When Mark Knoffler says he's been on stage with you and had been blown away by your playing, that's when you know you're good

BBC Number One = CREAM. Bruce (RIP), Baker (RIP) and Clapton. In my humble opinion, being a boomer and a lifelong fan, they were the very best British trio/supergroup of 1960s. Cream fan forever ☮️❤️🎸.

The sound of his signature guitar is just pure CREAM... Nothing else sounds like it. The true legacy of a legend.

I've seen Eric 3 times. A religious experience. Rolling stone quoted "Clapton is God" Gotta say I agree.#1guitarist on the planet. I'm grateful for helping me find my "Crossroads. Lol , Cheryl, Tampa Bay, Florida.

He just played a concert to benefit the people of Hawaii, Sept, 3rd, 2023. Always a servant giver. God has blessed the man. One of my few Heroes.

I am always going to remember. In one of the many ... many interviews that l saw of him . He said ... that he was or trying to make his guitar sing !!! And it got me . He is an amazing man !!! And one of the best musicians ever . He is 79 now, and he keeps playing non-stop. Better and better with time !!! Long life, Eric Clapton. I always admire you !!! And enjoy very much listening to you !!!

Mr Clapton has won my respect in every way. Not only as a musician. But as a person. A person That lived a far from perfect life in the spotlight. When his documentary came out, it showed him in a horrible place , saying horrible things, yet he faces it, he doesn’t seem to hide from his mistakes. Respect

A female friend of mine produced 3 cuts on a compilation album with Eric Clapton, Adele and Michael Mcdonald. She is the daughter of someone who at one point was a household name and she's parlayed that into carving out a stellar career as a producer. During the Clapton session she was forced to ask him to play something slightly different that was a bit out of his zone. After what seemed like an eternity he responded, "Sing me what you want me to play." She did, he did and all was well. About a month went by and she gets a call on her mobile from a UK mobile number. She anwers, "Hello this is ****, whos is this?" "Oh hello luv it's Eric. I just listened to that track we did last month. Wanted you to know you made the right call. Keep your pecker up because you're a good producer." Her reply was, "Thank you very much, I appeciate your vote of confidence. Btw, you're a pretty good guitar player yourself." After what seemed like and eternity again Eric suddenly burst out with a hearty gut laugh and said, "You're cheeky and I love it. Talk soon, Luv." She says he calls her about 4 times per year since. She's very much in demand now and gives him all the credit.

BrotherEric is without a doubt an icon…. My guitar hero and ive worshiped him since the Yardbirds…. I started playing guitar because of him… above all he is an exceptional human being which shows in his compassion for his fellow human beings…. Selling his guitars to help other people speaks volumes… there is a special place in heaven for this guy and hes earned it with the way he has lived his live….thank you Eric for the insperation my brother…..always have and always loved your music and your example you have set for all of us…my wish is that you will live for ever. God bless

Was a great time to be young and alive, 60’s &70’s! Cream ..Alan Parsons Project… Elton John, Emerson,Lake &Palmer and Beatles, Doors !geeze … great time to be alive! Love to hear the blues in your work Eric!!!❤😮😊

The thumbnail was very enlightening. I had no idea Eric could play left-handed. I now have even more respect for him.

I bought an old Strat from a pawnshop in 1971 after seeing Cream in Chicago in 1968 I wanted to be Clapton, but so did everyone else…it turned out to be a 1954 Strat number 0262….Thank You Eric! For everything🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

461 ocean blvd, theres one in every crowd and ec was here....my fave clapton lps

The reason I love guitar , the Blues and Fender Stratocasters . Let it grow was our first dance at our wedding in 2000 . Thanks Eric 😊

ive been blessed to see mr clapton, 4 or 5 times, even tho he's getting up n years, it's stil amazing to see him play....enjoy these legends if you can, they are like the land, thier not making anymore of them!

Really enjoyed this documentary. An honest and sometimes unflattering picture of a complicated and gifted man. I have one criticism...the name JJ Cale was conspicuously absent. JJ and Eric had a long and warm friendship that deserves mention. The album "Road to Escondido" featured JJ and Eric together, and was released shortly before JJ passed away, and is worth listening to.

Eric is Simply the perfect guitar player!for many generations Clapton îs greatest guitarist!no others words.longl live Eric and thanks for all!

EC is a working class musician. I fully respect his honesty as someone mentioned before. For me is a musical key as he connected me with blues and 60s psychedelia (Cream). From Blues I went to Jazz, from psychedelia i went from Pink Floyd to the Grateful Dead through Folk-Americana and 70s prog...he opened "The Doors" for me 😄. I play guitar too and try to sing so he's one of my main influences

Cream was an awesome group not only for the 60s IMHO, far ahead of their time. Ginger was a monster one drums, Jack a wizard on bass, well, and Eric, you all know, just a god on Fender guitar. Cream is still one of my favourite band of today..And btw, this documentary is just fantastic. Nobody describes Eric better than Robert Cray does. He puts down the essence of Eric's genius: Its adherence to style, beauty, and most of all, pure simplicity

I'm going to see my hero Eric clapton in Pittsburgh 2023

They’re not joking around when they say, Eric is one of the best guitar players in the world!❤

My introduction to the world of rock and blues began with the work of Eric and Jimi and other guitar greats in the 1960's. Claptons legacy will be remembered for many years to come and his best work will stand the test of time without a doubt. I can thank him personally for motivating me at the tender age of 10 to pick up an electric guitar to try and discover his magic formula.

This came out in 2001/2, great documentary! I still have my copy on VHS!! 📼 😄

CLAPTON IS # 1 Guitarist Song Writer On The Planet . ✨✨✨🎸✨✨✨🌏

8/28/2023 The thing about the interviews with Eric in this documentary, and others I've seen, his his honesty. He doesn't put on about how good he his, instead he questions the fact that there are very few who rise to his level, when he seems to not think he does. Great documentary. ;-)

I just seen him in Pittsburgh and all i can say if he ever comes back or comes close ill be there

I SEEN ERIC OVER 200X, HE IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE ARTIST, I'M 66 TODAY XMAS EVE, AND IN EVERY TIME OF MY LIFE, GOOD, BAD, HAPPY, SAD, THERE IS HIS MUSIC, AND A SONG, THAT I COULD PLAY, AS IF THE SONG WAS WRITTEN, JUST FOR ME, FOR EXACTLY THAT MOMENT I PLAYED IT

Best of the best saw him in Mobile with Muddy Waters . Favorite "Crossroads"

Thank you so much for posting, I really enjoyed watching this 🎸🎸.

Mr. Clapton, one's guitar God on Earth, forever guitar God...after Jimmy Hendricks, the guitar God!!!

My praise and respect for Eric Claption was taken to another level when I heard Cream's Grande Ballroom show. The shredding on "N.S.U" is a little different than "Wonderful Tonight"

Excellent on so many levels. Thank you.

Sting - "I listened to The Bluesbreakers album until I could play every song note for note!" Everybody else - "Bollocks!!!"

Interrupted by ads every 3 minutes, regardless of where is playing in the video. KZfaq should be ashamed of themselves.The woman who introduced the ads, Susan Diane Wojcicki, has a net worth estimated at $765 million in 2022. That says all you need to know.

Always been a big fan of his music. Now even more so because he speaks his mind (vaccines etc.) I wish there were more celebrities like him and Roger Walters. Regards from a German fan

Ive watched this video now loads of times and its just dawned on me that they interviewed Eric , Jack, Sting , Keith and others but no Ginger Baker . Eric and Ginger were friends right up till Gingers passing a few years back , although they didnt see each other much , they were still mates .

Being a guitarist since the age of 11.. I'm now 62 years old..i can truly say that Eric was and is one of the mount Rushmore of guitarist in my opinion..I mean there have been alot of great great players and certainly players of greater technical abilities than Eric...but any real player that is a serious guitar player knows that influence is of a far greater importance than technically ability...and when you get into talking about influence Eric Clapton is at the top...for me personally he is up there wirh Hendrix who in some people's minds is at the very top of the list of influencual guitar players... when i was growing up in the 70s Eric was like a chameleon...he was a bluesman but yet he could be a pop star and i think that was just the way he was on a personal level... never sticking around any genre for an extended amount of time..and for me that what really has always been very appealing about his playing and song writing...🎸🎸🎸

He’s a true gentleman and pure artist. To this day no concert compares.

Thanks for the memories

My favorite music man. I first heard him play with the yardbirds when I was 9 or 10. I have been listening to him for almost 60 years now. I thank God for Mr Eric Clapton. Take care folks. Vaughn

What a great documentary. I love how they show some of his solo stuff while the Yardbirds share there stories about Eric. Great stuff. Truly inspiring man.

I saw him in 70s im glad i lived clse to NYC. Got to see all the classic rock greats

beautifull documentary

Eric Clapton has a song for every feeling that someone could have. He is touching very deeply a person's soul however a someone feels. Clapton is an extremely individual in the things he does and at the same time he shares his accomplishments with every musician he plays with. He is amazing. I hope that I could listen to him on live stage performance. Let God give him many more years to play on the guitar,

MOST EXCELLENT!!!!😊❤😢🎉😊

Legend....

❤ Oui en effet Un Magnifique Autodidacte !!!❤

Just listened to this interview with Eric Clapton discussing The Band and Robbie Robertson and RFK jr on "Inside The Music" and what a rare experience--oh my goodness! I grew up listening to the Band and Bob Dylan and JJ Cale and Jessi Winchester and John Mayall and Eric Clapton and Van Morrison and Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna and Joni Mitchell... etc, etc. Great to hear some discussion regarding RFK jr--we definitely need an alternative to the corporate status quo.

I'm going to see my favorite in zpiitsburgh in 17 days then Crossroads Festival Eric hS done for me without even knowing it. I just told some lady off in You tube shorts Eric pays it forward so I pay it forward God and Eric's music has kept me sober going on 24 years ❤❤ Forever Fan until the day I die. I wish a bucket list to thank him in person.

I 've never heard a musician and virtuosso of quitar like Jimi Hendrix. Clapton is a great quitar player ,I like his music too.

Eric the love of my life😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

great singer as well

I prefer this docu to Life in 12 Bars

Olá!! Sou Samuel, muito prazer. Moro em São Paulo, Brasil.Hoje é 3 de setembro de 2023, domingo, são 17h03.Gosto muito de Eric Clapton, curto demais o solo de Layla, que el tocou grandiosamente no show do ano de 1995 e 1996, no Hyde Park. Logo estarei ententendo o que fala.Também sou músico, ainda que amador, meu cnaal é o meu nome logo aima onde começo a escrita aqui, toco e cannto, de vez em quando pego um solo, o início da música layla, umas 4 notas da pentastônica no quinto traste eu peguei e comecei a tocar LAyla no primeiro traste usando Am, F e G .Gosto muito deste grande músico, que já fez show aqui em SP..

Favorite album,"Slow Hand" blessed true musician few and far between.

Allways tell kids the truth😊never lie to them😊love you my love😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

i used to listen to Eric in 1966

Clapton IS GOOD 😮

Fantastic documentary but might have had more cream footage rather than 24 nights I agree with the person that enjoyed this more than life in 12 bars well done to all involved x

Yardbirds were a great band in the 60s, playing at the Marquee, the Scene etc all the old Mod haunts with the Who, the Kinks, Small Faces, the Action, the Creation, the Artwoods , The Birds , and the Legendary Pretty Things …..

Duane and Eric was one of the best pairings in music Period

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I was 12 or 13. Had a Monkeys album and somehow I came across Disraeli Gears. Still trying to remember how I got it?🤷🏻‍♂️. After hearing this album went from teenybop to the real thing! My younger sister got my Monkeys album! 😆. Cream got me into music. Played in a lot of high school rock bands in the early 70s because of Eric Claptons influence.

Clapton was in Awe of SRV!!

A great Beatle

461 Ocean Blvd. is my favorite.

Cream. Best trio that wasn’t really a trio. Wish more of the videos would line up with the musical timeline. Not the 80s/90s stuff. I think he was at his best in Cream. It pushed him to play better.

I always say this: GOTTA LOVE SLOWHAND!

I'm ditching this for all of the ads. Not getting the story interruptions

For your love was a great tune though to be fair , I love the Yardbirds….

❤😊

Eric Clapton is still God

I lost interest in about 1971. But up that point he was fantastic.

Tom Dowd looks like Ray McGovern

I'm going to see Clapton in Birmingham 2024

1:02:10 What´s the name of the song and from what DVD it's taken from?

They were never able to play 'I'm So Glad" and "Politician" as good again as they did on the "Goodbye" album.

1:02:10 anyone know what this song is from? With the orchestra.

I hate the saying "Clapton is God". He is not God. He is the penultimate player of many era's. His skill and style are unmatched. He is a fixture and fixation. In the top three for sure. Hopefully he will see that GOD has given him many, many gifts and such influence. Love Blind Faith and when he later joined with Steve Winwood to tour with.

La traduzione in italiano ci vuole grazie i sovratitoli❤

Переведите этот фильм на русский, пожалуйста!

Mistake at 38.07 where yhey say Cream formed in 1967,they formed in 1966

An old fan misses the old stuff, everybody knows the things from the 90s and also the cream stuff But what about the late sixties the early 70s

Greatest of all time

The film is good except for the anachronisms. They explore his work with the Yardbirds or Mayall interspersed with videos and playing from the 80s and 90s. Clapton’s canon of recorded music is broad enough to play music from the era you are talking about.

Good documentary , until it jumps from 461 ocean boulevard(1974) - Tears in Heaven (1992). Nothing of importance inbetween, apparently.

ROBERT JOHNSON....THE TRUE VOICE OF LIFE...

His style during Cream was a bit more freewheeling, wild, and interactive. He reacted to the great rhythmic diversity of baker and bruce. In contrast, later rhythm sections sounded dull, boring. I think Eric had more fun with Baker’s rhythms.

Big Bill Broonzy is cited WAY MORE often by English musicians than by American ones where he is far down the list of players who are admired here. Not sure why unless he relocated or played there early on. yeah i just checked that's the reason!

Peter Green was the better player and singer because of more feeling. Clapton survived heroin and alcohol. Green was ruined by LSD.

Don't forget Enoch Powell

Clapton, Beck and Page-doesn’t get any better than those three…

Cream......1966*

No mention of Hendrix...., hmmmmmmm?!?!

Loved the early stuff,hated his shoulderpadded blazer 80s crap and beyond.But..the way he treated JJ Cale in that documentary about Cale,made me see it clearly. Clapton is a really nice guy.(as was Cale,a true hero of mine)And i just like older music.And most 80s music IS a bunch of crap. Ps.Guitarplayers and chorus pedals:just keep them seperated.Its a horrible thing if they meet 😏👺and take the wrong turn🤢🤮🥵💩..Just say NO ,kids!! )Try an overdrive or fuzz instead ...☝️😁

Paul was upset some years after John's murder. His friend Carl Perkins stayed with Paul one time and a song came to him during the night he had to write it down. He sang it to Paul, " think of me now and then my old friend!" Paul broke down in tears. John had actually said that to him the last they spoke. 2023, the new Beatles song comes out. I've listened to it a few times, and then I had an open eyes moment. You think what you like, for me, this was a song of love for his best friend, Paul McCartney! Paul has wanted to get this song out for 30 years. Maybe he doesn't think like me that John wrote him a love song. I do not mean like a Gay song ( no offence intended to gay men). I mean, a song in which a man says to his best mate, I love you, mate ! Not im in love with you. You may disagree, fine that's ok. But for me, this is a song from John for his best mate.

Sting wants us to know its his CRAFT. This is freemasonry that he's referring to. The different language hes telling us about is called >masterfully speaking.

playing the blues is simple to do but very difficult to do well.

I did not know that Clapton is left handed ...

I would think that Buddy Holly was influenced by the hillbilly music that arose from the eastern hills of Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee etc. and the on coming Rock and Roll.