"Duane Allman played a great solo, came back, and Eric says, 'Well, I want to do mine again!' This went on for at least an hour or two": How Eric Clapton went from God to all-'round guitar genius in the '70s
After the writing on the wall proclaimed him a deity in the '60s, where else was there to go for Eric Clapton but on a search of self-discovery, musical improvement, and new artistic frontiers
Source: guitarworld.com