“Eric, I know I can bring out something great in you”: In 1971, John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to help form a new band – now that letter is going up for auction

From left to right, Eric Clapton, John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and Keith Richards performing together at the Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus, Internel Studios in Stonebridge Park, Wembley, December 1968.

A letter written by John Lennon and addressed to Eric Clapton – in which the former Beatle invites the electric guitar hero to form a new band with him – is expected to sell for as much as €150,000 at auction.

Dated September 29, 1971, the eight-page letter penned by Lennon and Yoko Ono was sent to Slowhand during an especially troubled time during his life, when he had withdrawn from touring, music, and the public eye in general as a result of numerous personal struggles.