Great Performances
Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago
Wednesday 28 November 2007 on PBS

Superstar guitar player Eric Clapton headlines a benefit concert featuring a group of great guitarists. Hosted by Bill Murray, proceeds benefit Clapton's Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a drug and alcohol education and treatment facility.

Eric's song, "Pilgrim", is on the Lethal Weapon 4 soundtrack. (edit) In 1977, Eric released the solo album Slowhand. (edit) Eric performed in the Rainbow Concert, organized by The Who's Pete Townshend, at London's Rainbow Theatre in 1973. This is considered a comeback concert for him, as he was coming off a brief hiatus from music. (edit) In 1970, Eric released his debut solo album Eric Clapton. (edit) In 1975, Eric released a solo album entitled There's One in Every Crowd. (edit)

Eric Clapton: You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there. (edit) Eric Clapton: You know, that's it, there's no turning back because what it's made of is so fine. It's like crystal, you know, it's like the purest crystal. (edit) Eric Clapton: You know why, I bumped into Long John Baldry very early on in those days and he was a big hero and there was a couple of other guys too that would play, once I started making excursions up to London a guy called Wess Jones and another guy called Buck, who all played country blues and folk. (edit) Eric Clapton: Yeah, I wanted to know where they got it from, what it was all about, you know, and it seemed to strike something in me that was you know rearing it's head and I still don't know what that is. (edit) Eric Clapton: Yeah, and I went straight into a fantasy world. Just stepped straight into the abyss. You know, I was gone and kids used to walk past my front room, cause I lived on the green. (edit)

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