Eric Clapton & Jools Holland 2 november 2010
When Jools Holland Met Eric Clapton – BBC Radio 2 – 22:00 Saturday 25 December 2010
1. Bob Dylan – Here Comes Santa Claus
One of Eric’s favorite Christmas Songs
2. Traveling Alone – from “Clapton”
A song recommended to Eric by Jimmy Vaughan
3. Lil’ Son Jackson – Roberta
4. When Someone Thinks You’re Wonderful – from “Clapton”
One of the songs that cheered Eric up after his gall bladder operation last year (the other one is My Very Good Friend The Milkman)
5. Fats Waller – Blue Turning Gray Over You
A Fats Waller Song chosen by Eric
6. Robert Wilkins – That’s No Way To Get Along
7. Everything Will Be Alright – from “Clapton”
8. Citizen Cope – Hands Of The Saints
9. JJ Cale – Guitar Man
10. Autumn Leaves – from “Clapton”
Jools Holland chats to fellow blues lover Eric “Slowhand” Clapton during an hour-long special recorded at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios.
Over a four decade-long career, Eric Clapton has received many awards. He is the only triple inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (as a member of The Yardbirds, Cream and as a solo artist). He has also won or shared in eighteen Grammy Awards.
As a highly-acclaimed guitarist, he has also contributed to numerous artists’ albums over the decades, including The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Steven Stills, Bob Dylan, Elton John, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sting, and Roger Waters.
He chats to Jools about his love of blues and the making of his 19th studio album, Clapton, which sees him paying tribute to the songs that inspired him early in his career.
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