♪
1107
01:15:30,833 --> 01:15:33,125
♪ She's the only girl
I've cared for
1108
01:15:33,125 --> 01:15:35,666
♪ The only one I've known ♪
1109
01:15:35,666 --> 01:15:40,500
♪ And no one ever shared more
love than we've known ♪
1110
01:15:40,500 --> 01:15:42,167
♪ And I miss her ♪
1111
01:15:42,167 --> 01:15:47,666
[Bobby] Eric was going through
this major major trauma.
1112
01:15:47,666 --> 01:15:51,042
That's why all that music
spoke that way.
1113
01:15:51,042 --> 01:15:52,958
It was Eric telling
the truth about
1114
01:15:52,958 --> 01:15:54,833
what was going on
with him right then.
1115
01:15:54,833 --> 01:15:56,209
That was for sure.
1116
01:15:56,209 --> 01:15:58,708
♪ And if she winds up
walking the streets ♪
1117
01:15:58,708 --> 01:16:02,000
♪ Loving every other
man she meets ♪
1118
01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:06,500
♪ Who'll be the one
to answer why? ♪
1119
01:16:08,042 --> 01:16:09,833
The people in the South
will go out back
1120
01:16:09,833 --> 01:16:11,583
and roll around
in the gravel, you know?
1121
01:16:11,583 --> 01:16:14,375
About being in love
with your best friend's wife.
1122
01:16:15,708 --> 01:16:17,083
Eric did it musically.
1123
01:16:17,083 --> 01:16:20,250
He wanted so much
to get Pattie back
1124
01:16:20,250 --> 01:16:23,125
and he said
it was time to record.
1125
01:16:30,958 --> 01:16:33,334
♪ Maybe someday soon ♪
1126
01:16:34,875 --> 01:16:40,000
♪ Somewhere ♪
1127
01:17:05,583 --> 01:17:07,958
When we got to Miami.
1128
01:17:07,958 --> 01:17:10,292
We set up in Thunderbird
motel down there,
1129
01:17:10,292 --> 01:17:14,958
with very large bags
of cocaine.
1130
01:17:16,541 --> 01:17:19,417
We really didn't have
enough songs for an album.
1131
01:17:21,083 --> 01:17:22,708
But we had faith.
1132
01:17:24,125 --> 01:17:26,459
Played all day,
played all night.
1133
01:17:26,459 --> 01:17:29,209
Get back to hotel,
hole up in Eric's room
1134
01:17:29,209 --> 01:17:32,167
or something and playing
that thing.
1135
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:36,042
[blues guitar playing]
1136
01:17:36,042 --> 01:17:39,625
[engineer] Once more,
once more, once more. Sorry.
1137
01:17:40,375 --> 01:17:41,250
[blues guitar playing]
1138
01:17:50,334 --> 01:17:54,583
[Tom] They started playing
me concepts for songs
1139
01:17:54,583 --> 01:17:57,625
that they had not
finalized the arrangements on
1140
01:17:57,625 --> 01:18:00,708
and I just kept tape
rolling for a day or two,
1141
01:18:00,708 --> 01:18:02,334
because I was learning
the songs as
1142
01:18:02,334 --> 01:18:04,167
they were playing them
and the songs
1143
01:18:04,167 --> 01:18:05,791
and the arrangements
were evolving.
1144
01:18:05,791 --> 01:18:09,000
[Eric] I can't do it. When it
gets a little more complicated
1145
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:11,417
than a simple harmony,
I'm not sure if I could.
1146
01:18:11,417 --> 01:18:14,042
[Bobby] What if I started
out and did the first...
1147
01:18:14,042 --> 01:18:15,708
[Eric] And the guitar?
1148
01:18:15,708 --> 01:18:17,875
[indistinct conversation]
1149
01:18:18,875 --> 01:18:20,334
[ Bell Bottom Blues
playing]
1150
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:46,708
[Tom speaking]
1151
01:18:47,958 --> 01:18:50,750
[Eric speaking]
1152
01:18:54,042 --> 01:18:56,708
[Eric] About two weeks
into the sessions,
1153
01:18:56,708 --> 01:18:58,292
we hit a brick wall.
1154
01:18:59,833 --> 01:19:02,541
We got stuck,
really badly stuck.
1155
01:19:02,541 --> 01:19:06,083
I'd written part
of the song in England.
1156
01:19:06,708 --> 01:19:08,417
For Pattie.
1157
01:19:08,417 --> 01:19:10,167
It had this sort of story
overlaid on him
1158
01:19:10,167 --> 01:19:11,833
about a little Persian book.
1159
01:19:11,833 --> 01:19:14,958
Laila and Majnum.
1160
01:19:14,958 --> 01:19:15,417
And I couldn't finish it.
1161
01:19:17,583 --> 01:19:19,917
What will you do
when you get lonely?
1162
01:19:21,417 --> 01:19:24,625
♪ And nobody's
waiting by your side ♪
1163
01:19:25,917 --> 01:19:29,417
♪ You've been running
and hiding much too long ♪
1164
01:19:29,417 --> 01:19:33,000
♪ You know it's just
your foolish pride ♪
1165
01:19:34,875 --> 01:19:36,917
[Bobby] That was for sure,
1166
01:19:36,917 --> 01:19:38,459
a tortured soul singing
right there.
1167
01:19:38,459 --> 01:19:41,750
But things were getting
complicated.
1168
01:19:41,750 --> 01:19:44,000
The band really needed
a new direction.
1169
01:19:45,250 --> 01:19:47,083
[ Dreams
playing]
1170
01:20:19,459 --> 01:20:22,500
[Eric] Tom Dowd took us all
to see the Allman Brothers.
1171
01:20:22,500 --> 01:20:25,541
And I was completely
blown away by this band
1172
01:20:25,541 --> 01:20:28,791
and they just were
incredible musicians.
1173
01:20:40,375 --> 01:20:42,917
[Tom] Eric had never
met Duane.
1174
01:20:42,917 --> 01:20:44,083
He heard about Duane,
but Duane and I were
1175
01:20:44,083 --> 01:20:45,958
already tight.
1176
01:20:46,958 --> 01:20:49,833
It was Duane's show,
he ran that band,
1177
01:20:49,833 --> 01:20:51,125
he was the band leader.
1178
01:21:12,583 --> 01:21:14,167
That was it.
1179
01:21:14,167 --> 01:21:17,000
After the show, we asked him
to come back and we jammed
1180
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:18,083
all night long.
1181
01:21:20,625 --> 01:21:22,334
[Duane Allman speaking]
1182
01:21:48,583 --> 01:21:50,209
[Layla
playing]
1183
01:22:14,042 --> 01:22:15,541
♪ I've tried to give you
consolation ♪
1184
01:22:17,875 --> 01:22:20,541
♪ When your old man
had let you down ♪
1185
01:22:22,250 --> 01:22:26,459
♪ Like a fool
I fell in love with you ♪
1186
01:22:26,459 --> 01:22:29,083
♪ Turned my whole
world upside down ♪
1187
01:22:29,083 --> 01:22:32,125
♪ Layla ♪
1188
01:22:32,125 --> 01:22:36,417
♪ Got me on my knees
Layla ♪
1189
01:22:36,417 --> 01:22:40,459
♪ I'm begging, darling, please
Layla ♪
1190
01:22:40,459 --> 01:22:43,292
♪ Darling won't you ease
my worried mind ♪
1191
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:44,375
[Duane] Hands are dead!
1192
01:23:47,833 --> 01:23:50,541
[Duane speaking]
1193
01:24:08,375 --> 01:24:10,708
[Eric] Duane and I just
became inseparable
1194
01:24:10,708 --> 01:24:12,750
for the rest of the time
we were there.
1195
01:24:12,750 --> 01:24:14,750
He was the catalyst
we needed.
1196
01:24:17,541 --> 01:24:20,334
[Bobby]
It was all about love songs.
1197
01:24:20,334 --> 01:24:23,167
Ballads with
a different tempo.
1198
01:24:23,167 --> 01:24:26,459
It was that what
we can't see or touch
1199
01:24:26,459 --> 01:24:29,708
or smell, or taste or feel.
1200
01:24:29,708 --> 01:24:32,875
And of course,
it was all about Pattie.
1201
01:24:32,875 --> 01:24:35,334
That's why Eric is singing
all that pain and agony
1202
01:24:35,334 --> 01:24:36,417
and stuff.
1203
01:24:55,250 --> 01:24:58,791
[Pattie] I met with Eric
in South Kensington
1204
01:24:58,791 --> 01:25:01,875
he said, "I've got something
for you to hear."
1205
01:25:01,875 --> 01:25:06,708
♪ Bell bottom blues
you made me cry ♪
1206
01:25:09,417 --> 01:25:10,791
He played me
this album.
1207
01:25:13,209 --> 01:25:16,791
My gosh, it was
so powerful.
1208
01:25:16,791 --> 01:25:19,583
♪ If I could choose ♪
1209
01:25:20,167 --> 01:25:22,167
♪ A place to die ♪
1210
01:25:24,042 --> 01:25:25,833
♪ It would be in your arms ♪
1211
01:25:28,917 --> 01:25:32,791
♪ Do you want to see me crawl
across the floor to you? ♪
1212
01:25:32,791 --> 01:25:36,250
I was at bursting point
of emotion.
1213
01:25:38,125 --> 01:25:39,708
I couldn't believe that
I was the inspiration
1214
01:25:39,708 --> 01:25:42,209
for him putting
this together.
1215
01:25:43,708 --> 01:25:44,791
I thought when
I heard it,
1216
01:25:44,791 --> 01:25:48,292
that everyone would know
it was about me.
1217
01:25:48,292 --> 01:25:52,125
♪ Give me one more day
please ♪
1218
01:25:52,125 --> 01:25:55,833
♪ I don't want to fade away ♪
1219
01:25:55,833 --> 01:25:57,375
And I didn't want this
to happen.
1220
01:25:58,541 --> 01:26:00,541
I couldn't stop
listening to it.
1221
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:04,958
But once the album
was finished, I couldn't wait
1222
01:26:04,958 --> 01:26:06,417
to get out and go home.
1223
01:26:07,125 --> 01:26:08,666
[ Layla
playing]
1224
01:26:29,167 --> 01:26:30,583
[Eric] It didn't work.
1225
01:26:40,209 --> 01:26:41,708
It was all for nothing.
1226
01:26:42,417 --> 01:26:43,917
It was like a...
1227
01:26:48,625 --> 01:26:49,708
Rejection.
1228
01:27:04,708 --> 01:27:08,375
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
is over.
1229
01:27:08,375 --> 01:27:11,833
The acid rock musician died
today in a London hospital
1230
01:27:11,833 --> 01:27:14,375
apparently from an overdose
of drugs.
1231
01:27:14,375 --> 01:27:17,459
During his short career,
Hendrix flailed his
1232
01:27:17,459 --> 01:27:20,209
electric guitar into
some of the most unusual
1233
01:27:20,209 --> 01:27:20,958
sounds of an unusual music.
1234
01:27:31,541 --> 01:27:34,209
[Eric] I went out into
the garden and cried all day.
1235
01:27:34,209 --> 01:27:37,541
'Cause he left me behind.
1236
01:27:37,541 --> 01:27:40,583
And not because he's gone,
but because he hadn't taken me
1237
01:27:40,583 --> 01:27:41,708
with him.
1238
01:27:43,083 --> 01:27:45,375
This made me
so fucking angry.
1239
01:28:00,083 --> 01:28:02,125
[Bobby] Well,
it shattered Eric, you know?
1240
01:28:02,125 --> 01:28:05,000
We had just recorded
Little Wing
couple of weeks
1241
01:28:05,000 --> 01:28:06,666
before that.
1242
01:28:06,666 --> 01:28:07,917
That was Eric's tribute
to Jimi.
1243
01:28:07,917 --> 01:28:11,083
So that had
a huge impact on Eric.
1244
01:28:29,125 --> 01:28:32,459
Morning, spot me on the
Bee Gees and the other one.
1245
01:28:32,459 --> 01:28:33,833
Excellent.
1246
01:28:33,833 --> 01:28:36,042
You hear the new mix
down there.
1247
01:28:36,042 --> 01:28:37,125
Eric, you're...
1248
01:28:37,125 --> 01:28:38,750
That Derek, they oughta be
a smash hit.
1249
01:28:38,750 --> 01:28:40,625
I'm telling you,
it's a mass...
1250
01:28:40,625 --> 01:28:42,375
Dill Besta, Greenbert.
1251
01:28:42,375 --> 01:28:44,708
Jerry...
1252
01:28:44,708 --> 01:28:45,625
All right, yeah.
1253
01:28:45,625 --> 01:28:47,459
Derek and the Dominos,
25 for cash box
1254
01:28:47,459 --> 01:28:50,125
and 24 for record.
1255
01:28:50,125 --> 01:28:55,750
I considered Eric the most
major artist on our label.
1256
01:28:57,250 --> 01:29:00,666
So I couldn't believe
the record wasn't selling
1257
01:29:00,666 --> 01:29:01,791
in America.
1258
01:29:04,083 --> 01:29:05,583
I didn't know
what to do.
1259
01:29:06,791 --> 01:29:10,334
And he knew, it was because
nobody knew that Derek
1260
01:29:10,334 --> 01:29:12,125
was Eric.
1261
01:29:12,125 --> 01:29:16,625
So, at that time,
Eric was very vulnerable.
1262
01:29:17,334 --> 01:29:18,750
Why not call the group...
1263
01:29:19,917 --> 01:29:20,042
by your name?
1264
01:29:21,958 --> 01:29:23,791
Everybody knows...
1265
01:29:23,791 --> 01:29:26,875
that Derek and the Dominos
1266
01:29:26,875 --> 01:29:29,791
are Eric Clapton,
you know what I mean?
1267
01:29:29,791 --> 01:29:31,625
[Eric] But then,
what's the difference?
1268
01:29:31,625 --> 01:29:33,666
[Howard] But, why, why not?
1269
01:29:33,666 --> 01:29:34,833
[Eric] Well, because...
1270
01:29:38,334 --> 01:29:40,917
I guess it's just more fun
to have a name, you know...
1271
01:29:40,917 --> 01:29:44,042
It's just lighter,
you know?
1272
01:29:45,875 --> 01:29:49,250
[Howard] I read something
about the idea that you wanna
1273
01:29:49,250 --> 01:29:53,292
give up touring, you're not
considering giving it all up?
1274
01:29:53,292 --> 01:29:55,875
[Eric] I don't think I could
ever stop playing.
1275
01:29:55,875 --> 01:29:59,459
You know, like I could vanish
anytime, I could just stop
1276
01:29:59,459 --> 01:30:01,500
making appearances
at anytime.
1277
01:30:01,500 --> 01:30:05,167
I think I could,
that's quite easy.
1278
01:30:05,167 --> 01:30:07,541
You know, financially
if I was secure enough
1279
01:30:07,541 --> 01:30:09,334
to able to not have
to go on the road
1280
01:30:09,334 --> 01:30:11,541
which I'm not at the moment,
I need to go out to make money
1281
01:30:11,541 --> 01:30:14,000
to exist.
1282
01:30:14,000 --> 01:30:17,167
If I didn't need to do that,
as long as I had someone
1283
01:30:17,167 --> 01:30:19,250
around me to play with,
you know,
1284
01:30:19,250 --> 01:30:22,250
I could probably just
stay at home all the time.
1285
01:30:26,750 --> 01:30:29,417
[audience cheering]
1286
01:31:00,583 --> 01:31:03,500
[sombre music playing]
1287
01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:39,541
[Eric] I feel much
more alone these days.
1288
01:31:39,541 --> 01:31:41,000
You know and if I'm alone,
I'll cry.
1289
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:44,042
You know, literally
just weep.
1290
01:31:46,042 --> 01:31:48,666
What I want most is out.
1291
01:31:48,666 --> 01:31:50,375
You know, out of everything.
1292
01:31:51,958 --> 01:31:55,334
Because, right now, all I can
see is the suffering of today
1293
01:31:55,334 --> 01:31:56,666
and the suffering
of tomorrow.
1294
01:32:02,167 --> 01:32:04,750
[Steve speaking]
1295
01:32:09,541 --> 01:32:11,167
[Eric] It comes first.
1296
01:32:11,167 --> 01:32:12,500
-[Steve speaking]
-[Eric] Yeah.
1297
01:32:12,500 --> 01:32:16,917
It's like surrounding yourself
in pink cotton wool, you know?
1298
01:32:16,917 --> 01:32:19,167
Nothing bothers you,
whatsoever, man.
1299
01:32:19,167 --> 01:32:21,750
Nothing will faze you out,
in any way.
1300
01:32:22,958 --> 01:32:25,209
I also have this death wish.
1301
01:32:25,209 --> 01:32:26,791
[Steve speaking]
1302
01:32:26,791 --> 01:32:29,375
I don't like life.
1303
01:32:29,375 --> 01:32:30,875
[Steve speaking]
1304
01:32:30,875 --> 01:32:33,209
No. And I'm not gonna
live very long.
1305
01:32:42,209 --> 01:32:43,375
[Bobby] Eric
went into seclusion.
1306
01:32:45,917 --> 01:32:49,042
He turned and walked away,
without us.
1307
01:32:49,042 --> 01:32:51,125
And he got off
into the heroin.
1308
01:32:53,334 --> 01:32:55,417
And I was gonna stay there
and wait it out.
1309
01:32:55,417 --> 01:32:57,958
But it didn't seem like
it was ever gonna happen.
1310
01:33:01,375 --> 01:33:02,250
I thought it was
the beginning.
1311
01:33:04,583 --> 01:33:05,375
I didn't know it was the end.
1312
01:33:08,334 --> 01:33:10,083
[sombre violin music playing]
1313
01:33:50,375 --> 01:33:52,083
[Ben] I was in Wales
at the time,
1314
01:33:52,083 --> 01:33:55,000
and I went down to Hurtwood
where he lived.
1315
01:33:58,125 --> 01:34:01,334
I didn't know anything
about heroin addiction.
1316
01:34:01,334 --> 01:34:03,042
I just thought because I was
one of his oldest friends,
1317
01:34:03,042 --> 01:34:06,209
if not his oldest friend.
1318
01:34:06,209 --> 01:34:08,625
There just might be something
we could talk about.
1319
01:34:12,791 --> 01:34:16,459
And I saw him moving past
the window upstairs
1320
01:34:16,459 --> 01:34:18,000
in the house.
1321
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:19,541
But the house was locked.
1322
01:34:24,000 --> 01:34:27,083
And nobody had responded
to me ringing the bell,
1323
01:34:27,083 --> 01:34:29,417
knocking the door.
1324
01:34:29,417 --> 01:34:31,708
In the end, I figured,
"He doesn't want to see you,"
1325
01:34:31,708 --> 01:34:33,250
and I left him alone.
1326
01:34:34,500 --> 01:34:36,292
[haunting music playing]
1327
01:34:56,541 --> 01:34:59,292
I didn't see him
for a long time.
1328
01:34:59,292 --> 01:35:02,292
And I thought to myself,
given his family history
1329
01:35:02,292 --> 01:35:05,833
so far, this is going
to be very difficult for him
1330
01:35:05,833 --> 01:35:07,417
to get through.
1331
01:35:07,417 --> 01:35:09,625
There are things you don't
get over.
1332
01:35:09,625 --> 01:35:12,791
You have to find a comfortable
place to put them.
1333
01:35:14,875 --> 01:35:16,209
But they're always there.
1334
01:35:24,167 --> 01:35:26,000
[plane engine revving]
1335
01:35:40,042 --> 01:35:42,833
With '74 tour, we started
Scandinavia at first,
1336
01:35:42,833 --> 01:35:45,000
just as a warm up.
1337
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:47,750
He was fragile, I'm not sure
whether he was
1338
01:35:47,750 --> 01:35:49,583
really aware of everything
around him.
1339
01:35:49,583 --> 01:35:50,875
What was going on
around him.
1340
01:35:55,417 --> 01:35:57,541
[Eric] I managed to come off
heroin.
1341
01:35:57,541 --> 01:36:02,000
But I just went from
one addiction to another.
1342
01:36:02,000 --> 01:36:05,791
And the attitude back then
was that alcohol was okay.
1343
01:36:05,791 --> 01:36:10,917
But for me, alcohol was far
more dangerous than heroin.
1344
01:36:10,917 --> 01:36:12,917
[indistinct announcement]
1345
01:36:16,917 --> 01:36:18,750
[Howard] Whether it be
record label forcing him,
1346
01:36:18,750 --> 01:36:21,334
management forcing him, may
have been a little too quick
1347
01:36:21,334 --> 01:36:23,791
going on a huge tour
like that,
1348
01:36:23,791 --> 01:36:25,708
and throwing him back into
the public limelight
1349
01:36:25,708 --> 01:36:26,666
after being a hermit
1350
01:36:26,666 --> 01:36:29,583
through the past
four or five years.
1351
01:36:30,375 --> 01:36:32,167
[audience cheering]
1352
01:36:32,917 --> 01:36:33,500
I'll drink to that.
1353
01:36:41,459 --> 01:36:44,500
[George] Eric discovered
Gevassier and Remy Martin
1354
01:36:44,500 --> 01:36:47,250
and just went into it.
1355
01:36:47,250 --> 01:36:50,125
if he got a hold of something,
he'd hit at it
1356
01:36:50,125 --> 01:36:52,042
until it was gone.
1357
01:36:52,042 --> 01:36:54,042
And before you know it,
he'd be through a whole bottle
1358
01:36:54,042 --> 01:36:58,042
of cognac before lunch time's
over.
1359
01:36:58,042 --> 01:37:00,334
It looked like
he wanted to kill himself.
1360
01:37:01,625 --> 01:37:03,334
[audience cheering]
1361
01:37:09,083 --> 01:37:12,583
[Eric slurring]
1362
01:37:16,666 --> 01:37:18,334
[crowd booing]
1363
01:37:19,334 --> 01:37:20,459
[man shouting]
1364
01:37:24,083 --> 01:37:26,334
Some shows,
he played 30 minutes
1365
01:37:26,334 --> 01:37:28,042
and say, "I'm done."
1366
01:37:28,042 --> 01:37:31,417
You know the contract may
have said an hour and a half.
1367
01:37:31,417 --> 01:37:34,958
But you also have 25,000,
30,000 people that have...
1368
01:37:34,958 --> 01:37:38,292
Get a little upset...
[laughs]
That you just left.
1369
01:37:38,292 --> 01:37:40,167
[Eric] [slurring] Sit down
and shut up!
1370
01:37:40,167 --> 01:37:42,042
It was still legal
to throw bottles
1371
01:37:42,042 --> 01:37:45,334
and coolers and can openers
and whatever you want
1372
01:37:45,334 --> 01:37:47,459
to throw up there,
you could throw.
1373
01:37:47,459 --> 01:37:49,459
You'll think your life
is in jeopardy.
1374
01:37:51,334 --> 01:37:53,459
[Eric] Jamie Oldaker!
1375
01:37:54,500 --> 01:37:55,791
Ah.
1376
01:37:57,417 --> 01:37:58,750
Smile, you cunt!
1377
01:38:11,209 --> 01:38:13,917
[marching music playing]
1378
01:38:26,541 --> 01:38:29,666
[Eric] The first disappointing
confrontation with my mother
1379
01:38:29,666 --> 01:38:30,875
was when I was nine.
1380
01:38:33,042 --> 01:38:37,708
I learned how to recover from
that over the next few years.
1381
01:38:37,708 --> 01:38:40,833
Becoming good at art and
developing a strong interest
1382
01:38:40,833 --> 01:38:41,708
in music.
1383
01:38:45,750 --> 01:38:49,167
By then I'd kind of developed
a personal look.
1384
01:38:51,209 --> 01:38:53,541
[children laughing]
1385
01:38:53,541 --> 01:38:56,250
[Rose speaking]
1386
01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:20,708
[Eric] I had my guitar and
that was my total companion
1387
01:39:20,708 --> 01:39:22,083
in its little case.
1388
01:39:24,791 --> 01:39:27,708
And then there came this
invitation to go to Germany,
1389
01:39:27,708 --> 01:39:31,375
because Pat's husband
had been stationed there
1390
01:39:31,375 --> 01:39:34,209
with the Canadian Air Force.
1391
01:39:37,334 --> 01:39:38,541
He came over to visit us
in Germany
1392
01:39:38,541 --> 01:39:41,791
and he was just so keen
on the guitar.
1393
01:39:41,791 --> 01:39:44,334
And we said, if he wanted
to bring the guitar with him
1394
01:39:44,334 --> 01:39:45,625
to practice, he could.
1395
01:39:45,625 --> 01:39:48,000
Because really and truly,
like everybody else,
1396
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:48,583
we didn't take it seriously.
1397
01:39:50,791 --> 01:39:54,417
[Eric] We're on an army camp
and I didn't fit.
1398
01:39:56,000 --> 01:39:59,666
And it was suggested to me
that I should get a hair cut.
1399
01:40:02,083 --> 01:40:04,791
I said, "I'd rather not,
I like my hair the way it is."
1400
01:40:09,750 --> 01:40:12,167
My mother put on this face
like,
1401
01:40:12,167 --> 01:40:14,625
"Dare to defy me."
1402
01:40:14,625 --> 01:40:16,583
And I thought,
"I don't like you.
1403
01:40:17,541 --> 01:40:19,666
"You don't want me
anyway.
1404
01:40:19,666 --> 01:40:22,500
"And now you really
don't want me the way I am."
1405
01:40:28,833 --> 01:40:31,500
Rose said, "Please, do this."
1406
01:40:31,500 --> 01:40:33,167
Just to keep everybody happy.
1407
01:40:40,083 --> 01:40:40,833
So they gave me
a crew cut.
1408
01:40:45,583 --> 01:40:47,042
It made me cry.
1409
01:40:52,917 --> 01:40:55,791
And a couple of days later,
my brother came in,
1410
01:40:55,791 --> 01:41:00,000
my half brother and sat
on the guitar
1411
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:01,958
and broke the neck
clean in half.
1412
01:41:04,875 --> 01:41:08,791
It was like, everything was
done to demolish
1413
01:41:08,791 --> 01:41:10,250
my personality
1414
01:41:10,958 --> 01:41:12,791
and make me null and void.
1415
01:41:14,708 --> 01:41:17,083
I was full of hatred,
anger and resentment.
1416
01:41:19,417 --> 01:41:22,459
So I thought, "Okay.
1417
01:41:25,875 --> 01:41:28,083
"That's the last time
I trust anyone."
1418
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:39,750
Things became
very difficult with George
1419
01:41:39,750 --> 01:41:42,292
and I, and we decided
it would be better
1420
01:41:42,292 --> 01:41:45,459
if we parted.
1421
01:41:45,459 --> 01:41:48,209
I heard that Eric
was on a tour.
1422
01:41:48,209 --> 01:41:48,750
I went to surprise him.
1423
01:41:51,334 --> 01:41:53,459
Our relationship
hadn't been completed.
1424
01:41:53,459 --> 01:41:57,167
There was clearly more to it
than just snatched meetings.
1425
01:41:59,250 --> 01:42:01,666
[Eric] I hadn't seen her
for all those years.
1426
01:42:02,417 --> 01:42:05,000
Pattie must have known
1427
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:07,250
she was getting involved
with someone
1428
01:42:07,250 --> 01:42:08,833
who was pretty unstable.
1429
01:42:10,875 --> 01:42:15,125
As much as I could love
someone, I loved her.
1430
01:42:16,541 --> 01:42:18,791
I was not just screwed up,
but you know,
1431
01:42:18,791 --> 01:42:20,791
a full blown addict by then.
1432
01:42:23,708 --> 01:42:27,917
Maybe I never got beyond
just wanting her
1433
01:42:27,917 --> 01:42:29,125
from a distance.
1434
01:42:31,083 --> 01:42:33,375
[Pattie] We would do all sorts
of things together
1435
01:42:34,500 --> 01:42:37,167
and he would say,
he loves me.
1436
01:42:37,167 --> 01:42:40,042
But he wanted
to drink all the time
1437
01:42:40,042 --> 01:42:42,666
and it just increased.
1438
01:42:42,666 --> 01:42:45,292
But then when he had
too much to drink
1439
01:42:45,292 --> 01:42:46,791
or became really seriously
unpleasant
1440
01:42:46,791 --> 01:42:49,917
and I felt that he didn't love
me either.
1441
01:42:49,917 --> 01:42:52,000
So this was really ghastly
1442
01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:54,000
until maybe the next day
1443
01:42:54,000 --> 01:42:55,583
and he'd be loving again.
1444
01:42:56,167 --> 01:42:58,125
He was quite scary,
1445
01:42:58,125 --> 01:43:01,459
and he would scream
at me across hotel lobbies.
1446
01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:05,541
He was just listening
to a different drummer
1447
01:43:05,541 --> 01:43:06,875
when he was that drunk.
1448
01:43:12,083 --> 01:43:13,625
[Eric] Mind if I have
a drink?
1449
01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:23,791
[man speaking]
1450
01:43:27,209 --> 01:43:29,417
Tell you what, you want
to come on stage
1451
01:43:29,417 --> 01:43:32,666
and talk, you want to come up
here and talk about it?
1452
01:43:32,666 --> 01:43:33,958
I'll fucking have you,
I'll tell ya.
1453
01:43:38,583 --> 01:43:41,541
[Jamie] It got to be a point
of wondering,
1454
01:43:41,541 --> 01:43:43,417
you know, each show,
what's going to happen
1455
01:43:43,417 --> 01:43:46,750
tomorrow night?
1456
01:43:46,750 --> 01:43:49,417
And I used to ask Carl,
"What's up with this guy?
1457
01:43:49,417 --> 01:43:51,209
"They told me
he was a nice guy."
1458
01:43:51,209 --> 01:43:53,666
You know, I have
to lock my doors every night
1459
01:43:53,666 --> 01:43:56,209
and hide from this guy,
'cause he's out of his mind.
1460
01:43:56,209 --> 01:43:56,917
[rock music playing]
1461
01:44:15,167 --> 01:44:16,917
[music slowing down]
1462
01:44:32,833 --> 01:44:36,833
[Eric] When I realized
what I said,
1463
01:44:36,833 --> 01:44:40,500
I just was so disgusted
with myself.
1464
01:44:40,500 --> 01:44:42,334
I was so fucking angry.
1465
01:44:44,666 --> 01:44:47,125
And I thought I needed
to apologize to the people
1466
01:44:47,125 --> 01:44:49,042
I said that to.
1467
01:44:49,042 --> 01:44:50,917
Because it was so shocking
and unforgivable
1468
01:44:50,917 --> 01:44:55,125
and I was so ashamed
of who I was.
1469
01:44:55,125 --> 01:44:57,375
I was becoming
not only chauvinistic
1470
01:44:57,375 --> 01:45:00,000
but fascistic too.
1471
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:02,000
I was a kind of
a semi racist
1472
01:45:03,125 --> 01:45:04,833
which didn't make sense.
1473
01:45:06,417 --> 01:45:09,375
I mean, half of my friends
were black.
1474
01:45:09,375 --> 01:45:11,625
I dated black women
and listened to black music
1475
01:45:11,625 --> 01:45:14,583
and championed black music.
1476
01:45:15,750 --> 01:45:18,541
But it didn't matter at all.
1477
01:45:20,791 --> 01:45:22,791
They could have all gone
to the wall as long as I had
1478
01:45:22,791 --> 01:45:23,958
the bottle.
1479
01:45:23,958 --> 01:45:28,292
I hated everything.
Everything.
1480
01:45:32,917 --> 01:45:36,292
I thought I had
this dream, you know?
1481
01:45:36,292 --> 01:45:39,583
About the perfect band,
you know?
1482
01:45:39,583 --> 01:45:43,750
I the...
And the virtuoso
1483
01:45:43,750 --> 01:45:44,875
of each instrument,
you know?
1484
01:45:44,875 --> 01:45:46,500
I thought I was
a virtuoso.
1485
01:45:46,500 --> 01:45:48,666
My instrument,
1486
01:45:48,666 --> 01:45:51,875
thought Jack and Ginger
was the virtuoso
1487
01:45:51,875 --> 01:45:56,167
and, uh, we all thought that.
1488
01:45:56,167 --> 01:45:58,750
I'm sad that it
actually ever happen, really.
1489
01:46:00,583 --> 01:46:02,833
Because...
1490
01:46:02,833 --> 01:46:04,791
I mean, I wouldn't want
to change anything
1491
01:46:04,791 --> 01:46:06,334
but probably would've
done better
1492
01:46:06,334 --> 01:46:08,375
to stay with John Mayall
1493
01:46:10,042 --> 01:46:13,250
and then because, it was that
Cream thing,
1494
01:46:13,250 --> 01:46:14,334
it was all like...
1495
01:46:16,500 --> 01:46:18,250
It was just aggressive
music.
1496
01:46:24,500 --> 01:46:26,791
[snorting]
1497
01:46:26,791 --> 01:46:29,167
It's not even
worth it, is it?
1498
01:46:29,167 --> 01:46:32,666
Just fucking do it.
She's got another stash.
1499
01:46:34,875 --> 01:46:37,583
[Pattie] Eric was a very
sad person.
1500
01:46:38,500 --> 01:46:40,000
Very, very sad.
1501
01:46:46,708 --> 01:46:49,500
He was a broken man
1502
01:46:49,500 --> 01:46:51,833
who can't cope,
who can hardly speak.
1503
01:46:53,750 --> 01:46:56,375
He started having seizures
1504
01:46:56,375 --> 01:47:00,625
and then the doctor told me,
unless he stopped drinking,
1505
01:47:00,625 --> 01:47:01,042
he would die.
1506
01:47:06,708 --> 01:47:09,459
[sombre music playing]
1507
01:47:31,250 --> 01:47:34,209
[Eric] The only reason
I didn't commit suicide
1508
01:47:34,209 --> 01:47:36,042
was the fact that I wouldn't
be able to drink any more
1509
01:47:36,042 --> 01:47:37,459
if I was dead.
1510
01:47:39,292 --> 01:47:43,292
My capacity for the love
of alcohol was boundless.
1511
01:47:44,625 --> 01:47:46,958
So I drank and drank
and drank.
1512
01:47:46,958 --> 01:47:48,167
Again and again
and again.
1513
01:48:30,334 --> 01:48:32,958
When making records
during the drunken period.
1514
01:48:32,958 --> 01:48:34,958
I personally find it difficult
to listen to,
1515
01:48:34,958 --> 01:48:36,417
because I can hear
how drunk I am.
1516
01:48:39,167 --> 01:48:41,833
All of these albums
have,
1517
01:48:41,833 --> 01:48:44,375
elements where
it's moved up a notch
1518
01:48:46,000 --> 01:48:49,209
and I've been given
the chance to sing and play
1519
01:48:49,209 --> 01:48:50,292
in a way that I hadn't before.
1520
01:48:52,958 --> 01:48:54,625
[audience cheering]
1521
01:48:55,917 --> 01:48:58,500
I went off to Moscow,
1522
01:48:58,500 --> 01:49:01,000
a lot of things took place
while I was there.
1523
01:49:01,000 --> 01:49:03,250
I ended up having
an affair
1524
01:49:03,250 --> 01:49:04,334
with the studio
manageress,
1525
01:49:04,334 --> 01:49:08,583
George Martin's
Air Studios in Montserrat.
1526
01:49:08,583 --> 01:49:10,625
A lovely woman
called Yvonne,
1527
01:49:10,625 --> 01:49:13,625
very attractive lady,
very funny, very witty.
1528
01:49:13,625 --> 01:49:15,875
And I got a letter from her
1529
01:49:15,875 --> 01:49:18,791
saying she was pregnant
with a daughter
1530
01:49:18,791 --> 01:49:21,833
and that she didn't have
any expectations from me,
1531
01:49:21,833 --> 01:49:23,583
she was going to try
and raise the child
1532
01:49:23,583 --> 01:49:25,209
in her existing marriage.
1533
01:49:25,209 --> 01:49:28,083
And I knew I just
wasn't capable of having
1534
01:49:28,083 --> 01:49:29,167
a relationship.
1535
01:49:29,750 --> 01:49:32,708
♪ When, when ♪
1536
01:49:32,708 --> 01:49:34,833
Okay, let's just
do it more acapella.
1537
01:49:34,833 --> 01:49:37,250
One, two , three, four.
1538
01:49:37,250 --> 01:49:40,292
♪ When I see those big,
brown eyes ♪
1539
01:49:40,292 --> 01:49:42,875
♪ That's when I take my cue ♪
1540
01:49:42,875 --> 01:49:44,875
♪ Don't take us but
a few minutes to get ♪
1541
01:49:44,875 --> 01:49:47,791
♪ A message through ♪
1542
01:49:47,791 --> 01:49:50,125
♪ I talk to you,
you talk to me ♪
1543
01:49:50,125 --> 01:49:52,625
♪ I keep talking to
the wrong person ♪
1544
01:49:52,625 --> 01:49:55,417
♪ It don't take but
a few minutes ♪
1545
01:49:55,417 --> 01:49:56,000
♪ To get a man's... ♪
1546
01:49:56,000 --> 01:49:59,167
Understand each other.
1547
01:49:59,167 --> 01:50:00,375
Am I gonna
remember that?
1548
01:50:02,042 --> 01:50:04,750
Well, you wrote it.
1549
01:50:04,750 --> 01:50:08,791
[Eric] I was in absolute
denial about my alcoholism.
1550
01:50:08,791 --> 01:50:12,292
I had gone to the best
treatment centre in the world
1551
01:50:12,292 --> 01:50:13,917
but I got into dope again
1552
01:50:13,917 --> 01:50:16,583
and alcohol and blow.
1553
01:50:16,583 --> 01:50:19,167
And I was trying
to hide it from everybody.
1554
01:50:20,167 --> 01:50:23,167
Some people say
you have to live the blues
1555
01:50:23,167 --> 01:50:24,459
to sing the blues.
1556
01:50:24,459 --> 01:50:25,583
During that period
of time in your life
1557
01:50:25,583 --> 01:50:29,250
where you were involved
with drugs and alcohol,
1558
01:50:29,250 --> 01:50:31,459
did you do that
to justify that point of view?
1559
01:50:31,459 --> 01:50:34,334
No, you know, I was
just a party animal.
1560
01:50:34,334 --> 01:50:35,541
A fun seeking boy.
1561
01:50:38,958 --> 01:50:41,292
And then I was in Milan,
touring and a promoter
1562
01:50:41,292 --> 01:50:43,917
then she introduced
me to Lory Del Santo.
1563
01:50:46,209 --> 01:50:48,292
I was just smitten
with her
1564
01:50:48,292 --> 01:50:51,459
and decided I'm going
to start my life from scratch
1565
01:50:51,459 --> 01:50:54,500
here in Italy without any idea
where it was going to go.
1566
01:50:56,958 --> 01:50:59,209
[Pattie] He was
a complete asshole.
1567
01:50:59,209 --> 01:51:02,292
There was no relationship,
and I knew it wouldn't work.
1568
01:51:02,292 --> 01:51:05,541
And I felt so sad that
he and I split up
1569
01:51:05,541 --> 01:51:07,625
because of
that ridiculous idea.
1570
01:51:07,625 --> 01:51:11,541
But he was a sick person
and he obviously believed it.
1571
01:51:12,791 --> 01:51:13,833
[Eric] We tried to make
a go of it.
1572
01:51:13,833 --> 01:51:16,000
But she didn't know
who she was dealing with,
1573
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:19,833
I was not grounded in any way.
1574
01:51:19,833 --> 01:51:22,541
I said, "Well, look, I don't
think this is working.
1575
01:51:22,541 --> 01:51:24,917
"I want to go back
to my wife."
1576
01:51:26,666 --> 01:51:28,958
And she told me,
"Well, that's not really
1577
01:51:28,958 --> 01:51:30,541
"good news, because
I'm pregnant."
1578
01:51:46,666 --> 01:51:48,459
Mmm.
1579
01:51:52,167 --> 01:51:53,958
Conor was the first thing
that happened to me
1580
01:51:53,958 --> 01:51:56,125
in my entire life
1581
01:51:56,125 --> 01:51:58,167
that really got to my core
1582
01:51:58,167 --> 01:52:02,125
and told me,
time to grow up.
1583
01:52:08,833 --> 01:52:10,541
Strong man.
1584
01:52:10,541 --> 01:52:12,541
I could not fuck around
any longer.
1585
01:52:14,375 --> 01:52:15,417
I could not damage this.
1586
01:52:20,083 --> 01:52:20,417
Up.
1587
01:52:23,875 --> 01:52:26,167
Catch that.
1588
01:52:28,917 --> 01:52:31,500
[making cooing noises]
1589
01:52:37,583 --> 01:52:40,334
[reporter speaking]
1590
01:52:40,334 --> 01:52:42,500
Well that came about
quite out of the blue.
1591
01:52:42,500 --> 01:52:46,250
I met this young lady
and bang it happened.
1592
01:52:46,250 --> 01:52:48,292
It was like the baby
was looking for parents too.
1593
01:52:49,292 --> 01:52:50,375
You know,
to give it life.
1594
01:52:51,250 --> 01:52:54,334
And he's great,
it's wonderful.
1595
01:52:56,042 --> 01:52:58,875
Yes, just you know,
1596
01:52:58,875 --> 01:53:00,708
grow up happily
with my son.
1597
01:53:20,125 --> 01:53:22,459
I got to the place where
I couldn't live without
1598
01:53:22,459 --> 01:53:24,375
a drink and I couldn't
live with it.
1599
01:53:25,417 --> 01:53:26,292
When I tried to stop
on my own,
1600
01:53:26,292 --> 01:53:28,250
my withdrawals were so hard
1601
01:53:28,250 --> 01:53:31,083
that I had a grand
mal seizure.
1602
01:53:33,958 --> 01:53:36,334
I was on my own
in the house one day.
1603
01:53:37,500 --> 01:53:41,500
And I got down on my knees
and prayed.
1604
01:53:41,500 --> 01:53:45,459
Was a really clumsy experience
but it was born out of real
1605
01:53:45,459 --> 01:53:47,708
desperation.
1606
01:53:47,708 --> 01:53:49,500
And I said, "Just
let me have some peace."
1607
01:54:09,209 --> 01:54:10,833
[reporter] What effect has
fatherhood had on you?
1608
01:54:10,833 --> 01:54:14,334
[Eric] A very stabilizing
effect because you suddenly
1609
01:54:14,334 --> 01:54:16,000
have to stop being
so selfish, you know?
1610
01:54:16,000 --> 01:54:18,541
You have to think more about
the life of someone else.
1611
01:54:18,541 --> 01:54:20,833
It is like a blood thing.
1612
01:54:20,833 --> 01:54:23,583
It's a tie for the rest
of your life.
1613
01:54:23,583 --> 01:54:25,167
And I love him dearly
1614
01:54:25,167 --> 01:54:28,875
and really he's made
a massive change in me.
1615
01:54:33,417 --> 01:54:34,875
[audience cheering]
1616
01:54:49,583 --> 01:54:53,000
Lory and Conor
were staying in New York
1617
01:54:53,000 --> 01:54:56,375
in this place called the
Galleria on 57th street.
1618
01:54:56,375 --> 01:54:58,833
And I was in New York as well.
1619
01:54:58,833 --> 01:55:02,958
So I took Conor to see
the circus on Long Island.
1620
01:55:09,541 --> 01:55:11,083
We had a great time.
1621
01:55:15,541 --> 01:55:17,708
The following day, I was going
to take Conor for lunch
1622
01:55:17,708 --> 01:55:18,708
maybe on my own.
1623
01:55:18,708 --> 01:55:21,209
It was about eleven
in the morning.
1624
01:55:21,209 --> 01:55:24,125
I was getting ready to go
up to 57th Street.
1625
01:55:25,083 --> 01:55:27,833
Then I got a phone call
from Lory,
1626
01:55:28,459 --> 01:55:31,000
just kind of screaming.
1627
01:55:32,583 --> 01:55:35,042
She said, "He's dead."
1628
01:55:35,042 --> 01:55:36,625
I thought, "What's she
talking about?"
1629
01:55:36,625 --> 01:55:38,583
She said, "He fell out
the window."
1630
01:55:42,917 --> 01:55:45,583
[reporter] There couldn't
have been a bigger nightmare.
1631
01:55:45,583 --> 01:55:47,750
Before anyone could stop him,
four-year-old Conor Clapton
1632
01:55:47,750 --> 01:55:51,083
had plunged to his death
from the 53rd floor
1633
01:55:51,083 --> 01:55:52,500
of the Galleria building.
1634
01:55:52,500 --> 01:55:54,292
He made it past his mother
and three other adults
1635
01:55:54,292 --> 01:55:56,708
who were in the apartment
1636
01:55:56,708 --> 01:55:59,459
to a window that had just
been cleaned and left open.
1637
01:55:59,459 --> 01:56:00,500
There was nothing
to break his fall
1638
01:56:00,500 --> 01:56:04,042
except the roof
of an adjoining building.
1639
01:56:04,042 --> 01:56:05,459
It's just a tragic accident,
that the child apparently
1640
01:56:05,459 --> 01:56:09,459
wandered into...
Into the bedroom,
1641
01:56:09,459 --> 01:56:11,625
wandered close
to the window
1642
01:56:11,625 --> 01:56:17,209
and just by the fact that
the window ledge was low.
1643
01:56:17,209 --> 01:56:19,750
It appears that he just
tragically fell out.
1644
01:56:32,000 --> 01:56:35,708
[Eric] I felt like I stepped
back out of myself.
1645
01:56:35,708 --> 01:56:38,917
I couldn't grasp it,
I could not grasp it.
1646
01:56:41,459 --> 01:56:45,625
And I went with the body
down to the nearest hospital.
1647
01:56:46,917 --> 01:56:48,375
I went to see him
1648
01:56:49,083 --> 01:56:50,958
and I said goodbye to him.
1649
01:56:53,541 --> 01:56:55,209
And I did lose faith.
1650
01:57:21,125 --> 01:57:23,334
[Pattie] It was horrific.
1651
01:57:23,334 --> 01:57:25,875
I just couldn't think
about that little boy.
1652
01:57:26,791 --> 01:57:27,958
This little soul.
1653
01:57:36,708 --> 01:57:38,375
Eric was a fighter.
1654
01:57:38,375 --> 01:57:40,875
But I know that
1655
01:57:40,875 --> 01:57:43,750
as well as myself,
a lot of his friends
1656
01:57:43,750 --> 01:57:45,541
were very concerned
about him,
1657
01:57:45,541 --> 01:57:49,666
his sobriety,
he was on his own.
1658
01:58:03,791 --> 01:58:06,666
[Eric] Italians had gone home
and Hurtwood was quiet
1659
01:58:06,666 --> 01:58:06,833
and it was just me there.
1660
01:58:08,791 --> 01:58:09,708
With my thoughts.
1661
01:58:12,167 --> 01:58:14,708
I started opening all my
letters of condolence.
1662
01:58:14,708 --> 01:58:17,791
Thousands and thousands
of them.
1663
01:58:18,750 --> 01:58:21,708
I opened one and it was
from Conor.
1664
01:58:25,583 --> 01:58:27,875
And it had been posted
weeks before from Milan.
1665
01:58:32,875 --> 01:58:35,167
And I realized if I can go
through this and stay sober
1666
01:58:35,167 --> 01:58:37,042
then anyone can.
1667
01:58:38,917 --> 01:58:41,083
And I suddenly became
aware of the fact
1668
01:58:41,083 --> 01:58:43,292
that there was a way to turn
this dreadful tragedy
1669
01:58:43,292 --> 01:58:46,917
into something positive.
1670
01:58:46,917 --> 01:58:50,958
That I would consider living
my life from this point on
1671
01:58:50,958 --> 01:58:51,917
to honour the memory
of my son.
1672
01:58:55,791 --> 01:58:56,958
[acoustic guitar playing]
1673
01:59:00,167 --> 01:59:02,375
I got hold of the little
Spanish guitar that I had
1674
01:59:02,375 --> 01:59:03,334
lying around.
1675
01:59:03,334 --> 01:59:04,666
And I had it with me
the whole time.
1676
01:59:04,666 --> 01:59:08,625
From the minute
I woke up.
1677
01:59:08,625 --> 01:59:13,209
And for the rest of that year,
I just played and played
1678
01:59:13,209 --> 01:59:15,334
to stop from facing
this situation.
1679
01:59:23,625 --> 01:59:26,500
[Tears In Heaven
playing]
1680
01:59:50,833 --> 01:59:55,083
♪ Would you know my name? ♪
1681
01:59:57,250 --> 02:00:01,083
♪ If I saw you in heaven ♪
1682
02:00:02,666 --> 02:00:07,666
♪ Would it be the same? ♪
1683
02:00:09,750 --> 02:00:12,875
♪ If I saw you in heaven ♪
1684
02:00:16,417 --> 02:00:19,666
♪ I must be strong ♪
1685
02:00:22,625 --> 02:00:26,209
♪ And carry on ♪
1686
02:00:26,209 --> 02:00:31,167
♪ 'Cause I know
I don't belong ♪
1687
02:00:32,666 --> 02:00:35,541
♪ Here in heaven ♪
1688
02:00:46,833 --> 02:00:50,000
♪ Time can bring you down ♪
1689
02:00:50,000 --> 02:00:53,541
♪ Time can bend your knees ♪
1690
02:00:59,083 --> 02:01:02,292
♪ Time can break your heart ♪
1691
02:01:02,292 --> 02:01:07,417
♪ Have you begging please,
begging please ♪
1692
02:01:13,958 --> 02:01:15,334
[Eric] Music saved me.
1693
02:01:17,791 --> 02:01:20,209
Just as it had when
I was a boy of nine.
1694
02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:23,625
It took the pain away.
1695
02:01:25,750 --> 02:01:29,791
And I wrote these songs
for myself
1696
02:01:29,791 --> 02:01:32,250
because I was feeling
terrible inside.
1697
02:01:36,209 --> 02:01:39,000
♪ Beyond the door ♪
1698
02:01:42,541 --> 02:01:44,958
♪ There's peace I'm sure ♪
1699
02:01:44,958 --> 02:01:50,666
♪ And I know there'll be
no more ♪
1700
02:01:52,167 --> 02:01:54,541
♪ Tears in heaven ♪
1701
02:01:54,541 --> 02:01:57,459
And the Grammy goes to
Tears in Heaven,
1702
02:01:57,459 --> 02:01:58,958
Eric Clapton.
1703
02:02:02,209 --> 02:02:04,750
And the song
of the year is,
1704
02:02:04,750 --> 02:02:08,125
Eric Clapton and
Will Jennings, songwriters
1705
02:02:08,125 --> 02:02:09,125
for Tears in Heaven.
1706
02:02:09,125 --> 02:02:11,334
And the album
of the year is...
1707
02:02:11,334 --> 02:02:13,459
♪ 'Cause I know... ♪
1708
02:02:13,459 --> 02:02:15,250
Unplugged,
Eric Clapton.
1709
02:02:17,459 --> 02:02:21,625
[Eric] As much as I'm proud of
what I've achieved musically.
1710
02:02:21,625 --> 02:02:23,666
It's all dust really.
1711
02:02:23,666 --> 02:02:26,541
At some point, there will
be people who have no idea
1712
02:02:26,541 --> 02:02:27,958
what I did and who I am.
1713
02:02:27,958 --> 02:02:30,708
And I'm quite comfortable
about that.
1714
02:02:32,000 --> 02:02:33,833
[audience applauding]
1715
02:02:33,833 --> 02:02:33,958
Thank you.
1716
02:02:37,000 --> 02:02:41,209
Finally, me and my daughter,
Ruth
1717
02:02:41,209 --> 02:02:43,750
were able to begin
our own relationship,
1718
02:02:44,334 --> 02:02:45,750
which was wonderful.
1719
02:02:46,500 --> 02:02:48,666
And it took me
to a place
1720
02:02:48,666 --> 02:02:50,750
where I was able to have
a great relationship with Ruth
1721
02:02:50,750 --> 02:02:54,625
and also become available
1722
02:02:54,625 --> 02:02:57,000
to have a relationship
with another human being,
1723
02:02:57,000 --> 02:02:59,750
Now see that's, that was the
first time I felt like that
1724
02:02:59,750 --> 02:03:01,125
in my entire life.
1725
02:03:06,459 --> 02:03:07,750
[Larry King] I have a brochure
to show you quickly called
1726
02:03:07,750 --> 02:03:11,375
Crossroads centre at Antigua.
1727
02:03:11,375 --> 02:03:13,708
But this... This is
an Eric Clapton project,
1728
02:03:13,708 --> 02:03:14,875
what is it?
1729
02:03:14,875 --> 02:03:16,708
For the last three years,
I've been trying to start
1730
02:03:16,708 --> 02:03:17,541
a treatment centre
in Antigua.
1731
02:03:17,541 --> 02:03:19,708
For addiction?
1732
02:03:19,708 --> 02:03:21,791
For addiction to drugs
and alcohol, yeah.
1733
02:03:21,791 --> 02:03:24,125
So are you doing it
for people who live
1734
02:03:24,125 --> 02:03:25,375
on the island?
1735
02:03:25,375 --> 02:03:27,500
I'm primarily doing it
for people that have no money.
1736
02:03:27,500 --> 02:03:29,167
That need treatment.
1737
02:03:29,167 --> 02:03:34,625
There's 100 guitars here,
some of them were with me
1738
02:03:34,625 --> 02:03:37,209
through some really
extreme times.
1739
02:03:37,209 --> 02:03:39,875
But I want them to raise a lot
of money for the foundation
1740
02:03:39,875 --> 02:03:42,833
and to carry the message
of the centre.
1741
02:03:42,833 --> 02:03:45,417
[auctioneer] Five hundred
thousand out there.
1742
02:03:45,417 --> 02:03:48,666
Six hundred thousand I'm
offered. 700,000, 800,000.
1743
02:03:48,666 --> 02:03:51,292
Eight hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
1744
02:03:51,292 --> 02:03:52,500
And sold.
1745
02:03:54,375 --> 02:03:56,583
[Eric] Music has given me
a great life.
1746
02:03:56,583 --> 02:04:00,250
That's never betrayed me,
it's never gonna let me down.
1747
02:04:00,250 --> 02:04:03,250
But if it doesn't have
the same value as knowing
1748
02:04:03,250 --> 02:04:06,250
that there are people out
there that I've helped
1749
02:04:06,250 --> 02:04:08,209
get sober through
the treatment centre.
1750
02:04:10,917 --> 02:04:12,625
[audience cheering]
1751
02:04:16,625 --> 02:04:19,250
[Robert Cray]
Let's bring on Hubert Sumlin.
1752
02:04:21,459 --> 02:04:22,250
Please welcome Buddy Guy.
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02:04:26,042 --> 02:04:28,666
Put your hands together
for the king of the blues.
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02:04:28,666 --> 02:04:29,791
B.B. King.
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02:04:33,666 --> 02:04:36,708
[Ben] If he hadn't heard
and liked the blues.
1756
02:04:36,708 --> 02:04:38,958
He could just about about
retiring from
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02:04:38,958 --> 02:04:41,042
the building trade now.
1758
02:04:41,042 --> 02:04:43,791
Having spent his life,
laying tiles like his father.
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02:04:46,375 --> 02:04:49,791
If you guide yourself
into the worst aspects
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02:04:49,791 --> 02:04:51,958
of life which he undoubtedly
did.
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02:04:51,958 --> 02:04:53,750
Nobody pushed him down
to the depth
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02:04:53,750 --> 02:04:56,791
that he felt he reached
at several points.
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02:04:56,791 --> 02:04:58,167
And nobody has got
him out.
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02:05:02,500 --> 02:05:05,750
Now, I mean that is a very
powerful personality.
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02:05:07,334 --> 02:05:09,666
It doesn't necessarily
have to show itself
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02:05:09,666 --> 02:05:12,583
in company.
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02:05:12,583 --> 02:05:15,167
But it must be there
for him to have survived.
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02:05:17,958 --> 02:05:20,708
[Eric] And then I met Melia
and fell in love.
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02:05:21,708 --> 02:05:24,000
She's everything
I ever wanted.
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02:05:24,000 --> 02:05:25,583
She's my soul mate.
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02:05:25,583 --> 02:05:27,833
She's a beautiful woman,
she's a great friend.
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02:05:27,833 --> 02:05:30,750
And she's a fantastic mother.
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02:05:31,875 --> 02:05:33,833
What more could
a man ever want?
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02:05:36,250 --> 02:05:39,500
Hello, this is Sophie.
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02:05:39,500 --> 02:05:42,791
Here she is.
And this is Daddy.
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02:05:45,334 --> 02:05:47,958
And this is Ella.
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02:05:49,541 --> 02:05:52,083
Here is Mommy.
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02:05:52,750 --> 02:05:54,250
And here is me.
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02:05:54,250 --> 02:05:55,666
Hi.
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[all screaming]
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02:06:04,000 --> 02:06:06,541
[Eric] It's everything I did
and all the mistakes
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02:06:06,541 --> 02:06:08,958
I made and everything
that brought me here.
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02:06:08,958 --> 02:06:11,875
And it couldn't me
much better, really.
1784
02:06:15,167 --> 02:06:18,042
I finally found the family
I always wanted.
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02:06:18,750 --> 02:06:20,875
And always needed.
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02:06:20,875 --> 02:06:24,459
And now here they are,
and I'm one of them.
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02:06:24,459 --> 02:06:26,625
My life is completely full.
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02:06:28,083 --> 02:06:30,666
And I would like to say
a toast
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02:06:31,167 --> 02:06:32,334
to the Boss.
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02:06:35,250 --> 02:06:37,334
Give me a little
talking music, will you?
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02:06:37,334 --> 02:06:38,666
Robert, please.
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02:06:39,917 --> 02:06:41,917
Keep it down,
keep it down.
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02:06:41,917 --> 02:06:44,917
Ladies and gentlemen,
for you, I know that you know
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02:06:44,917 --> 02:06:48,625
that Eric is a great artist.
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02:06:48,625 --> 02:06:49,875
He flew all the way
to California
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02:06:49,875 --> 02:06:53,334
to make my first CD.
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02:06:53,334 --> 02:06:56,541
Not only did he do that,
he's done so many things
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02:06:56,541 --> 02:06:59,833
for a lot of us,
including this guy.
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02:06:59,833 --> 02:07:00,417
So I'd like you
to know...
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02:07:03,500 --> 02:07:06,958
I'm gonna shut up in a minute,
but I'd like you to know.
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02:07:06,958 --> 02:07:08,875
That I've been around
the world,
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02:07:08,875 --> 02:07:11,167
I've played 90 different
countries around the world,
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02:07:11,167 --> 02:07:11,791
and I've met many people,
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02:07:11,791 --> 02:07:13,375
kings and queens.
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02:07:13,375 --> 02:07:19,917
But I've never met a better
man, a more gracious man
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02:07:19,917 --> 02:07:22,791
than my friend, I like to call
him my friend, Eric Clapton.
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02:07:22,791 --> 02:07:25,583
[audience cheering]
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02:07:26,375 --> 02:07:28,417
So I say to all of you...
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02:07:32,666 --> 02:07:34,583
May I live forever...
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But may you live
forever and a day.
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02:07:45,459 --> 02:07:48,459
'Cause I'd hate to be here
when you pass away.
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02:07:51,042 --> 02:07:53,500
And when they lay me out
to rest...
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As I mentioned,
I'm 81 now.
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02:07:57,292 --> 02:08:00,583
When they lay me out
to rest, may the last voices
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02:08:00,583 --> 02:08:02,083
I hear be yours.
1816
02:08:03,500 --> 02:08:06,209
Saying while we was alive
we was friends.
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02:08:17,791 --> 02:08:19,417
[Mainline Florida
playing]
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♪ My heart was leaping
in the sun ♪
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02:08:38,042 --> 02:08:42,334
♪ My friends all say
that you're the one ♪
1820
02:08:42,334 --> 02:08:46,083
♪ Let me get this
one thing very clear ♪
1821
02:08:46,083 --> 02:08:50,708
♪ There ain't enough
going on down here ♪
1822
02:08:50,708 --> 02:08:54,917
♪ Mainline Florida, oh say ♪
1823
02:08:58,833 --> 02:09:03,750
♪ Mainline Florida, okay ♪
1824
02:09:15,334 --> 02:09:19,334
♪ Her arms were open
open wide ♪
1825
02:09:19,334 --> 02:09:23,292
♪ Her invitation's
a changing tide ♪
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02:09:23,292 --> 02:09:28,167
♪ I could remember
not long ago ♪
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02:09:28,167 --> 02:09:32,958
♪ We took a cruise
down on Hotel Row ♪
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02:09:32,958 --> 02:09:37,625
♪ Mainline Florida, oh say ♪
1829
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♪ Mainline Florida, okay ♪
1830
02:09:50,250 --> 02:09:53,334
[guitar solo]
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02:10:53,334 --> 02:10:56,417
♪ Her arms were open
open wide ♪
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02:10:56,417 --> 02:11:01,209
♪ Her invitation's
a changing tide ♪
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02:11:01,209 --> 02:11:05,083
♪ I could remember
not long ago ♪
1834
02:11:05,083 --> 02:11:09,833
♪ We took a cruise
down on Hotel Row ♪
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02:11:09,833 --> 02:11:14,791
♪ Mainline Florida, oh say ♪
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02:11:17,791 --> 02:11:22,750
♪ Mainline Florida, okay ♪
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♪ Hey ♪
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[serene guitar music playing]
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