:36:00
Although, I could see
what Jeff was talkin' about.
:36:03
I could see that, you know,
he was doin' a lot of guitar...
:36:06
...up against the amp and that sort of stuff,
which I had felt were precious trademarks.
:36:11
He was takin' them
and doin' something else.
:36:13
He'd just got into England
and was with his manager, Chas...
:36:17
...Chas Chandler,
and he brought him to this gig.
:36:20
A guy comes up to Clapton
and asks if he can sit in.
:36:26
I doubt whether Clapton got many people
asking if they could sit in, because...
:36:32
...being the world's greatest guitar player,
all the other guitar players...
:36:36
...would be super-deferential about him.
:36:39
Anyway, this guy came up
and Clapton said, "Yeah."
:36:43
The guy plugs his guitar in...
:36:48
...starts to play.
:36:50
Starts to play amazingly.
No one had ever seen anything like it.
:36:54
He's playin' just the fastest,
wailingest blues runs anyone's ever heard.
:36:59
I think he did a "Howlin' Wolf" number
or somethin'. But he did his whole routine.
:37:04
He did the thing with his teeth,
playing the guitar with his teeth...
:37:08
...and layin' it on the floor,
and playin' it behind his head...
:37:11
...doin' the splits. It was incredible.
:37:13
The first time I ever really got
any sort of relationship...
:37:17
...together with Eric Clapton
was when I was sitting at home...
:37:20
...and he rung me up and said,
"Hello, this is Eric."
:37:24
So I said, "Eric who?"
He said, "Eric Clapton."
:37:27
Never spoke to me before in my life. Ever.
:37:30
He said, "Do you want to come
to the pictures?"
:37:32
I said, "Oh, sure."
:37:34
And we went and saw some strange
Italian film, a really good film.
:37:38
He was really into movies at the time.
:37:41
During the movie, we started to talk
about Jimi Hendrix.
:37:46
And we decided that we both
really liked him.
:37:51
Suddenly, out of the blue
we had a very strong...
:37:54
...sort of bond of friendship,
which I think came about...
:37:59
...because it ended as soon
as Jimi split England.