eric clapton, dave matthews, carlos santana. karen clark.epted me into their great music fraternity. r fore you going to tou this? >> look at the schedule. you can follow me on twitter. i need more twitter followers. tavis: is that your way of telling me i need to follow you now? >> tell your followers to follow me. -- who havehose of not been to a robert randolph show, how would you describe your show? from is like the scene "coming to america." you are not sure what you are supposed to do. you are not sure if you want to breakdance or shout. it is great. it is a mixture of james brown, sly and the family stone, the scene from blues brothers. oft is what you get out robert randolph and a family band show. tavis: you will not sit down. end, you are like a workout tape. you do not do so stuff. it is all up-tempo. >> every once in a while, i tried to write a love song. i go, that is not worth it. tavis: leave that to stevie wonder. >> john legend. i like to make music that is upbeat and make she want to dance, but choose -- and makes you want

." >> eric clapton reaches for a guitar and he normally picks up offender.ffender. has beenc stratocaster the finding the sound of popular music for 70 years. in the made in america series, we look at the company that has been manufacturing the tars in southern california since 1946. -- guitars in southern california since 1946. i started playing guitar when i was 12 or 13. the company is full of musicians. the fender musical instruments has been around since 1946. we are the world's largest producer of guitars and amplifiers. john mayer, eric clapton, keith urban, jimi hendrix, they have all played a fender instruments. everything is a classic. everybody uses it. it is everybody's first guitar. it triggers memories. this building produces the quintessential fender product. guitars are interesting. there are a lot of industries where globally, an american-made product is the most premier and prestigious and highly sought after product. fender guitars are. people will spend years to be able to afford a fender guitar. there's no question that sometimes running

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a collection of guitars, including eric clapton's gibson, are going on the block.ck for jimmy kimmel, he tried to get an answer from hillary clinton on whether she is running for president in 2016. she would not say yes or no, but we all know the answer. >> will chelsey get her old room back or will you convert that into a home gym? [laughter] >> you are throwing me under the bus. what is this? didhis is what my parents to my veteran, i am staying with them in arizona. ♪ media.g story in apple in talks with comcast about teaming up on an internet-based television service that would get special treatment to bypass online congestion. that is according to the wall street journal. as bloomberg reported months ago, apple had been in talks with time warner cable on creating a streaming products before its merger with comcast. brendan greeley and jeff hasl yzlett talks about what it means for the industry on "surveillance." >> it did not have to cut any deals with comcast or time warner. once netflix is big enough that i can cut deals and pay for this, i do not know how t

eric clapton has asked me to joan the band. i don't know what to do.ifornia. >> you described a picture of your parents only a year ago. >> on the internet. you have to understand before this technology i probably had a dozen pictures of my father and ten or 12 were promo shots. it really did have that kind of validating feeling like yeah, look, there they are, my young parents. >> reporter: she spent four years interviewing his friends and relatives. in the middle of of it all her father dame kaim to her in a dream. >> the thing most striking is i could see him, the details, his face, his expressions. it was so real and then when i hugged him in the dream i hugged him and his shirt was wet from the rain. it couldn't have been more vivid, you know and it really felt like a visit. i'm fine if i gave that to myself and i imagined that. that's fine too. it doesn't have to be cosmic you know, to be really comforting. >> it really is a lovely book. in fact, one of the best music memoirs i've ever read. >> all right. well coming up ed harris joins us. you're

[ tires screech ] ♪ ♪ >>> it's my honor, my pride, >>> my honor, my pride, my joy to conduct eric claptonc clapton, british guitarist, was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame for an unprecedented third time. honored as a solo artist after being honored for his work with the yard birds. a 17-time grammy winner was joined in the class of 2000 by other legends like bonnie rait and earth, wind and fire. >> that's great. >> one of my favorites. >> i could see. i could see that. i like when he says love and music is all you need and good food. let's add that to the list. >> and good work. >> and good work. >>> a new movie is taking a swing at traditional hollywood. >> don't you think that's gotten a bit old? >> original enough for you? >> crowd funding brought veronica mars back to life on the big screen this time. the ceo of kick starter will join us in studio 57. we'll take a look at their project going all the way. there he is all the way to space. that's ahead. hi, yancey. that's ahead on a te ond is in jail >>> good morning. teacher in richmond is now in jail this morning accused

all of your art shopping, you might want to get your hands on a guitar that was once owned by eric claptonllection of more than 260 rare and vintage guitars is going to auction on april 2 here in and new york city -- here new york city. of president and cofounder the auction house joins me with more. arlen, welcome. a spectacular instrument. a guitar made by jon the angelico. always send a moment ago about an investment that you can feel and touch, if it is not a guitar, i do not know what it is. how many grew up loving instruments and you want the finest. >> is this a guitar that can actually be played or is it just a pretty piece of art to look at? >> it is both. it absolutely can be played. would you take it everywhere? ?> would you take it on tour >> you could take it on tour. i spoke to an artist, steely dan, and he said what i really play this and i said you have done a lot, go for it, and he would. >> what makes this so special is not just the workmanship, but the sound, the tenor, the richness of the stringed instrument. tell me about how these actually sound. when we talk about pl

from the 1950's and the birth of rock 'n roll to today -- artists like john mayer, eric clapton, heldhendrixave all offender. >> everything is so classic and original. everybody uses it. it triggers all these memories -- that is a fender guitar. >> this building produces the quintessential fender product. guitars are interesting. there are not a lot of industries where globally on american-made product is the most are mere and prestigious, highly sought after aspirational product. but fender guitars are. people will save for years to be fender afford a usa-made guitar. there is no question that sometimes running a business in california is challenging. there is a lot regulatory issues, but you know what, we have so much pride in our heritage, in our roots here, we have always been a southern california company and we are not going anywhere. two main components of the guitar are the body and the neck . so each of those start off as raw pieces of wood, and they go through a wood milling process. this is a three-piece spread of ash from the southeastern united states. these are the samples that

it got eric clapton down on his knees.r by the strat. why to you use the stratocaster. what's different about it? >> it starts with the look and ends with the sound. >> reporter: it's the guitar he feels right playing. >> it reflects the personality of the guitarist? >> absolutely. it's a part of you as powe posed to an apen ditch. >> reporter: the strat was created by leo fender in his california workshop. he's been called the thomas edison of guitars. larry thomas is the ceo of fender. how did the stratocaster become synonymous with rock and roll? >> because it was there at the beginning of rock and roll. >> reporter: in 1957 buddy holly played the stratocaster on the ed sullivan show. it was the first time most americans ever saw one. in 1962 it defined the beach boys' surf and safari sound but not everyone was immediately struck by the strat. when bob dylan plucked one in at newport in 1965, folk pure rifts booed him off the statement. bow bu now amplified changed forever. so had the role of the guitar player. they wer