yet outside of Clapton's own 2007 memoir, his story's never been told as well as it is in director Lili Fini Zanuck's documentary "Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars"
the first 90 minutes or so here are gold, however, even if fans might wish for more detail on the dizzying number of fabled bands Clapton formed and/or played with over a 10-year span
Life in 12 Bars is a solid enough film for the unaware and uninitiated, but it's also just a piece of the puzzle, feeding into the myth while attempting focus on the man, too. If you want the full story, listen to his albums