Eric Clapton is the ultimate Guitar player in the world. To me personally he's one of the greatest in the world of all time. Just love his Guitar playing and his songs.
I'm 72 and his music has been a big part of my life and i would just like to say thank you to him. never met him, seen him close to 50 times. and he is just an amazing human being.
I absolutely love this man's energy, his staying power, his resiliency, his ability to make incredible music, and am truly amazed by his humility which makes him very sympathetic! Keep on keeping on Sir Eric!
"Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I’m into racism. It’s much heavier, man." -Eric Clapton (on stage in 1976) A true, humble, stand-up guy for sure
Wouldn't call myself Eric's biggest fan, (and I've 'followed' him' in one way or another for over 3 decades) but have to admit, every time i watch him with or without a guitar my respect grows and grows and grows. Fantastic stuff. Thanks E.C. for keeping this stuff alive.
"Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I’m into racism. It’s much heavier, man." -Eric Clapton Definitely could be described as guitar hero, but not so much as a person
In his fall his fall down drunk days (70s), he said some awful shit! While having dear black friends!🤯. I think he “actually” meant it and like many (white) people on a journey, regrets that time. His music is GREAT! What he has done for blues & black musicians is laudable! As a person, though, he is a work in progress!🤷🏽♂️. He doesn’t have to be a saint.
All of these comments show how Eric has touched each and every one of us. The common thread I think would be how Eric is able to reach our emotions. I was 13 when Slowhand came out. The radio stations were just killing Cocaine and Lay Down Sally. I was already a huge blues fan and played a little boogie on the piano. When I heard Mean Old Frisco it was all over for me and I had to have that album Slowhand. The Blues took hold of me and at 56 I've never looked back. Eric the world is so much better with you in it....there's a story about you I've read that when you heard Jimi playing in London you said "I might as well put my guitar away". True or not, I'm so glad you kept on and keep on playing - forever in my heart you are. Signed - big fan in Cleveland OH USA.
Waw, that was some blues! That's what one needs to hear to get up and live, be happy and feel fortunate. Thank you Mr.Clapton. Thank you Mr. Glyn Johns for putting this on record for everyone's joy.
I've been a huge fan for decades so this really was special to me! When he mentioned the "Home" was coming to get you I laughed out loud!!! You will never be old to me. Let's just stay young at heart forever via the music we love so much that comes from your soul. The world is a better place because of the musical gifts you've shared with us since your journey with a guitar began. God bless and thank you!!! :)
When mr. Clapton sings the first song sitting in that chair 🔚 playing the 🎸 he is the epitome of a mississippi delta blues musician. I was born and raised in the delta. I am from greenville. I have been around blues musicians especially Son Thomas and Muddy Waters.
@@connievino4226I feel the same way. Without Eric Clapton in my life, I will feel a huge loss. He has been my favourite artist since the John Mayall Bluesbreakers w/ Eric Clapton album came out in the 60’s. I have seen him live 3 times in The 90’s. I never drive anywhere without EC.
I can't decide if I enjoyed the music or the conversation more. This was very well done. Makes one want to pull up a chair to the table and just listen, learn and smile.
Very interesting film, thanks for uploading it! I've been a huge fan of Eric's since his time in The Yardbirds, and have always loved his playing. Despite his legendary status as a guitarist, he's actually very modest about his extraordinary virtuosity...almost embarrassed by it in a way. I remember seeing him at the Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park where he seemed to deliberately avoid playing in the typical style of a 'guitar hero', which a lot of the audience resented...they wanted more Cream! The thing I love about Eric's playing is the emotion in it, that feeling which so many technically brilliant guitarists often don't have. God bless you Eric, and thank you for the music!
I’m no expert on the Blues, (it’s not really my music of choice) but Eric is highly versatile and I know a virtuoso perfectionist when I see one. Just a pure genius!
this man can still do it. to sing and play Robert Johnson that well, you have to still love blues.trends come and go, but blues will always stay w/ EC.
Seeing Eric smile and chuckle and laugh out loud, sincerely and genuinely... I find myself tearing up. Seeing him so truthfully happy and content... ❤❤❤
@@arkteosss - Margarita is showing maturity of character and empathy by feeling happy at the happiness of a stranger. You're obviously going through a tough time. I hope it gets better.
E.C. got me started playing guitar in 1967. He has always been an inspiration to me. One of the best days of my life was meeting him in 1986 on the island of Antigua at Pizzas of Paradise. He was nice enough to talk with me for about a half-hour. Shaking his hand was the spark in my guitar playing.
Whoever did the editing of this little piece of history should do about a million more. It's REALLY well done! None of that quick cut "artsy" bs. Brilliant. Dont know who the interviewer is, but I like him a lot too. Very well prepared, respectful and obviously a big fan of EC.
Absolutely very well done. Never a dull moment and many surprises along the way. I loved the variety of this interview topics and inserts and all the flashbacks that fit like a glove. Also there is the feeling that you are at the table with them. Great job, he really knew what he was doing.
That would be the highlight of my life to take an afternoon and sit and talk and jam with Clapton and those guys…an amazing atmosphere I can feel it just watching the video 👍
Love the music on that track "Catch the Blues". The feel, chord progression, smooth groove. Reminds me of the feel of "Change the World" which is another favourite of mine.
the things i would do to just sit with Eric for a few hours and just noodle around pointlessly on a guitar together would really complete my life such an incredible man and musician a true idol
For a guitar player myself Eric is a very big influence in why I wanted to play from the beginning and still is because he continues to inspire and make relevant music that is so good to listen too. Thanks Eric for all the wonderful music
Some people just cannot get it that not everybody started playing guitar to "Get Chicks". Some are just destined to answer a calling. Also, the amount of time it takes to get proficient, on the instrument, often lends itself to a solitary existence, at least for a period of time. My teenage years were like that. School and guitar. Nothing else for four years. I've also heard that ego is the driving force behind playing guitar. This isn't always true either. Some people are just born to do it, as if it were predetermined. If there is no love for what you are doing, it is noticed, and you won't go far with it. Eric is self-evasive because he loves guitar and keeps his ego in check. He doesn't play because he has to. He plays for the love of the craft.
Stephen Garen All of that is true. We can’t forget he has grown up a hell of a lot since we first met his work. As you would expect after 5 decades. Nice genuinely humble man
the 507 comments of love and respect before me have said it all. The way Eric and Glyn talk about the dark days of addiction without drama is such a powerful message. EC has taken ownership of that time and, most importantly, not forgotten it. And yes, he is still handsome.
Anytime I listen to him, I feel I'm listening someone who's part of my family. I grew up with him since I was 14, now I'm 52 and I still love him like a friend, a relative. He probably doesn't know, but he's my best friend. ❤️
Eric your music has been a help of me getting sober you are a reason i am still on this ball call earth i can relate to you so much thank you very much for putting yourself out there
A craftsman sees through the lens of craft. Eric and Glyn Johns are talking about recording techniques that aren’t rock(et) science, but that 95% of musicians wouldn’t be able to deliver live - or in a studio - because they can’t play well enough without effects or correction. This film is instructive on what musicianship and humility is. There’s not a single moment of arrogance. It’s a masterclass in raw talent and quiet self-assurance.
Eric in his early 70s... He has to be the coolest older musician out there. The people and things he has lived through, befriending Hendrix, the Blues burst of the mid to late 60s, being labelled as God and how he has kept progressing. What a dude.
Also, I Still Do is a brilliant album, it's real chilled out and just so musically tasteful, as would be expected from a Clapton album, I'd buy it again if for whatever reason I had to! Thankyou Eric Clapton! :)
There’s 2 great moments: Clapton alone in his room playing a Robert Johnson song. The other is at 1:22 when Whitehouse pulls up to Clapton’s house looks around, and says “there’s more money in ripping off old blues men…”
Clapton has been a huge influence on a whole generation of guitarists (including me). He certainly was one of the reasons I started playing guitar. Glad he mentioned his own input - mainly the early bluesmen like Robert Johnson (Crossroads live in 1968 on Cream's Wheels Of Fire album: possibly his best performance ever) - and JJ Cale 26:54 who gave without a doubt a new impulse to his career (Cocaine, After Midnight). A great man's life is often made of many smaller men contributing to it… that said without prejudice to his guitar phrasing, recognizable as from the first few notes and his unique and raunchy voice. An icon.
I Love watching the old blokes having fun making music. No one of them has to prove anything anymore. What a wonderful thing to do: enjoy yourself and spread joy to others
Thank you so much for your music and all the inspiration! I think I would have never start playing a guitar If there was no Clapton..to many more years to come mr. slowhand!
i feel the same way...something about Clapton that is as if wats happening when his music is playing its like he is reaching out from the tv, computer or radio and saying "just try to play the guitar i know you can do it"
I love Eric Claptons music. U have for as long as I can remember. I first became aware of him with the Slowhand album. From there I backtracked all of his music. I then realized that the music I heard at the age of 8-9 years old coming from the basement of a church as a local rock band practiced was old Cream. Fell even more in love with Eric's music. I was hearing it and loved it but didn't know who it was. Still when I hear a Cream song I go back to those days in Brooklyn as a child. This interview was great! My respect for Eric grows every time I see or hear an interview with him. I Still Do is one of his best. Imho.
Loved the discussion he was having with his friends about his latest compilation "I still do " When he plays his guitar it's still that silky smooth sound he gets that i love the most.
+ AllieCatOfficial Don't listen too closely, do you? Listen to the section from 36.15 onwards. Paul Whitehouse (the interviewer) says "well, I think its time for you two gentlemen to go back to the [old folks'] Home..." To which Clapton reacts, comically, "Is the van [from the old folks' Home] here?" Then he and Paul Whitehouse start an impromptu comedy skit - Clapton (obviously pretending to be a decrepit old man, says "I've had a nice day sitting in the sun...can you wheel me (referring to his pretend wheelchair) nearer the sun...?" Whitehouse then imitates Clapton as an old folks' home inmate, "I've got a new album out..." Then Whitehouse pretends to be the driver of the van "...[disbelievingly] - "course you have, Mr Clapton..." Is it that you simply don't understand irreverent British humour? Everyone in the UK would have picked up that "comedy" section of the video. And if you were expecting Paul Whitehouse to be more reverential and "respectful" to Clapton, as an American interviewer undoubtedly would have been, you obviously don't know that Whitehouse is a highly successful individual in his own right (as a professional TV comedian and actor), not an interviewer by trade. As such, he is less inclined to be "overawed" by who Clapton is. In any case, he is a close personal friend of Clapton's. Of course he's going to jest with him...
I play Eric clapton vinyl albums on my pioneer record player,every day,, i drive my show car(1,400 miles only),1995GT custom 331 stroker,completely rebuilt from inside out,listening to Eric Clapton cocaine,"I dont know why",Cream songs "Im so Glad",
@@SteveGouldinSpain Gosh thanks. I would imagine Albert had a host of influences including delta blues artists like Bukka White and Robert Johnson, maybe Muddy Waters out of Chicago. Albert was heavy handed, a big man with large hands and fingers which contributed to his unique tone. Stevie Ray Vaughn, a skinny white ass of a boy, attempted to emulate this with 12 / 13 strings, overwound Texas specials and two in line TS8s. He also used two amps on stage to boost this further. This really pissed Albert off and he accused SRV of stealing his licks. How did I do Steve?
@@Spartanm333 not bad actually! BTW I saw Albert live in London and you're right about his hands. Matter of fact everything about him was big. Standing in front and watching him gave me the sense of having a dumper truck driving towards me!! :-)
Your point might have some merit if Albert King actually sounded like T-Bone Walker but he actually doesn't, so use your ears instead of the Newgrove book of Gospel, Blues, and Jazz.
amazing I am very grateful you showed this! you have been my hero for 30 years I learned to play guitar from you. And you have made music my life and for that I will always be grateful
Mr Clapton, thanks for always being yourself. What a wonderful example of how important it is to always be yourself. Thanks from some random fan from Texas, U.S.A.
A bit callous to take for granted that you will be there that day. You must be quite young to have that sense of immortality, but remember that it is an illusion and realize that you comment was, at best. patronizing.
well Jack, I'm tempering my desire to be a snarky prick so instead I'll be happy to inform you that I'm in my 50's and painfully, personally aware of mortality so your assumptions are not only embarrassingly wrong but you've managed to take 2 sentences and extrapolate something entirely detached from my heartfelt honor and respect for EC. And get a dictionary because you don't understand the definition of patronizing. Again, God bless you Eric. You have filled my life with joy.
I'll say it again...there is no other like Eric Clapton and there will never be...I just know I've followed him from the start of his career and I am still following him I love you Eric
I found a new admiration for Eric after watching Ed Bradley’s interview. He has been through trials of fire and has come through them tempered like iron. He is one healthy man now.
I am so happy for Eric to be happy. Married, his girls. I feel like he's my brother or something. He's always just been the nice guy, who bad things happen to. But, now he's at home in the kitchen with friends...and his directions to his home, with the round about and follow that road...that sounds like my directions to my place! How I wish I had a neighbor like him. Or any musician that I could listen to play guitar in the evening.
Teared up over Catch The Blues … yup, blues got me thru lots, still here at 71 …. with TONS of respect & love for your undressed raw public honesty beginning with that Ed Bradley interview … hope all in your life is as so stand up sweet real as you are 🌺💜🌺 thank goodness for those all around you like Glyn whom stuck with you over all these years 😘💕💕💕
A brilliant get together. It was one of the most interesting chats have listened to in many a year, ....relaxed,. honest,.....and humorous, especially the last 30 seconds. The music sessions were superb, especially the last riff at the Albert Hall. Great job guys, thank you so much, it made my day.
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Eric Clapton is the ultimate Guitar player in the world. To me personally he's one of the greatest in the world of all time. Just love his Guitar playing and his songs.
I'd like to Respectfully Add His Voice to Your Wonderful Comment. Thanks!
My favorite guitar player, I’m here in northern Ga. In the states. Heard all the best. But Eric is my favorite.😊
You definitely made that clear .
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I met Eric online
I'm 72 and his music has been a big part of my life and i would just like to say thank you to him. never met him, seen him close to 50 times. and he is just an amazing human being.
I find it so strange that there is never any mention of Claptons singing, its always overlooked and he has sung so well for many years.
I agree... exceptional singer and player.
Well I always say his singing is better than his playing.
EC sings well but it is often overshadowed by his superb guitar playing
Pretty good .
Im a fan of his singing and slide playing *at times*. Same with his main instrument.
Dear Eric Clapton you have given me the most memorable epic goosebumps and you still do. 🌊💖💖💖💖💖💖
Eric seems happy and relaxed. That's a good place to be at his age.
We can doit!!!!!! m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3560992563944914&id=100001026151518
Hi Merv, yes I agree. I can see why he and George were so close. I suspect Eric was able to be very comfortable in George's company.
Great to see Eric happy and healthy ... there were many times i didn't think he was going to be with us for much longer.
Thanks for sharing. Awesome and necessary contribution.
Good for him, but his music has lost some of its edge as a result I think.
I absolutely love this man's energy, his staying power, his resiliency, his ability to make incredible music, and am truly amazed by his humility which makes him very sympathetic!
Keep on keeping on Sir Eric!
"Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I’m into racism. It’s much heavier, man."
-Eric Clapton (on stage in 1976)
A true, humble, stand-up guy for sure
@@thealaskapicker8628 Time has proven him right, obviously.
Wouldn't call myself Eric's biggest fan, (and I've 'followed' him' in one way or another for over 3 decades) but have to admit, every time i watch him with or without a guitar my respect grows and grows and grows. Fantastic stuff. Thanks E.C. for keeping this stuff alive.
"Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I’m into racism. It’s much heavier, man."
-Eric Clapton
Definitely could be described as guitar hero, but not so much as a person
@@thealaskapicker8628 fuk off Picker
@@thealaskapicker8628 how's multi cultural britain working out for you and the girls of rotherham ? shit for brains
In his fall his fall down drunk days (70s), he said some awful shit! While having dear black friends!🤯. I think he “actually” meant it and like many (white) people on a journey, regrets that time. His music is GREAT! What he has done for blues & black musicians is laudable! As a person, though, he is a work in progress!🤷🏽♂️. He doesn’t have to be a saint.
@@thealaskapicker8628He who is without sin may cast the first stone. John 8:7-11 I think Eric has spent a lifetime making amends for *PAST* mistakes.
" . . . straight from his heart to his fingers". The perfect encapsulation of a blues guitarist.
Eric doesn't know it but he is one of my best friends.
He's a very important man to all of us that loves this blues and rock thing.
And he's not aware he's been my husband for something like 20yrs as well 😂😂
Barbara Profazi Boy he gets about a bit still!
@bluesrockguitar #1; Same here....
good thing he doesn’t know. You might end up like George Harrison.
All of these comments show how Eric has touched each and every one of us. The common thread I think would be how Eric is able to reach our emotions. I was 13 when Slowhand came out. The radio stations were just killing Cocaine and Lay Down Sally. I was already a huge blues fan and played a little boogie on the piano. When I heard Mean Old Frisco it was all over for me and I had to have that album Slowhand. The Blues took hold of me and at 56 I've never looked back. Eric the world is so much better with you in it....there's a story about you I've read that when you heard Jimi playing in London you said "I might as well put my guitar away". True or not, I'm so glad you kept on and keep on playing - forever in my heart you are. Signed - big fan in Cleveland OH USA.
Eric has been my muse for over 40 years.......A true master.
Tom (almost) sLowHand!
AGREED!!!!!
AGREED
Hope to see him play in Amsterdam in 2022. Stay save to you all! Greatings from a big fan.
Waw, that was some blues! That's what one needs to hear to get up and live, be happy and feel fortunate. Thank you Mr.Clapton. Thank you Mr. Glyn Johns for putting this on record for everyone's joy.
I've been a huge fan for decades so this really was special to me! When he mentioned the "Home" was coming to get you I laughed out loud!!! You will never be old to me. Let's just stay young at heart forever via the music we love so much that comes from your soul. The world is a better place because of the musical gifts you've shared with us since your journey with a guitar began. God bless and thank you!!! :)
Yeah Gail that's about it!
mick griffin jnn
Gail
Well said.
AMEN
The only artist that can make me stop in my tracks when I hear him... Always the best.... Class act...
When mr. Clapton sings the first song sitting in that chair 🔚 playing the 🎸 he is the epitome of a mississippi delta blues musician. I was born and raised in the delta. I am from greenville. I have been around blues musicians especially Son Thomas and Muddy Waters.
You are high.
He does that song stones in mah passway right on ysss
This made me think of my Father, his Christmas gifts would be guitar related, Clapton's bio, BB Kings bio, or latest albums etc. Thank You Pop.
He’s in a good place now, and I’m happy for him. He’s been a tremendous musical influence on me, thank you Eric!!
But then he got the covid shot, and lost the use of his hands, and most of hi
His friends
We are so very Blessed to have Eric in our life time.......
So agree, can't get enough. What will happen after he is gone. I have no other guitar hero who deserves my dedication.
@@connievino4226I feel the same way. Without Eric Clapton in my life, I will feel a huge loss. He has been my favourite artist since the John Mayall Bluesbreakers w/ Eric Clapton album came out in the 60’s. I have seen him live 3 times in The 90’s. I never drive anywhere without EC.
I can't decide if I enjoyed the music or the conversation more. This was very well done. Makes one want to pull up a chair to the table and just listen, learn and smile.
Very Nice....I could listen to Eric talk music for hours
Would love to sit down with him for just 30 minutes, and just pick his brain.
I prefer listening to him play...just sayin'
The best music interview of 2016. I love that the interviewer was real!
He's Paul Whitehouse - a British comedy legend
Very interesting film, thanks for uploading it! I've been a huge fan of Eric's since his time in The Yardbirds, and have always loved his playing. Despite his legendary status as a guitarist, he's actually very modest about his extraordinary virtuosity...almost embarrassed by it in a way. I remember seeing him at the Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park where he seemed to deliberately avoid playing in the typical style of a 'guitar hero', which a lot of the audience resented...they wanted more Cream! The thing I love about Eric's playing is the emotion in it, that feeling which so many technically brilliant guitarists often don't have. God bless you Eric, and thank you for the music!
This is why I love TH-cam👍🎸
Yes ..... as long as I'm running AdBlock, i love TH-cam. lol
The Adblock has made my life complete
“Hey, you, Whitehouse!
Ha, ha, charade you are... “
HUGE Cream fan here. So glad Eric changed his life around and ended up as such a role-model. I really miss Jack Bruce and Cream!!
He’s such a great soul. Love Eric 🥰
Love you like a brother Mr. Clapton. Please keep performing for us as long as you can.
I’m no expert on the Blues, (it’s not really my music of choice) but Eric is highly versatile and I know a virtuoso perfectionist when I see one. Just a pure genius!
Amazing! After listening to Eric for 30 years, his playing and singing still blows me away!
this man can still do it. to sing and play Robert Johnson that well, you have to still love blues.trends come and go, but blues will always stay w/ EC.
Seeing Eric smile and chuckle and laugh out loud, sincerely and genuinely... I find myself tearing up. Seeing him so truthfully happy and content... ❤❤❤
Margarita Roxette Orzales who cares? Do you know him?
@@arkteosss - Do you have to know someone personally to be happy for them? I think not. 🙄
LYacky1 very fake
@@arkteosss - Margarita is showing maturity of character and empathy by feeling happy at the happiness of a stranger. You're obviously going through a tough time. I hope it gets better.
@@arkteosss poor you
I saw Eric Clapton play in Melbourne. Australia back in the early 90's and his playing was like a force of nature.
E.C. got me started playing guitar in 1967. He has always been an inspiration to me. One of the best days of my life was meeting him in 1986 on the island of Antigua at Pizzas of Paradise. He was nice enough to talk with me for about a half-hour. Shaking his hand was the spark in my guitar playing.
Whoever did the editing of this little piece of history should do about a million more. It's REALLY well done! None of that quick cut "artsy" bs. Brilliant. Dont know who the interviewer is, but I like him a lot too. Very well prepared, respectful and obviously a big fan of EC.
The interviewer is Paul Whitehouse . A very well known English Comedian and Actor . He Fishes with Eric and knows him well .
Absolutely very well done. Never a dull moment and many surprises along the way. I loved the variety of this interview topics and inserts and all the flashbacks that fit like a glove. Also there is the feeling that you are at the table with them. Great job, he really knew what he was doing.
I'm betting Eric did the final editing. As has been said he's an extremely private man.
That would be the highlight of my life to take an afternoon and sit and talk and jam with Clapton and those guys…an amazing atmosphere
I can feel it just watching the video 👍
Clapton has to be the best and healthiest looking 70+ rocker around.
jo smith or possibly jeff beck
after keith richards 😉
jo smith McCartney?
Ringo Starr looks about 30 years younger than he is
Jeff Beck.
Amongst all the rehabbed celebs, Clapton is the one I respect most.
This man’s talent is other-worldly ❤️🥰
Love the music on that track "Catch the Blues". The feel, chord progression, smooth groove. Reminds me of the feel of "Change the World" which is another favourite of mine.
the things i would do to just sit with Eric for a few hours and just noodle around pointlessly on a guitar together would really complete my life such an incredible man and musician a true idol
For a guitar player myself Eric is a very big influence in why I wanted to play from the beginning and still is because he continues to inspire and make relevant music that is so good to listen too. Thanks Eric for all the wonderful music
love how Eric is down to earth , praises Glyn for his ability to spot a sound or cord that they could use
Eric, thanks for the music and all insights along your journey. 🎸🙏
Some people just cannot get it that not everybody started playing guitar to "Get Chicks". Some are just destined to answer a calling. Also, the amount of time it takes to get proficient, on the instrument, often lends itself to a solitary existence, at least for a period of time.
My teenage years were like that. School and guitar. Nothing else for four years.
I've also heard that ego is the driving force behind playing guitar. This isn't always true either. Some people are just born to do it, as if it were predetermined.
If there is no love for what you are doing, it is noticed, and you won't go far with it. Eric is self-evasive because he loves guitar and keeps his ego in check. He doesn't play because he has to. He plays for the love of the craft.
Stephen Garen All of that is true. We can’t forget he has grown up a hell of a lot since we first met his work. As you would expect after 5 decades. Nice genuinely humble man
Self-evasive? Self-effacing maybe.
The greatest players have humility
@@Sarvasaha All the heavies are as light as a feather. They have no need for ego.
The reason why i've always wanted to play the guitar is you thank you Clapton
the 507 comments of love and respect before me have said it all. The way Eric and Glyn talk about the dark days of addiction without drama is such a powerful message. EC has taken ownership of that time and, most importantly, not forgotten it. And yes, he is still handsome.
Here is a guitar player that brings joy to million of people's lives with soulfull songs. For me, 641 always makes me smile.
Anytime I listen to him, I feel I'm listening someone who's part of my family. I grew up with him since I was 14, now I'm 52 and I still love him like a friend, a relative. He probably doesn't know, but he's my best friend. ❤️
Eric your music has been a help of me getting sober you are a reason i am still on this ball call earth i can relate to you so much thank you very much for putting yourself out there
paul whitehouse is brilliant in this.....the whole thing is brilliant but paul’s humour just makes it sail .....lovely lovely
Clapton is the one guitarist that anytime I hear him I stop what I’m doing and listen.
A craftsman sees through the lens of craft. Eric and Glyn Johns are talking about recording techniques that aren’t rock(et) science, but that 95% of musicians wouldn’t be able to deliver live - or in a studio - because they can’t play well enough without effects or correction. This film is instructive on what musicianship and humility is. There’s not a single moment of arrogance. It’s a masterclass in raw talent and quiet self-assurance.
Ovais Your comments are absolutely dead on, well said.
chansfor thank you! It’s a great show and a great lesson.
I love the atmosphere, here... without pretention... pure...
"Quiet mastership...
Eric in his early 70s... He has to be the coolest older musician out there. The people and things he has lived through, befriending Hendrix, the Blues burst of the mid to late 60s, being labelled as God and how he has kept progressing.
What a dude.
Also, I Still Do is a brilliant album, it's real chilled out and just so musically tasteful, as would be expected from a Clapton album, I'd buy it again if for whatever reason I had to!
Thankyou Eric Clapton! :)
Thank You for sharing!
Mr.Clapton is and always will be the GREATEST!
I’ve been listening to Eric Clapton for past 50 years (from my teens), 🇦🇺
I have loved the man, and his music, for over 50 years. Thanks, Eric, for everything.
This is just brilliant, so natural & honest. Honestly, I've not seen ANYTHING like this before. The chemistry is priceless.
Love this soul to the moon. There will never be a way to sum his contribution
There’s 2 great moments: Clapton alone in his room playing a Robert Johnson song. The other is at 1:22 when Whitehouse pulls up to Clapton’s house looks around, and says “there’s more money in ripping off old blues men…”
Bloody legend(s), nothing else to say!
Growing old gracefully one is blessed along with God given gift of guitar virtuosity and vocal emotional range. Cheers Sir.
Brilliantly done. Touch of genius to have Paul Whitehouse over for a chat around the kitchen table. EC seems to be sounding better than ever.
Thanks Eric, your talents, and zeal for your fine craft helped chart my life !! I'm 59, and doing FINE !!! May God Bless !!
Clapton has been a huge influence on a whole generation of guitarists (including me). He certainly was one of the reasons I started playing guitar. Glad he mentioned his own input - mainly the early bluesmen like Robert Johnson (Crossroads live in 1968 on Cream's Wheels Of Fire album: possibly his best performance ever) - and JJ Cale 26:54 who gave without a doubt a new impulse to his career (Cocaine, After Midnight). A great man's life is often made of many smaller men contributing to it… that said without prejudice to his guitar phrasing, recognizable as from the first few notes and his unique and raunchy voice. An icon.
My musical hero and major influence. God Bless you Mr. Clapton.
I Love watching the old blokes having fun making music. No one of them has to prove anything anymore. What a wonderful thing to do: enjoy yourself and spread joy to others
Thank you so much for your music and all the inspiration! I think I would have never start playing a guitar If there was no Clapton..to many more years to come mr. slowhand!
i feel the same way...something about Clapton that is as if wats happening when his music is playing its like he is reaching out from the tv, computer or radio and saying "just try to play the guitar i know you can do it"
Catch The Blues was my favourite song indeed.
Thank you Eric for putting yourself out there we would miss out of so much of history without this stuff . So important to many🙏
How to be older. Wisdom. Rough Mix - great, great LP.
Lord, that black Martin sounds phenomenal ! Love EC so much!
Eric Clapton is a kind and compassionate person and a legend guitarist. His Music is Life......and love❤
I love Eric Claptons music. U have for as long as I can remember. I first became aware of him with the Slowhand album. From there I backtracked all of his music. I then realized that the music I heard at the age of 8-9 years old coming from the basement of a church as a local rock band practiced was old Cream. Fell even more in love with Eric's music. I was hearing it and loved it but didn't know who it was. Still when I hear a Cream song I go back to those days in Brooklyn as a child. This interview was great! My respect for Eric grows every time I see or hear an interview with him. I Still Do is one of his best. Imho.
Loved the discussion he was having with his friends about his latest compilation "I still do " When he plays his guitar it's still that silky smooth sound he gets that i love the most.
Great film. Nice seeing the work behind the scenes. Thanks............
I've got to say, what Paul said about the old people's home was absolutely hilarious!
satchfan2010 when? What comment?
Fantastic video! More of these please we get to know more about Ec and the wonderful people around him.
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Don't listen too closely, do you? Listen to the section from 36.15 onwards. Paul Whitehouse (the interviewer) says "well, I think its time for you two gentlemen to go back to the [old folks'] Home..." To which Clapton reacts, comically, "Is the van [from the old folks' Home] here?" Then he and Paul Whitehouse start an impromptu comedy skit - Clapton (obviously pretending to be a decrepit old man, says "I've had a nice day sitting in the sun...can you wheel me (referring to his pretend wheelchair) nearer the sun...?" Whitehouse then imitates Clapton as an old folks' home inmate, "I've got a new album out..." Then Whitehouse pretends to be the driver of the van "...[disbelievingly] - "course you have, Mr Clapton..." Is it that you simply don't understand irreverent British humour? Everyone in the UK would have picked up that "comedy" section of the video.
And if you were expecting Paul Whitehouse to be more reverential and "respectful" to Clapton, as an American interviewer undoubtedly would have been, you obviously don't know that Whitehouse is a highly successful individual in his own right (as a professional TV comedian and actor), not an interviewer by trade. As such, he is less inclined to be "overawed" by who Clapton is. In any case, he is a close personal friend of Clapton's. Of course he's going to jest with him...
@One Love yeah there's some episodes of 'The fast show' on Y,T. In one Depp is a guest in a sketch---'suit you ,Sir!'----you can feel the enjoyment
I play Eric clapton vinyl albums on my pioneer record player,every day,, i drive my show car(1,400 miles only),1995GT custom 331 stroker,completely rebuilt from inside out,listening to Eric Clapton cocaine,"I dont know why",Cream songs "Im so Glad",
Would tune in again just to hear Eric recite the phone book! The friendship with JJ Cale has taught me profound things. Many thanks
I would like people to know that Eric's Grandma Rose was one of the most humble nicest people...ever !
Paul "there's more money in ripping off old Blues Men than in comedy, look at the cars...." Many a truth is said in jest 👏
Everybody rips everybody... Jimmy ripped Buddy Guy, B.B. ripped Booker White, it goes on.
@@Spartanm333 Gosh you are knowledgeable! Who did Albert King copy?
@@SteveGouldinSpain Gosh thanks. I would imagine Albert had a host of influences including delta blues artists like Bukka White and Robert Johnson, maybe Muddy Waters out of Chicago. Albert was heavy handed, a big man with large hands and fingers which contributed to his unique tone. Stevie Ray Vaughn, a skinny white ass of a boy, attempted to emulate this with 12 / 13 strings, overwound Texas specials and two in line TS8s. He also used two amps on stage to boost this further. This really pissed Albert off and he accused SRV of stealing his licks. How did I do Steve?
@@Spartanm333 not bad actually! BTW I saw Albert live in London and you're right about his hands. Matter of fact everything about him was big. Standing in front and watching him gave me the sense of having a dumper truck driving towards me!! :-)
Your point might have some merit if Albert King actually sounded like T-Bone Walker but he actually doesn't, so use your ears instead of the Newgrove book of Gospel, Blues, and Jazz.
amazing I am very grateful you showed this! you have been my hero for 30 years I learned to play guitar from you. And you have made music my life and for that I will always be grateful
Mr Clapton, thanks for always being yourself. What a wonderful example of how important it is to always be yourself. Thanks from some random fan from Texas, U.S.A.
God Bless you Eric for all that you've given us. I will cry the day we lose you.
A bit callous to take for granted that you will be there that day. You must be quite young to have that sense of immortality, but remember that it is an illusion and realize that you comment was, at best. patronizing.
well Jack, I'm tempering my desire to be a snarky prick so instead I'll be happy to inform you that I'm in my 50's and painfully, personally aware of mortality so your assumptions are not only embarrassingly wrong but you've managed to take 2 sentences and extrapolate something entirely detached from my heartfelt honor and respect for EC. And get a dictionary because you don't understand the definition of patronizing. Again, God bless you Eric. You have filled my life with joy.
Jacques Gilbert I'm confused
I think that's obvious.
Takes my breath away! I love the Blues!
Love you Eric... best white man" alive " who can play the blues with a heart and soul!
Eric bourdon?
I'll say it again...there is no other like Eric Clapton and there will never be...I just know I've followed him from the start of his career and I am still following him
I love you Eric
Bought this album and just love the production. Glyn is top notch and Eric sounds great.
I love it when Clapton shows off on the guitar 🎸.
The Clapton performance is amazing....
I found a new admiration for Eric after watching Ed Bradley’s interview. He has been through trials of fire and has come through them tempered like iron. He is one healthy man now.
Love you so much E.C. :) You're a huge influence to me; mostly taught me resilience.
Eric Clapton is still God... Thank you for inspiring me to pick up the guitar WAY back in the day ;-)
I am so happy for Eric to be happy. Married, his girls. I feel like he's my brother or something. He's always just been the nice guy, who bad things happen to. But, now he's at home in the kitchen with friends...and his directions to his home, with the round about and follow that road...that sounds like my directions to my place! How I wish I had a neighbor like him. Or any musician that I could listen to play guitar in the evening.
Teared up over Catch The Blues … yup, blues got me thru lots, still here at 71 …. with TONS of respect & love for your undressed raw public honesty beginning with that Ed Bradley interview … hope all in your life is as so stand up sweet real as you are 🌺💜🌺 thank goodness for those all around you like Glyn whom stuck with you over all these years 😘💕💕💕
Eric Clapton is my favourite guitar player. This is an amazing documentary.
This is just a wonderful conversation, I'm so enjoying it. Makes me want to have some tea and play some acoustic blues.
God, Slowhand, Clapton...always on point
A brilliant get together. It was one of the most interesting chats have listened to in many a year, ....relaxed,. honest,.....and humorous, especially the last 30 seconds. The music sessions were superb, especially the last riff at the Albert Hall. Great job guys, thank you so much, it made my day.
I'll leave an obvious comment on the record: Eric is great.....
A monumental work, complete musician, exceptional guitarist...
Thanks! Christmas comes a couple of days earlier than it came last year : - ) Love those "old " guys. And Clapton. Always.