When Jools Holland Met Eric 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.

Jools Holland chats to fellow blues lover Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton.

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