Cross-media picks for Eric Clapton fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
The picks gathered here share a gravitational pull toward music as identity — the blues tradition, the hunger to play something true, the cost of that obsession. Whether it's a searcher chasing a lost Robert Johnson song in Crossroads, a record exec burning out in Vinyl, or a luthier in the mountains of Virginia building the perfect acoustic guitar in Clapton's Guitar, the thread is the same: music isn't background, it's the whole story. These are works for people who feel that way too.
Film
Crossroads
A young guitarist obsessively hunts down a mythic lost blues recording — pure music-as-quest energy.
Film
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
A landmark all-star guitar collaboration concert captured live — essential viewing for anyone who loves the craft.
Film
Too Late Blues
A jazz musician refuses to compromise his sound, placing artistic integrity above everything else.
Film
Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
A milestone live performance at a legendary venue, celebrating fifty years of music history.
Film
Blues Brothers 2000
Road-tripping musicians reassemble to play a New Orleans battle of the bands — joyful, chaotic, blues-soaked.
Film
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
An intimate, unflinching documentary portrait of a guitarist told entirely through his own words and music.
Film
Song Sung Blue
Two struggling musicians find late-life purpose and love through a Neil Diamond tribute band.
Film
Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans
A performance document of a rock and roll pioneer whose roots run straight through the blues tradition.
Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
A deep portrait of a Beatle who was far more than just a member of the most famous band in history.
Series
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
An aging rocker gets a second shot at relevance as a songwriter — messy, funny, and music-obsessed.
Series
Vinyl
A 1970s record exec tries to save his label while chasing the pulse of New York's evolving sound.
Series
Classic Albums
Episode by episode, this series unpacks what makes iconic albums great — essential for devoted listeners.
Series
CMT Crossroads
Country stars and rock artists swap stories and songs, finding common ground across genre lines.
Series
The Blues
A seven-part Scorsese-produced series tracing the roots and reach of blues music across generations.
Series
takt op.Destiny
In a world where music was stolen away, its return becomes the only thing worth fighting for.
Series
Boone
A young Tennessean chases rock and roll dreams against a father who wants him to stay practical.
Game
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
A high-pressure golf game that captures the feeling of performing at the edge of your ability.
Game
The Beatles: Rock Band
Play through the entire Beatles legacy on guitar, bass, and drums — music history as interactive experience.
Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Grab a guitar controller and shred through a set of classic rock anthems from the decade.
Game
Friday night funkin: whitty mod (lo-fight) with music
A rhythm battle game where music drives every confrontation — simple but infectiously musical.
Game
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band
Perform AC/DC's catalog live — a rock fantasy for anyone who's ever air-guitared in their bedroom.
Game
Blues and Bullets
A noir adventure named after the blues, set in a corrupt city where nothing is what it seems.
Game
Guitar Hero
The original guitar-hero fantasy — thirty rock anthems and the urge to make them your own.
Game
Enotria: The Last Song
An Italian folklore soulslike where the brightest sun casts the darkest shadow — wear masks, alter reality.
Book
Everybody needs a rock
A quiet meditative book about finding the perfect simple thing — a rock — for its own sake.
Book
Clapton's Guitar
A journalist follows a master luthier crafting a coveted acoustic guitar deep in the Virginia mountains.
Book
Early blues
Traces the pairing of blues and guitar from the earliest sightings to the rise of national stars.
Book
Stone Alone
The Rolling Stones' bass player gives a witty, comprehensive account of the band's rise from the blues.
Book
Without You
Badfinger's rise and tragic fall — a story about creativity, bad luck, and the cost of the music business.
Book
Thomas and Beulah
A poetry sequence tracing African-American life through blues, labour, and longing.
Book
Elvis Presley
Rare photographs and personal memories paint an intimate visual tribute to Elvis Presley's life onstage and off.
Start with Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars for a personal documentary portrait, or The Blues — a seven-part Scorsese-produced series tracing the roots of the music Clapton built his career on.
Clapton's Guitar follows the making of a perfect acoustic instrument, while Early Blues charts the guitar-and-blues tradition from its origins — both speak directly to the craft and history Clapton fans love.
Yes — Guitar Hero and The Beatles: Rock Band let you play through rock history on a guitar controller, making them a natural fit for anyone who's spent hours listening to great guitar work.