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What was it like touring with Eric Clapton? Albert Lee gives an inside look, explaining that Clapton fired two different bands during their time together, but Lee managed to keep his spot each time.

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00:00So I did a week in the studio with Eric and we had a great time.
00:04And at the end of which, his manager pulled me aside.
00:08He said, well, Eric's last tour, he said, he did it without a second guitar.
00:13You know, do you fancy going on the road with him?
00:16My first album was just about to come out.
00:20And I thought, well, yeah, no, I want to do this.
00:25So off I went on the road with Eric.
00:27Eric, and he fired the whole band at the end of that tour and I managed to survive.
00:33And like two years later, he fired another band and I survived that time too.
00:40So he liked having me around.
00:43Yeah.
00:43I thought it worked really well because we're so unalike.
00:47It seems like a lot of guys who play with him have always been blues players.
00:53You know, that's his job.
00:56Yeah.
00:56I'll do what I do and try and compliment him.

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