eric clapton, those boys.: there was a point in time where you had written a couple songs the you were sure were not that good. i asked you to set your humility aside. what song was it, that you're that's-- you recall good? >> for what it's worth. i had finally gotten the band coming up and we were over the royal canyon. for aere having a funeral bar called pandora's box where you start walking the sunset strip. , it wasoing to close being turned into a shopping center. tavis: funeral for a bar? >> funeral for a bar. they were closing and opening new ones all the time. this is not an extraordinary event. the mayor of los angeles at the toe decided that it was time with the 200 policemen helmet and the shield and the night sticks. that place was like a bungalow. it hit about 200 people. where did they go? that is destruction of a public thoroughfare. they went back to her wrote a song about 10 minutes. this whole sequence of events, how mad everybody was getting about people being mad about the war. the civil r

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fortunate to have been accepted into the fraternity of great musicians and great artists -- eric claptonrlos santana, dave matthews. i've recorded with great gospel artists -- karen clark, marvin winans. so they've all accepted me into their great music fraternity. tavis: you going to tour for this? >> yes, we've got a tour coming in the summertime. we'll be out everywhere. look at the schedule at robertrandolph.net, @rrtfb on twitter. you could follow me, because i need more twitter followers. [laughter] tavis: you and everybody else try to push those numbers up. >> i actually follow you on twitter too. tavis: i appreciate that. is that your way of telling me i need to follow you now? >> yeah, you've got to follow me. [laughter] tell your followers to follow me. tavis: okay, i will do that for you. you have my word, i will make that happen. for those who have not been to a robert randolph show, they will get a chance to perhaps see you this summer. how would you describe your show? what's the show like? >> the show is like the scene from "coming to america." you're not sure what you're

the doors win best band, and ray manzarek is best musician after eric clapton and ravi shankar. heavens stop the rain ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you ♪ till the stars fall from the sky ♪ depp: by late december 1968, the doors are being hailed as america's rolling stones. [ cheers and applause ] and just at that moment, jim announces he's quitting. the band is stunned. without jim, there is no "doors." manzarek: we need you to stay in the game. well, the thing is, i don't think i like the game. [ crowd screaming ] depp: his girlfriend, pam courson, encourages him to forget music and concentrate on his poetry. jim's already self-published two notebooks of his poems, both dedicated to her. his poetry is symbolic and pure. it frees him from the requirements of rock stardom. morrison: yeah, posing for a picture, can you imagine? you know, and really looking in the camera and really posing? it's insane! i must have been out of my mind! depp: but getting out is not as easy as it seems. ray convinces him to give it six more months. but as his drinking increases, ray sees it give birth to morriso

. >> eric clapton. >> sing it. >> what was your favorite summer?our favorite summer? >> the summer that i worked at the dellicatessen and i got to take home all the free salami that i wanted. i worked for mr. kim. i got a big summer bonus. it was all the salami i could eat. >> that was your favorite summer? >> it was the best. >> glad you've got a life. >> you're blocking the light. you're so tall. let's take that shot again. what was your favorite summer memory? >> i remember when -- let's see, i would have been at kansas when you 1350er 1/2 years old you can have a driver's license. >> yeah, i know. >> my dad bought me a 1963 rambler station wagon for $75. >> is that the kind with the feet? >> what are you thinking? like the flintstones? no. so at 13 1/2 i was the only kid in my class with a car. so i had a car. >> wow. >> and the sky was the limit and i kept that car for a number of years, and then, of course, back towards five years -- legal drinking age was 18. >> you know what they did with that? of course? for farming. >> that's right. >> er

my friend gore done kennedy wrote change the world for eric clapton, he and a friend were talking onerd return to sender with elvis? he said no, but i think i want that on my tombstone. and that, that quick. he wrote a song called return to sender. i recorded it on a cd called mosaic. bob neil is a great song writer, 9:00 to 5:00, go in, write to lunchtime, may finish a song, may not, close it up, go home. >> everyone has different extremes. you have done your own and other people's material. >> i have. i love finding a song i believe in that fits my heart, faith, beliefs. >> looking at the younger, most artists today don't write. one thing my daughter went to a taylor swift concert. do you know her? >> i do. >> everyone says she's wonderful. >> i think she's a sweet girl. >> doesn't seem like the business is corrupting her at this point. it can corrupt. i am sure you have seen many train wrecks over the years. i like that she writes her own stuff. >> i do, too. i think god made us all to be originals, not copies. i think it is great when people can be an original and write what's in

a friend wrote change the world for eric clapton.'t your dad record return tn sender with elvis? and he said no, but i think i want that on my tombstone. and that quick he wrote a song called return to sender and i recorded it on a cd called mosaic. that's the creative process. bobon mcneal is a great o songwriter. a he would go in 9:00 to 5:00. finish a song, he may not. he would close it up, go home. >> you've written some of your > own material but you've also recorded other people's material. >> i have. and i love finding a great song at that i believe in that fits my heart, my faith, my beliefs. >> most artists today don't write.ylor one thing, my daughter went to a taylor swift concert recently.a do you know her. >> i do. >> eaveryone says she's wonderful. >> i think she's a sweet girl. >> it doesn't seem like the business is corrupting her. because it does happen. i like that she writes her own stuff.hi >> i do too.n i think it's great when people can be an original and write what's in their heart, write their feelings down an