[Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 29, Issue 6

[Art Arias]

Hello all,

I saw this over the Thanksgiving weekend here in a small independent Santa
Monica theatre as there were 4 showings playing exclusively for one day
only.  I caught the first showing and counted 42 seats total in this small
theatre and there were 32 seats filled for this showing, so it wasn't an
immediate sell out probably because your average music fan didn't know it
was even showing.  Didn't see much advertisement for it and since I knew it
would be showing over this long weekend I just checked the Where's Eric
site for the latest information where it would be showing.  The movie is
just over 2 hours and it covers his entire career as well as his life as a
boy who's mother abandoned him and when she returned with his step brother
and sisters she wouldn't allow them to call him their brother or half
brother that prompted his grandmother Rose to say that was very mean of her
to do that from a recorded interview. Lots of pictures and film that we've
all seen before but there were also a lot of unreleased footage that was
interesting including home movies of the Dominos hanging out and fooling
around at Hurtwood Edge during their stay recording All Things Must Pass
with George Harrison. We hear all about his addictions to heroin and
alcohol and seeing him stoned after snorting coke up his nose with a pocket
knife.  We as fans all know his story so none of this will be anything new
but to the casual rock fan this will all be pretty eye opening.  None of
the people interviewed are shown so all you hear is their voices from being
interviewed with the most insightful coming from his old pal Ben Palmer
from the early days.  To me is was more of a companion piece to his
biography he put out a few years back and it concludes with him finally
being in a happy place with his current family life being a father to his
lovely daughters including Ruth.



On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:42 PM, <slowhand-request at planet-torque.com>
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> It was only commercially released in New York and Los Angeles.
> Hello everyone!
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> > I see Life in 12 Bars was "released to theaters" 24-November, whatever
> that
> > means.  Is it showing anywhere yet?  I see it premiers on cable TV
> network
> > Showtime on 10-February, which probably means it'll be available On
> > Demand/DVR etc from that point forward.
> >
> > Reviews from the past few days are varied.  Glenn Kenny's review in NY
> > Times was unremarkable I felt.  He suggests the film should be understood
> > as a "story of recovery and recovered integrity."  On the other hand,
> Noel
> > Murray's review in the LA Times was very strong: "Unlike most rock docs,
> > ?Life in 12 Bars? isn?t a look back from a distance. It?s like living
> > through one man?s pain."
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> > I'm anxious to form my own opinion.  Hope everyone's doing well.
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> Subject: [Slowhand] Life In 12 Bars ...
> Speaking of "Life In 12 Bars," there hasn't been THIS much life on the
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> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Life in 12 Bars
> I'm looking forward to seeing this when I can. Been following this thread
> for info about it:
>
> http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/eric-clapton-life-in-
> 12-bars-documentary.647124/
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> Listened to Live in San Diego last week. Fresh Cream box is in my top 10
> vault releases for the year along with EC's former cohorts Delaney & Bonnie
> expanded Motel Shot and Yardbirds '68.
>
> Merry Christmas and all the best for the next year!
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> Got to get better in a little while,
> Brooz
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> > On Nov 27, 2017, at 8:44 AM, Ryan Noyes <ryan.w.noyes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I see Life in 12 Bars was "released to theaters" 24-November, whatever
> that
> > means.  Is it showing anywhere yet?  I see it premiers on cable TV
> network
> > Showtime on 10-February, which probably means it'll be available On
> > Demand/DVR etc from that point forward.
> >
> > Reviews from the past few days are varied.  Glenn Kenny's review in NY
> > Times was unremarkable I felt.  He suggests the film should be understood
> > as a "story of recovery and recovered integrity."  On the other hand,
> Noel
> > Murray's review in the LA Times was very strong: "Unlike most rock docs,
> > “Life in 12 Bars” isn’t a look back from a distance. It’s like living
> > through one man’s pain."
> >
> > I'm anxious to form my own opinion.  Hope everyone's doing well.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
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