At one time or another, they had three of the great guitarists - Eric Clapton (Cream), Jeff Beck ... All of sudden, he’d grow his hair long, grow longer sideburns and wear completely different ...

he tells the producer, a young long hair by thename of Jimmy Page ... of the control room glass is a 20-year-old guy called Eric Clapton. He has plugged an imported, US-made Gibson Les Paul ...

JB: That was earlier, the “Eric Clapton is God” thing ... I have such fine hair that when it got long it just went into big knots, and I’d find things living in it [laughs].

With its endearing lyrics and titular riff, it has become a classic not only in Eric Clapton’s catalog ... “I was taking so long, and I was panicking about my hair, my clothes, everything ...

A journey through Eric ... days to the noughties. Clapton has been described as the best guitarist in the world and has a life story and career that would make anyone's hair curl.