This song is the subject of one of my proud momma moments! When my daughter was around 13, about 20 years ago, her dad got her a cell phone. This was before every child was given a phone. I heard it ring, and she had "Layla" set as her ringtone. So, I just asked her what it was. She sighed, which was clearly the indication that she was about to "school" her uncool mom! She says, "Mom! The song is called Layla and it's by Derek and the Dominoes, but, the singer is Eric Clapton!" I just respond with, "You don't say!" I then turn around and silently scream, "YES!! That's my girl!"
Maybe the single best thing I have heard since.....1976...give it 86. God Bless you, your family, yuour daughter. I see a guitar or fiddle in her hands...dressed in green...listen pls...never give up...only follow leaders....never losers. I see good things ahead.
@@yesterdayproductions1019 Clapton originally wrote "Layla" as a ballad, with lyrics describing his unrequited love for Boyd, but the song became a "rocker" when, according to Clapton, Allman composed the song's signature riff.
This song is about George Harrison's wife, Pattie. She and Clapton began living together in 1974 and married in 1979. Clapton and Harrison remained good friends, with George playing at their wedding along with Paul McCartney and Ringo
An additional fun fact was that Something by the Beatles (written by Harrison) and Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton were both about Patty. All three songs are all time great songs!!!
John Lennon was invited to the wedding as well, so that’s the closest time you ever got to having the 4 Beatles playing together again. Unfortunately, John didn’t make it to the wedding, so just 3 out of the 4…….
Your explanation skips the entire point of the song. The SONG is about Clapton's ache for Pattie Harrison while she's still with George and he and Eric are then the best of possible friends.
Was just listening to "Key to the Highway" in my car.....cranked right up, windows down, singing my heart out, ignoring weird looks from other drivers. I love that song!
Eric Clapton is/was the lead singer for Derek and the Dominos. Check out his album with BB King “Riding with the King.” It is one of the best albums of all time.
You're recommending Clapton at age 90? What about him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1965? Did you just start listening to music, like, this week?
God bless Duane Allman. He came up with this riff. Not many people know that. Duane was inspired by the Albert King song “As the Years Go Passing By”. And Duane plays the iconic slide solo. RIP Skydog. Fuckin legend
I usually explain ... This is Eric Clapton's band, AFTER The Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith. Many of his friends and fellow musicians kept pushing and prodding him to sing but he was not very sure of himself. So, he put together Derek & The Dominos. He figured, he'd try it out, and if it bombed (or like Led Zeppelin said about themselves at first, "went over like a Led Zeppelin/balloon"), no one would be the wiser, since it didn't have his name on it. Turns out, it was the best move he made in his career, as this is his #1 best/most famous song. Soooooo, long story short (I know, too late) ... This IS MR ERIC CLAPTON behind that guitar AND microphone. The slide guitar is played by none other than Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers !!! You MUST react to them and, that is 1 band that does some great live versions. I would try out Whipping Post as your 1st listen (Live at Fillmore East version), One Way Out (Eat A Peach album), Jessica (Brothers and Sisters album), In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Fillmore East), Stormy Monday (Fillmore East) and definitely Ramblin' Man and Midnight Rider. Then , branch out from there, cause there's a WHOLE LOT more great songs by this group.
Eric has been inducted to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times, for his Solo career, once as a member of the group The Yardbirds and once as a member of Cream. He was also voted by Rolling Stone Magazine as the 2nd Greatest Guitarist of all time out of 100 guitarists. 🤔🤔😎
Clapton is your man for 70’s blues/rock. One of my favorites from later in his huge catalogue is Pretending. It’s a more radio friendly tune, but a solid track.
He was great friends with Jimmy Hendrix. One of his nicknames was old slow hands on account he appeared to play slow but was actually playing fast. He wrote one of the most heartbreaking songs of all time about the death of his infant son who fell to his death from a multi story building after he fell out of a window. Tears in heaven. Most of his thing is sixties blues based rock. He played in the band cream.
Sorry mate but that's completely wrong,his nickname was 'slow hand ' not old slowhands and he was given it by Giorgio Golmenski (club promoter) because when he was playing with the yardbirds he would sometimes be playing furiously and break a string ,so he would fix his strings on stage and the audience would start a slow hand clap while he was doing this. My sauce ,his autobiography
I just love the guitar screeching in the background during the solo. it's like the piano and foreground guitar are in harmony with each other and the background guitar is in agony.
Named my daughter after this song. My husband and I couldnt agree on a name and this song came on the radio. I suggested the name to it amd he liked it.. She is now 11.
I think you missed the note about Duane Allman playing that searing slide guitar on this and most of the Layla album. Start with Bell Bottom Blues, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, Anyday, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Have You Ever Loved A Woman and Little Wing (Hendrix cover).
One of Clapton's best guitar solos can be heard in the song Crossroads by Cream. And yes, Layla was written for Pattie Harrison while she was married to George, Eric's best friend. Eventually, Eric married Pattie & wrote another beautiful song for her called Wonderful Tonight. Another stellar performance by Eric Clapton can be found in the performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the Concert For George, an all-star tribute to George Harrison shortly after his death.
Eric Clapton was in a Band called Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker you should give them a Listen "White Room" "Badge" "Spoonful" "Sunshine Of Your Love" all Brilliant Tracks
This is a phenomenal song. There is a point during Clapton’s guitar solo where I get chills, in a way that very few other songs do - like JPJ’s keyboard solo in the middle of All of My Love. That’s why we listen to music.
The second, piano-driven part was actually written by Rita Coolidge. She was involved with the drummer, Jim Gordon, who without her knowledge or approval presented it to the unknowing members of the band and it became part of the song. She first recognized it when she heard it on the radio. BTW, a fun blues song about women is Son Seals' "Frigidaire Woman." Link: ua-cam.com/video/MGyHKGNJcDg/v-deo.html
This is a song that is etched into the marble in the cathedral at the moutain top where "Forever Songs" are left for generation after generation to come and soothe their aching souls... i have listened to this song easily 300 to 400 times in my life and it still is not enough...
This song was part of the sound track of my college years. Patti Boyd was the muse for this song and Eric's mind forged the song. Listening to it it blows my mind how anyone can compose such beautiful and meaningful music. Please do "Bell Bottom Blues" another great Clapton song.
"Anyday" is another amazing song from that same album; "Let It Grow" is from Clapton's 1974 LP _461 Ocean Boulevard_ that will take you places. Happy trails!
Why Does Love Got to be So Sad is almost as iconic as Layla. The whole album was great, but that one and Bell Bottom Blues would make good reactions, I think.
Derek and The Dominoes was a band made up of Eric Clapton, guitar and vocals, Bobby Whitlock on piano and vocals, Carl Radle on bass and Jim Gordon on drums. Also playing guitar and slide guitar was Duane Allman, a master player, who was a member of The Allman Brothers Band.
From wikipedia Patricia Anne Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female look of the era. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966 and experienced the height of the Beatles' popularity as well as sharing in their embrace of Indian spirituality. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979; they divorced in 1989. Boyd inspired Harrison's songs "If I Needed Someone", "Something" and "For You Blue", and Clapton's songs "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Wonderful Tonight".
Eric Clapton is singing and playing guitar he wrote this song about Patti Boyd George Harrison's wife who he was in love with and married her after she divorced George Harrison
Saw Clapton several times live in 80's He came out w just a folding chair,guitar and one spotlight,sang the song acousticly 10,000 people were completely silent the entire song Simply Clapton is a rock god
Check out the original by JJ Cale. Very different from Clapton’s cover. Clapton’s Cocaine was also written by JJ Cale. Clapton’s cove of that song is almost a note for note version. JJ Cale was awesome…which is why Clapton covered his songs.
This song is the ringtone on my phone, has been for years! If someone else hears my phone ring they usually say "I love that song!" One of my favorites by my absolute favorite guitarist.
This song is about Patti Boyd, who had MANY songs written about her or inspired by her including “Wonderful Tonight” and “ Something”. All three of these songs are iconic rock hits. She was married to both George Harrison and Eric Clapton. An interesting rabbit hole all by itself.
Bobby Whitlock is singing the backup chorus line ..He is still alive and well and he and his wife COCO have a channel on youtube ..The pictures of the band members Carl Radle Jim Gordon and Bobby and Duane Allman played on this also
When I lived in South Florida I went to the studio where he recorded this and they still had the piano that they used for the outro of the song...I got to play it! Super cool moment.
clapton is killer in concert ,,,, seen the after midnight tour back in the 80's phil collins was playing the drums,,, robert cray opened up "the heat of a smoking gun " was his tour
Jim Gordon (drummer) also wrote Layla and Bell Bottom Blues, and Harrison was never on the Layla album. He did a jam with them on Tell The Truth, which is on the History of EC record, and I think he also was on the alternate version on the same record, which is back to back. And don't forget that Duane Allman from The ALlman Brothers is the other guitarist and slide player on Layla.
Clapton wrote, played lead guitar and sang. It was (quietly) meant for George Harrison’s wife, who Clapton loved, later marrying and divorcing. Slide guitar was by the soon to be late Dwayne Allman (Greg’s brother., he dying in a motorcycle accident. The entire album is wonderful.
Lots to love here. The Song is best enjoyed when you listened to the entire double album. Slap on the headphones, lights out, lay back, listen. Duane Allman and Clapton share duties. Most of the slide guitar you hear is Allman. Clapton's relationship with Allman is a pretty interesting story. Matter of fact, a great book would be an analysis of Clapton's relationship/friendships with George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Winwood, and Duane Allman. All great players, all had an interesting role in Clapton's life. As for more of Clapton's music: it starts with the Yardbirds, then I would jump to Cream...plenty of great Cream tunes. My favorite is Badge. You can locate Cream's popular songs, but I would go for Deserted Cities of the Heart. Check out Blind Faith, where Clapton hooks up with Steve Winwood. Lastly, Clapton's solo stuff from the mid-70s to late-80s is fantastic. "I Can't Stand It" is terrific.
This entire album is amazing "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", Duane Allman's slide guitar is in every song, try from the same album, "Bell bottom Blues", "Little Wing" tribute to Hendrix, he died while this album was recorded.
Eric Clapton is Derek and the Dominos (with band and backing obviously) as others have said it's about George Harrison's wife who Eric had fallen in love with. Big rabbit hole with Clapton, you need to listen/react to some Cream (only 3 members) but you'd swear there was around 10 of them.
Clapton said an interviewer showed him a picture in Rolling Stone where someone spray painted "Clapton is God" on a wall, this guy was walking his dog, and the dog was taking a piss on it. Clapton said, that sums it up about right... Hahaha, Love that about him!
Dwayne Allman was the guitarist that did the most work on this track. NOT Eric Clapton. Dwayne was one of Eric's favorite guitarists and it is why he started a band with him.
Actually the band had already been started and both Duane and Eric admired each others work. So when Eric and the newly formed Derek & the Dominos were recording this album in Florida, The Producer of the Album (Tom Dowd) who also produced the Allman Brothers 2nd album knew that the Allman Brothers were playing a concert in town and so off the band went to hear them. Needless to say after the concert Eric invited the band back to the studio to jam and that is when Eric ask Duane to play on the Album
No mention of the fabulous Duane Allman on slide!! That ethereal “weeping/crying” slide during the Coda completes the song! If you know the backstory, Clapton’s longing, aching, love for Patti Boyd Harrison, it really hits home! Much of the theme of this all time great is about Eric’s love for Patti. (Hence the “Other Assorted Love Songs”) You must hear the rest of this fine work! Then, go down the Duane Allman road with The Allman Brothers Band!
This song is inspired about Eric's friend George Harrison's ex wife, George of course from The Beatles. But anyway Eric ended up marrying her, Patty Boyd. Eric and George remained friends. 🤔🤗😎
Eric Clapton singing and playing guitar, and he wrote the song. About George Harrison's wife, Patti Boyd, with whom he was infatuated. She eventually left George for Eric, and he wrote You Look Wonderful Tonight about her, as well. Clapton is THE guitar god. His acoustic version of this song from MTV's Unplugged is amazing. As a teen he fell in love with American blues music, and it has been a heavy influence on all his music. Huge catalog, with Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, and tons of solo work.
This is what happens when you have two of the best rock guitarists ever playing on the same song Duane Allman an amazing slide guitarist and Eric Clapton a guitar legend
They all studied blues music of muddy waters, Robert Johnson, tbone walker, bb king and other black artist and put their own spin on it. Duane was a studio musician in Macon Georgia. So yeah they've got soul.
Its fate! I just heard the long version yesterday. Eric Clapton is Derek of Derek and the Dominoes. He wanted to do something different so he did this.. The song is about a married women he was in love with.
Eric Clapton was the first concert I ever attended, in 1977 I think. This was right after the release of his Slow Hand album. My favorite from that album, though rarely heard on the radio, is The Core!!!
Most people don't realize it but this album has many roots in the South and was recorded at the legendary Criterion Studios in Miami.. Bobby Whitlock, from Memphis, met Eric and Duane in the studio at Muscle Shoals AL, and then when Eric temporarily joined up with Delaney, Bonnie and friends, a band from Mississippi, on tour of which Bobby was the keyboard player. When the tour was over, Bobby went with Eric to Eric's mansion in Surrey, England. There, the two of them wrote all the songs on this album, with Eric insisting on him getting one more song on this album than Bobby. One of Bobby's best songs on this album is "Anyday", been covered by several bands over the years including Derek Trucks, speaking of the South. That's Bobby singing on the original. Eric met Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett in Muscle Shoals, AL in a studio.
Eric Clapton (Slowhand) is singing and playing lead guitar. Duane Allman (Skydog) is playing the slide guitar. Bobby Whitlock is singing background and he probably taught Eric how to sing soulfully.
Eric is singing lead. As has already been mentioned Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers band is playing the second lead guitar. That's him doing slide. Eric Clapton and Duane Allman were each other's biggest fans. There are several other songs on the album with Eric and Duane jamming along. If you haven't already, check out the Allman Brothers band. Their live Fillmore East album is awesome in the extreme and in the Library of Congress. Check out Tied To The Whipping Post from that album and Soulshine from the Where It All Begins album. Also, I'd highly recommend checking out Humble Pie's 1973 performance of Black Coffee at The Old Grey Whistle Test studio.
if youre a fan of the movie goodfellas @4:02 this is the part of the song they start playing in the movie when they start finding all the dead mobsters after they started making mistakes after the big heist.
Three of the greatest love songs ever made were recorded were written for the same woman, Pattie Boyd. George Harrison, "Something" and Erick Clapton," Layla". Clapton also wrote, "Wonderful Tonight" for Boyd.None other than Frank Sinatra ( the King of love songs) said Layla was one of the greatest love songs of all time, and loved to perform it-always introducing it as such and thanking George.
Little Wing, Bell Bottom Blues and the single version (a different version is on the album) are three others from this line up featuring Duane Allman on slide guitar not George Harrison. However the song is about Harrison's wife
Eric Clapton sings. He's got a huge history of songs & bands that he was in . Like " CREAM " for one . He also played with many musicians . He also played with Hendrix , Santana , B. B. King , Freddy King , Albert King , SRV just to name a few. But if you really want to experience him , look for him playing LIVE . It's said that this is the ultimate love song.
Clapton is God ! I recommend : " Eyesight To The Blind / Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad " from the live album " Crossroasds 2 ". 24 minutes of Eric Clapton playing with Carlos Santana. A-MA-ZING !!! ;)
Anybody else always recite the Goodfellas narration during the long solo? Or is it just me? “Jimmy was cutting all ties between himself and Lufthansa, but it had nothing to do with me….” Lol
This song is the subject of one of my proud momma moments! When my daughter was around 13, about 20 years ago, her dad got her a cell phone. This was before every child was given a phone. I heard it ring, and she had "Layla" set as her ringtone. So, I just asked her what it was. She sighed, which was clearly the indication that she was about to "school" her uncool mom! She says, "Mom! The song is called Layla and it's by Derek and the Dominoes, but, the singer is Eric Clapton!" I just respond with, "You don't say!" I then turn around and silently scream, "YES!! That's my girl!"
Lol great story. I too, gave rock history lessons quizzes to both my kids from the beginning.
Maybe the single best thing I have heard since.....1976...give it 86. God Bless you, your family, yuour daughter. I see a guitar or fiddle in her hands...dressed in green...listen pls...never give up...only follow leaders....never losers. I see good things ahead.
PMSL, class.
Well done mom!
Clapton on vocals, Duane Allman with the opening riff and the sad slide at the end, Bobby Whitlock on piano. Legendary song.
Duane Allman does NOT do the opening riff. Duane comes in LATER with SLIDE guitar.
@@yesterdayproductions1019 Clapton originally wrote "Layla" as a ballad, with lyrics describing his unrequited love for Boyd, but the song became a "rocker" when, according to Clapton, Allman composed the song's signature riff.
@@ericanderson8886 I found that out later & I couldn't believe it. LOL
This song is about George Harrison's wife, Pattie. She and Clapton began living together in 1974 and married in 1979. Clapton and Harrison remained good friends, with George playing at their wedding along with Paul McCartney and Ringo
An additional fun fact was that Something by the Beatles (written by Harrison) and Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton were both about Patty. All three songs are all time great songs!!!
@@mljrotag6343 She inspired so many fantastic songs she must of indeed been wonderful.
The Boyd sisters were the muse for "Layla", "Jennifer Junniper", "Something" and many others.
John Lennon was invited to the wedding as well, so that’s the closest time you ever got to having the 4 Beatles playing together again. Unfortunately, John didn’t make it to the wedding, so just 3 out of the 4…….
Your explanation skips the entire point of the song. The SONG is about Clapton's ache for Pattie Harrison while she's still with George and he and Eric are then the best of possible friends.
Duane Allman played on this great album. Please also play "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Key to the Highway."
Forgot that. thanks.
Duane's on the latter but not the former.The first 3 songs on the album were in the can before he arrived.
Was just listening to "Key to the Highway" in my car.....cranked right up, windows down, singing my heart out, ignoring weird looks from other drivers. I love that song!
If you ever happen to meet someone named Layla, it’s a good bet it’s because of this song.
My wife and I ALMOST named our second daughter Layla, but our is named Phaedra after the song "Some Velvet Morning" by Lee Hazlewood.
The song is about Patti Harrison George Harrison's wife. Clapton was in love with her and later on married her.
I met a woman named Layla whose parents didn't know this song. Eric Clapton sang lead.
There is a British MP called Lyla 😀😊😊
Eric has a very distinctive with his lyrics, voice, guitar. Once you hear him, you'll always know when it's him.
Do not forget the man playing slide guitar, Duane Allman, a greatest of all time type player.
This album was played by the best musicians in the industry at the time. All of them known for their chops.
One of the top albums ever
He later did an acoustic version of Layla, which is great, but I like this original version best.
Eric Clapton is/was the lead singer for Derek and the Dominos. Check out his album with BB King “Riding with the King.” It is one of the best albums of all time.
I can't agree about the BBKing/Clapton LP...I was so disappointed when I brought that CD home! And I love them both...
You're recommending Clapton at age 90? What about him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1965? Did you just start listening to music, like, this week?
@@dantean Ok smart ass!
God bless Duane Allman. He came up with this riff. Not many people know that. Duane was inspired by the Albert King song “As the Years Go Passing By”. And Duane plays the iconic slide solo. RIP Skydog. Fuckin legend
I usually explain ... This is Eric Clapton's band, AFTER The Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith. Many of his friends and fellow musicians kept pushing and prodding him to sing but he was not very sure of himself. So, he put together Derek & The Dominos. He figured, he'd try it out, and if it bombed (or like Led Zeppelin said about themselves at first, "went over like a Led Zeppelin/balloon"), no one would be the wiser, since it didn't have his name on it. Turns out, it was the best move he made in his career, as this is his #1 best/most famous song. Soooooo, long story short (I know, too late) ... This IS MR ERIC CLAPTON behind that guitar AND microphone.
The slide guitar is played by none other than Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers !!! You MUST react to them and, that is 1 band that does some great live versions. I would try out Whipping Post as your 1st listen (Live at Fillmore East version), One Way Out (Eat A Peach album), Jessica (Brothers and Sisters album), In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Fillmore East), Stormy Monday (Fillmore East) and definitely Ramblin' Man and Midnight Rider. Then , branch out from there, cause there's a WHOLE LOT more great songs by this group.
Eric has been inducted to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times, for his Solo career, once as a member of the group The Yardbirds and once as a member of Cream. He was also voted by Rolling Stone Magazine as the 2nd Greatest Guitarist of all time out of 100 guitarists. 🤔🤔😎
Slowhand...
Hendrix was voted first I think.
Thats a tight race because there is Stevie Ray Vaugh, Clapton, Hendrix, Roy Clark, BB King, Glen Campbell, and several others in contention
Clapton is your man for 70’s blues/rock. One of my favorites from later in his huge catalogue is Pretending. It’s a more radio friendly tune, but a solid track.
Eric Clapton sings and plays guitar along with the late great Duane Allman on slide guitar!
He was great friends with Jimmy Hendrix. One of his nicknames was old slow hands on account he appeared to play slow but was actually playing fast. He wrote one of the most heartbreaking songs of all time about the death of his infant son who fell to his death from a multi story building after he fell out of a window. Tears in heaven. Most of his thing is sixties blues based rock. He played in the band cream.
Sorry mate but that's completely wrong,his nickname was 'slow hand ' not old slowhands and he was given it by Giorgio Golmenski (club promoter) because when he was playing with the yardbirds he would sometimes be playing furiously and break a string ,so he would fix his strings on stage and the audience would start a slow hand clap while he was doing this.
My sauce ,his autobiography
@@davidmellish3295 , you are correct!
Eric Clapton is the only 3-time inductee into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, if that gives you any idea of how legendary he is.
I saw Eric Clapton live in 1977. He was incredible!!! This song still gives me goosebumps
This song is one of the great classics of rock. 👍
I just love the guitar screeching in the background during the solo. it's like the piano and foreground guitar are in harmony with each other and the background guitar is in agony.
Thx! This came before the golden girls. Later in life, he did a slower acoustic version! -Terry
Many British rockers of that period grew up steeped in American Blues. This is true of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, etc...
Named my daughter after this song. My husband and I couldnt agree on a name and this song came on the radio. I suggested the name to it amd he liked it.. She is now 11.
This song is all about Duane Allman. Fingertips, Strings, and straight up MAGIC🧙♂️
I think you missed the note about Duane Allman playing that searing slide guitar on this and most of the Layla album. Start with Bell Bottom Blues, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, Anyday, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Have You Ever Loved A Woman and Little Wing (Hendrix cover).
One of Clapton's best guitar solos can be heard in the song Crossroads by Cream. And yes, Layla was written for Pattie Harrison while she was married to George, Eric's best friend. Eventually, Eric married Pattie & wrote another beautiful song for her called Wonderful Tonight. Another stellar performance by Eric Clapton can be found in the performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the Concert For George, an all-star tribute to George Harrison shortly after his death.
Eric Clapton was in a Band called Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker you should give them a Listen "White Room" "Badge" "Spoonful" "Sunshine Of Your Love" all Brilliant Tracks
Welcome to the 70’s- my teenage years. This is one of the first Rock n Roll albums I bought… you have a great journey ahead! Rock On.
This is a phenomenal song. There is a point during Clapton’s guitar solo where I get chills, in a way that very few other songs do - like JPJ’s keyboard solo in the middle of All of My Love. That’s why we listen to music.
The second, piano-driven part was actually written by Rita Coolidge. She was involved with the drummer, Jim Gordon, who without her knowledge or approval presented it to the unknowing members of the band and it became part of the song. She first recognized it when she heard it on the radio.
BTW, a fun blues song about women is Son Seals' "Frigidaire Woman." Link: ua-cam.com/video/MGyHKGNJcDg/v-deo.html
Yardbirds ,Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie, Derrick..... Clapton has been in some epic bands..
Fun fact - Eric Clapton is the only person in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times - as a member of The Yardbirds, Cream and a solo artist.
This is a song that is etched into the marble in the cathedral at the moutain top where "Forever Songs" are left for generation after generation to come and soothe their aching souls... i have listened to this song easily 300 to 400 times in my life and it still is not enough...
The entire album is a gem!
The late great Dwayne Allman on slide guitar.mournful soulfull part that foretells his sad passing.Masterpiece!!
This song was part of the sound track of my college years. Patti Boyd was the muse for this song and Eric's mind forged the song. Listening to it it blows my mind how anyone can compose such beautiful and meaningful music. Please do "Bell Bottom Blues" another great Clapton song.
"Anyday" is another amazing song from that same album; "Let It Grow" is from Clapton's 1974 LP _461 Ocean Boulevard_ that will take you places. Happy trails!
For me, this song is all about the instrumental at the end
Why Does Love Got to be So Sad is almost as iconic as Layla. The whole album was great, but that one and Bell Bottom Blues would make good reactions, I think.
One of those albums where u don’t skip any songs
Derek and The Dominoes was a band made up of Eric Clapton, guitar and vocals, Bobby Whitlock on piano and vocals, Carl Radle on bass and Jim Gordon on drums. Also playing guitar and slide guitar was Duane Allman, a master player, who was a member of The Allman Brothers Band.
From wikipedia
Patricia Anne Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female look of the era. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966 and experienced the height of the Beatles' popularity as well as sharing in their embrace of Indian spirituality. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979; they divorced in 1989. Boyd inspired Harrison's songs "If I Needed Someone", "Something" and "For You Blue", and Clapton's songs "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Wonderful Tonight".
Eric Clapton is singing and playing guitar he wrote this song about Patti Boyd George Harrison's wife who he was in love with and married her after she divorced George Harrison
Also on this album you'll enjoy "Key to the Highway" --awesome slow blues with stellar guitar work by Clapton and Allman.
Slowhand, Eric Clapton. On vocals
Saw Clapton several times live in 80's
He came out w just a folding chair,guitar and one spotlight,sang the song acousticly
10,000 people were completely silent the entire song
Simply Clapton is a rock god
Check out Clapton singing After Midnight. There's two versions of it that are very different and over a decade apart but both are great.
Check out the original by JJ Cale. Very different from Clapton’s cover. Clapton’s Cocaine was also written by JJ Cale. Clapton’s cove of that song is almost a note for note version. JJ Cale was awesome…which is why Clapton covered his songs.
This song is the ringtone on my phone, has been for years! If someone else hears my phone ring they usually say "I love that song!" One of my favorites by my absolute favorite guitarist.
This song is about Patti Boyd, who had MANY songs written about her or inspired by her including “Wonderful Tonight” and “ Something”. All three of these songs are iconic rock hits. She was married to both George Harrison and Eric Clapton. An interesting rabbit hole all by itself.
Bobby Whitlock is singing the backup chorus line ..He is still alive and well and he and his wife COCO have a channel on youtube ..The pictures of the band members Carl Radle Jim Gordon and Bobby and Duane Allman played on this also
He was also in The Yardbirds and Cream. Sad, when his young son fell off of a balcony and died :( RIP Little dude.
His Tears from heaven Is one of my favorite songs
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@@User_vfjp_927_baltimore_sc I had this song played at my son's funeral it was one of his favorite songs.
He was also in a short lived band called Blind Faith
@@davidhattman7649 I know thankful I had mine a while longer
When I lived in South Florida I went to the studio where he recorded this and they still had the piano that they used for the outro of the song...I got to play it! Super cool moment.
clapton is killer in concert ,,,, seen the after midnight tour back in the 80's phil collins was playing the drums,,, robert cray opened up "the heat of a smoking gun " was his tour
Jim Gordon (drummer) also wrote Layla and Bell Bottom Blues, and Harrison was never on the Layla album. He did a jam with them on Tell The Truth, which is on the History of EC record, and I think he also was on the alternate version on the same record, which is back to back. And don't forget that Duane Allman from The ALlman Brothers is the other guitarist and slide player on Layla.
Clapton wrote, played lead guitar and sang. It was (quietly) meant for George Harrison’s wife, who Clapton loved, later marrying and divorcing. Slide guitar was by the soon to be late Dwayne Allman (Greg’s brother., he dying in a motorcycle accident. The entire album is wonderful.
Lots to love here. The Song is best enjoyed when you listened to the entire double album. Slap on the headphones, lights out, lay back, listen. Duane Allman and Clapton share duties. Most of the slide guitar you hear is Allman.
Clapton's relationship with Allman is a pretty interesting story. Matter of fact, a great book would be an analysis of Clapton's relationship/friendships with George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Winwood, and Duane Allman. All great players, all had an interesting role in Clapton's life.
As for more of Clapton's music: it starts with the Yardbirds, then I would jump to Cream...plenty of great Cream tunes. My favorite is Badge. You can locate Cream's popular songs, but I would go for Deserted Cities of the Heart. Check out Blind Faith, where Clapton hooks up with Steve Winwood. Lastly, Clapton's solo stuff from the mid-70s to late-80s is fantastic. "I Can't Stand It" is terrific.
This entire album is amazing "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", Duane Allman's slide guitar is in every song, try from the same album, "Bell bottom Blues", "Little Wing" tribute to Hendrix, he died while this album was recorded.
Eric Clapton is Derek and the Dominos (with band and backing obviously) as others have said it's about George Harrison's wife who Eric had fallen in love with. Big rabbit hole with Clapton, you need to listen/react to some Cream (only 3 members) but you'd swear there was around 10 of them.
I respectfully disagree. They were all premier musicians of their time. In particular Duane Allman and Dave Mason contributions. It was a group effort
Clapton said an interviewer showed him a picture in Rolling Stone where someone spray painted "Clapton is God" on a wall, this guy was walking his dog, and the dog was taking a piss on it. Clapton said, that sums it up about right... Hahaha, Love that about him!
awesome analysis and reaction bro.... definitely one of the best songs ever
Dwayne Allman was the guitarist that did the most work on this track. NOT Eric Clapton. Dwayne was one of Eric's favorite guitarists and it is why he started a band with him.
Actually the band had already been started and both Duane and Eric admired each others work. So when Eric and the newly formed Derek & the Dominos were recording this album in Florida, The Producer of the Album (Tom Dowd) who also produced the Allman Brothers 2nd album knew that the Allman Brothers were playing a concert in town and so off the band went to hear them. Needless to say after the concert Eric invited the band back to the studio to jam and that is when Eric ask Duane to play on the Album
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No mention of the fabulous Duane Allman on slide!! That ethereal “weeping/crying” slide during the Coda completes the song! If you know the backstory, Clapton’s longing, aching, love for Patti Boyd Harrison, it really hits home! Much of the theme of this all time great is about Eric’s love for Patti. (Hence the “Other Assorted Love Songs”) You must hear the rest of this fine work! Then, go down the Duane Allman road with The Allman Brothers Band!
My mom named me after Eric Clapton because I was kicking in her womb while she was at a Derrick and the Dominoes concert back in 71...
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This song is inspired about Eric's friend George Harrison's ex wife, George of course from The Beatles. But anyway Eric ended up marrying her, Patty Boyd. Eric and George remained friends. 🤔🤗😎
Eric Clapton singing and playing guitar, and he wrote the song. About George Harrison's wife, Patti Boyd, with whom he was infatuated. She eventually left George for Eric, and he wrote You Look Wonderful Tonight about her, as well. Clapton is THE guitar god. His acoustic version of this song from MTV's Unplugged is amazing. As a teen he fell in love with American blues music, and it has been a heavy influence on all his music. Huge catalog, with Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, and tons of solo work.
The Persian love story of Layla and Majnun is reflected in Clapton's lyrics about his love for Pattie Boyd. A favorite of mine since the 1970s
This is what happens when you have two of the best rock guitarists ever playing on the same song Duane Allman an amazing slide guitarist and Eric Clapton a guitar legend
Eric Clapton is still touring. Now you’re getting in to my style of music.
They all studied blues music of muddy waters, Robert Johnson, tbone walker, bb king and other black artist and put their own spin on it. Duane was a studio musician in Macon Georgia. So yeah they've got soul.
Its fate! I just heard the long version yesterday. Eric Clapton is Derek of Derek and the Dominoes. He wanted to do something different so he did this.. The song is about a married women he was in love with.
Gotta love Duane Allman and his slide work on this song/album!!
Eric Clapton was the first concert I ever attended, in 1977 I think. This was right after the release of his Slow Hand album. My favorite from that album, though rarely heard on the radio, is The Core!!!
Most people don't realize it but this album has many roots in the South and was recorded at the legendary Criterion Studios in Miami.. Bobby Whitlock, from Memphis, met Eric and Duane in the studio at Muscle Shoals AL, and then when Eric temporarily joined up with Delaney, Bonnie and friends, a band from Mississippi, on tour of which Bobby was the keyboard player. When the tour was over, Bobby went with Eric to Eric's mansion in Surrey, England. There, the two of them wrote all the songs on this album, with Eric insisting on him getting one more song on this album than Bobby. One of Bobby's best songs on this album is "Anyday", been covered by several bands over the years including Derek Trucks, speaking of the South. That's Bobby singing on the original. Eric met Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett in Muscle Shoals, AL in a studio.
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Eric Clapton (Slowhand) is singing and playing lead guitar. Duane Allman (Skydog) is playing the slide guitar. Bobby Whitlock is singing background and he probably taught Eric how to sing soulfully.
That outro is legendary, just legendary...
You'll have to also check out his MTV Unplugged (acoustic) version of this song. Both versions of the song are very different, but BOTH are awesome.
Eric is singing lead. As has already been mentioned Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers band is playing the second lead guitar. That's him doing slide.
Eric Clapton and Duane Allman were each other's biggest fans. There are several other songs on the album with Eric and Duane jamming along.
If you haven't already, check out the Allman Brothers band. Their live Fillmore East album is awesome in the extreme and in the Library of Congress. Check out Tied To The Whipping Post from that album and Soulshine from the Where It All Begins album.
Also, I'd highly recommend checking out Humble Pie's 1973 performance of Black Coffee at The Old Grey Whistle Test studio.
Love Eric Clapton! Saw him in concert about 10ish years ago at Chastain Park.
Nights in White Satin, Child in Time, Layla. These are rock masterpieces. There are others, most anything by Yes.
I have very fond memories of this album. Check out the song on this album called "Any day." It's one of my personal faves.
There's also an acoustic version of this song that Eric does and it's amazing.
It's almost like a different song. I love both
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Fact is i dont really listen or like rock but there are some songs like this that i actually enjoy
Eric was a superstar after Cream and wanted to draw back a little so he form Derek and the Dominos. At first, no one knew who was in the band.
This song always reminds me of Goodfellas!
if youre a fan of the movie goodfellas @4:02 this is the part of the song they start playing in the movie when they start finding all the dead mobsters after they started making mistakes after the big heist.
When I lived in NYC, I would play the "piano exit" section as I drove around looking for dead mobsters.
Three of the greatest love songs ever made were recorded were written for the same woman, Pattie Boyd. George Harrison, "Something" and Erick Clapton," Layla". Clapton also wrote, "Wonderful Tonight" for Boyd.None other than Frank Sinatra ( the King of love songs) said Layla was one of the greatest love songs of all time, and loved to perform it-always introducing it as such and thanking George.
I do think you mean to say it was the song Something that Frank said that about 😉
@@Jonni1027 OMG. Don't know how I messed that up. Thanks for the correction.
Duane Allman was also in the band from the Allman Brothers he's the one playing the slide guitar on this song
Little Wing, Bell Bottom Blues and the single version (a different version is on the album) are three others from this line up featuring Duane Allman on slide guitar not George Harrison. However the song is about Harrison's wife
Saw him in concert when he was in Cream. Ginger Baker . . . wow.
Eric is the one singing and duane Allman wrote the opening riff. Duane played the slide on this song.
Eric Clapton sings. He's got a huge history of songs & bands that he was in . Like " CREAM " for one . He also played with many musicians . He also played with Hendrix , Santana , B. B. King , Freddy King , Albert King , SRV just to name a few. But if you really want to experience him , look for him playing LIVE . It's said that this is the ultimate love song.
Got to see Eric when I was about 17 and that was about 45 yrs ago and he just keeps getting better.
Eric Clapton on vocals and lead guitar, Duane Allman on slide guitar
eric clapton lead vocals
Clapton is God !
I recommend : " Eyesight To The Blind / Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad " from the live album " Crossroasds 2 ".
24 minutes of Eric Clapton playing with Carlos Santana. A-MA-ZING !!! ;)
Anybody else always recite the Goodfellas narration during the long solo? Or is it just me?
“Jimmy was cutting all ties between himself and Lufthansa, but it had nothing to do with me….”
Lol
Clapton was also in the band Cream. If you never reacted to them they are worth the time :)
''Let's hear why this song is so great..'' /starts song '' Oh!''