Biography: Eric Clapton |

The son of a bricklayer, British rock artist Eric Clapton attended Kingston Art School before choosing the quicksilver life of a street musician. Clapton's guitar prowess did not go unrecognized for long, and soon he was aligned with the Yardbirds, a... more
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The Story of The Yardbirds (2008)
Tags: Biography Music Music History Vocal Music 
Length: 52min
Originally released in 1992 as The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Band, this documentary (which was previously issued on DVD in 2003 as The Yardbirds: For Your Love) has been given a simple presentation on DVD in this edition from HiQ Entertainment....

Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J. (2004)
Tags: Concerts Music Biography Vocal Music 
Length: 97min
Eric Clapton pays homage to one of his greatest influences -- the rural lues musician Robert Johnson, who left behind a legacy of remarkable songs and recordings following his death in 1938 -- in this special DVD-CD release. The DVD in Eric Clapton:...

Tom Dowd and the Language of Music (2003)
Tags: Music Instrumental Music Vocal Music Biography Music History 
Length: 82min
Independent filmmaker Mark Moormann directs the feature-length documentary Tom Dowd and the Language of Music. Shot on color and black-and-white16 mm film stock, the iography is a personal portrait of legendary recording engineer and producer Tom...

Cast: Tom Hanks Terry Gilliam Terry Jones   
Tags: Biography Vocal Music Concerts Music 
Length: 104min
Both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, George Harrison was one of the best loved and most influential musicians of his generation, and when he died November 29, 2001, after a long battle with cancer, it was a tremendous blow to the many...

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
Cast: Chuck Berry Keith Richards Taylor Hackford   
Tags: Biography Music 
Length: 121min
Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry's 60th birthday party (October 18, 1986) in his home town of St. Louis forms the nucleus of Taylor Hackford's lively musical documentary. In addition to Berry, we are treated to interviews with Bo Diddley, Little...

Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel (1981)
Cast: George Harrison   
Tags: Vocal Music Music History Music Biography 
Length: 62min
In 1979 Eric Clapton put his band in a three-carriage train originally at the disposal of Hermann Goering during the Nazi years in Germany, and traveled from town to town on the Continent, from one concert to the next. It was an easy way to transport...

Cast: Martin Scorsese Frank Marshall Laszlo Kovacs Bob Dylan Ringo Starr   
Tags: Concerts Biography Music 
Length: 117min
Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning...

Cast: Jack Nicholson Ann-Margret Ken Russell Oliver Reed Elton John Robert Powell   
Tags: Musical Rock Musical 
Length: 111min
Tommy (Roger Daltrey) is a "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who retreats into himself after the death of his father. His mother, Nora (Ann-Margret), and stepfather Frank (Oliver Reed) take him to see a specialist (Jack Nicholson) but Tommy is apparently a...

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