Angela, this song was written by Eric Clapton and Eric sang lead, He fell in love with George Harrison's wife Patty Boyd Harrison, After George and Patti's marriage failed, Eric did marry her but were divorced not long after. Sad story The amazing slide guitar was played by the late great Dwane Allman.
This wasn't the only song he wrote about Patti. In 1984, he wrote what was to be the title track to his 1985 album Behind The Sun about the demise of his marriage. He recorded it at the house of his close friend and producer of most of the album, Phil Collins, who also played a little synth on it for background mood.
FYI : watch the Beatles movie “ A Hard Days Night” and you’ll see closeup the real Layla - Patti Boyd young girl on the train scenes who would later marry George Harrison and the rest is history
Eric Clapton was originally part of the Yardbirds, during the British Invasion of the sixties. After that he was in Cream, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith, and this one, Derek and the Dominos. The slide guitar here is Duane Allman, a guest on this album. This was an extremely popular song and Clapton's signature song, arguably. It was written by him and the band's drummer.
Well, not quite. According to Bobby Whitlock, Rita Coolidge wrote the second half, called "Time," which her sister, Priscilla, ended up recording in '72-'73. She happened to be dating crazy Jim Gordon when she wrote it, but he played it on the piano at some point during the Layla sessions, which Clapton heard, and it was later appended to the end of Clapton's Layla, with Whitlock adding some overdubbed keys. Gordon ended up having a psychotic episode years later while he was living with his 72 year old mother, and he ended up murdering her with a hammer and a butcher knife. He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, and is still in prison for the murder to this day.
@@richarddefortuna2252 Your information source is different than mine. Sometimes there's more than one account of things like this, so what you say is certainly possible, no question. The only account I knew of was the one I mentioned. It's still a great song, though.
@@charlesf2804 I meant no disrespect toward you with my reply. I've just always been amazed at the background since I first heard it during an interview with Bobby Whitlock and then hunted down a recording of "Time." Gordon was a great drummer - not my favorite stylistically, but he was a great drummer - but he was also insane. I don't know if he was born with mental issues, or if it was the result of drug abuse, but he was straight-up insane.
@@richarddefortuna2252 No offense taken, I simply hadn't heard that account, but had to acknowledge that it could be correct and the one I'd read is wrong. This isn't the only song that I've seen different (sometimes conflicting) accounts on. What that says is be careful regarding how much to believe when I hear/read details about a song. Yours has real detail, and assuming Whitlock's account is correct (likely the case), then that's the one I think I'll go with. And be careful what I read online while I'm at it.
Years ago I was sleeping and I could hear this song playing on a FM station. When it got to to the slower portion it was like the most beautiful thing I ever heard
@@CharlesPhillips-no3sz - we'll agree to disagree. While talented I wouldn't put Queen anywhere near the musicianship that was in D&TDs. Two of the greatest rock guitar players in history along with very capable musicians on the other instruments, some of the best at that time. I would also put the live version of "Crossroads" by Cream ahead of anything you have posted as well, particularly since I wasn't a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, and the Eagles went downhill after the departure of Bernie Leadon and breaking away from their country rock roots.
Layla and Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) were MEGA hits of early 70s, played on radio for YEARS after their first release. Eric Clapton wrote the song because he was in love with another man's wife. That man was his best friend, George Harrison of the Beatles.
Stairway cannot compare to Layla in a million years. There is something like one or two leads, two slides, a dobro, acoustic, congas, drums, piano, organ, bass. Even Page will tell you that if you meet him.
Derek and the Dominos were a short lived super group. Eric Clapton on guitar, Duane Allman - of the Allan Brothers on slide guitar, Jim Gordon on Drums, Bobby Whitlock on piano and background vocals, Karl Radle on Base guitar. The song is about Eric’s unrequited love for Patti Harrison, his best friend - George Harrison of the Beatles - wife.
Clapton was in Derek and the dominoes as well as Cream, Blind Faith, The Yardbirds, John Mayall and the Blues Breakers. The slide guitar on this song is played by Duane Allman however.
@@Hexon66 Some definitions of "grandiose" 1) Bigger or more elaborate than necessary 2) Affectedly grand or important, pompous 3) Characterized by affectation of grandeur, or by absurd exaggeration I'll go with epic and legendary.
I frigging love a new generation listening to the music I did when I was 16. Me, finding her review, is uplifting. So all you children trying to out word each other, Grow Up!
There is an acoustic version of "Layla" released in 1992 that was broadcast on MTV that was called "Eric Clapton Unplugged". It is a much slower version and it may be the one that you heard.
Eric Clapton and Duane Allman wailing on guitars and slide guitar, Epic is the only word to describe it. "Derek" is really Eric Clapton but this was not his first band. The voice sound you mentioned is slide guitar by Duane Allman at the end of the song 🔥
Duane Allman is so good, at the end his slide guitar actually screams "Layla, Layla". At several points in the song Duane and Eric are literally playing notes off the end of the fret board, Eric by bending and Duane with the slide. Sometimes together, others playing counterpoints. Two masters making a masterpiece. One gets the feeling that Clapton's part is playing the love he feels for her, and Duane's part is the torment of the unrequited. Beauty.
I am sooo glad that you did the studio version of Layla 1st that had the iconic piano at the end. Now You can move on to the acoustic version which is great.
@@DerekDominoes I totally agree. To me, the *whole point* of the song is its anguish. I'm not a big fan of Clapton's guitar playing, and I like to say when I'm feeling fighty that his vocal on Layla is the best thing he ever did. He really sounds like a man at the end of his tether. The acoustic version takes all the tension and desperation out of the song, not to mention Duane Allman's electrifying guitar work.
Duane Allman was not really known for emotional playing when Layla was recorded. His studio work done mostly at Muscle Shoals Studios, was rhythm & blues, pop-rock mostly, but he sure pulled off some of the prettiest slide work ever!!! Clapton really liked what Duane had done in the studio, and the 1969 ~ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND~ album impressed him. The rest is as they say,, ~history~! I was so very fortunate to meet Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager of the Allman Bros. in 1977 while I was doing an interview with the ~Dixie Dregs Band~ before a show. Twiggs was their road manager now (the Allman Bros. disbanded!). He invited myself and my photographer/friend Bob Towler into his private road van. I nearly died of shock,,,,,, when after we all got inside his van, he told me to open up a black coffin-case next to my seat, and I did! Inside was a beautiful ~1959 cherry sunburst Les Paul~ ,, Twiggs told me to take it from the case, which I did, and tells me: "You're holding DUANE ALLMANS '59 SUNBURST LES PAUL"!!! As I said, I nearly had cardiac-arrest! Lol! Greg Allman had given the guitar to Twiggs for his hard work & dedication to the band, and for serving jail-time for accidentally killing a bar owner who refused to pay the band for playing that night at his bar! Greg demanded that NOBODY play on the original frets, and so, Twiggs removed & replaced them! On the back of the guitar Twiggs used some of the original frets to spell: ~Duane~ ! He let me play it for around 20 beautiful minutes, and because the band was about ready to get on stage, I asked Twiggs quickly, if he could arrange an interview with my hero,, Dickey Betts (guitarist of the Allman Brothers!). Twiggs graciously told me to contact Bett's then manager, Johnny Podell with "B.M.F. PRODUCTIONS" in Manhattan, N.Y. and after shaking hands with Bob and I, he sped off. Sadly, Twiggs Lyndon died in a sky-diving accident in 1979, in a town in upstate New York called of all names,,,, "Duanesville" !!!
For years, I only knew the vocal first part of Layla. I then heard the coda when it played in the movie Goodfellas, but didn´t know it was the same song. The night before my 17th birthday, my friends had a birthday party for someone else at a big house out in the country (bizarrely, owned by one of my teachers). To my surprise, at midnight they confessed it wasn´t the other person´s birthday at all, but rather a party for me. That night, I heard the whole song, put two and two together, and pretty much had the same face you do for the whole reaction. As everyone else drifted off to sleep, I played the song on a loop until sunrise. A very special night, and a song I´ve loved ever since. I highly recommend two other songs off this album: "Bell Bottom Blues", also sung by Clapton, and the heartbreaking "Thorn Tree in the Garden", sung by Bobby Whitlock. Duane Allman´s contribution to Southern Rock, and even R&B, is immense. You have to hear Wilson Pickett´s cover of "Hey Jude", which was arranged by Allman. Spectacular.
I would also recommend Duane’s work with his brother Gregg in the early days of The Allman Brothers Band… and a lot of The Allmans’ stuff after Duane’s tragic accident.
This one always gives me chills. We had the radio blasting with this song playing in a chevy corvar. Hit gravel and rolled in the air 4 times down a mountian, hit a tree and landed all 4 wheels in a creek, and this song was still playing. The year was 1973.
“Layla” was a song Clapton wrote, with Dominos drummer Jim Gordon, about his forbidden love for the wife of his close friend George Harrison (she eventually became Clapton's wife). The song was inspired by Clapton's reading of the classic Persian unrequited love story, the epic poem Layla and Manjun.
@@TheMichaelseymour Layla......the piano part for the ending .....Jim Gordon was Rita Coolidge's boyfriend at the time of the recording and Rita had a piano theme she had written and Jim Gordon....."borrowed" it after hearing her play it and passed it off as his own when recording it on Layla
I´ve always felt that, in the coda, the relatively cheerful piano part represents an imagining of the love they could share together, and how wonderful that could be, while the weeping guitar represents the pain of the almost total certainty that it will never be (although, in real life, it did happen in the end).
Eric Clapton was in several bands before. The Yardbirds. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Cream. Blind Faith... And then... he assembled this group of people, not for a long time but to do THIS album to kickstart his solo career. It was a onetime thing. So it was called Derek and the Dominoes. After this, these people had other things of their own to do and it was just Eric Clapton and other musicians. About the same time, he also played support for "Delaney and Bonnie" for awhile. Bramlett was their last name.
Eric was aware of Duane Allman's talent, and subsequently jammed with him and asked Duane to play a track or two on the album. During the first song they worked on, an immediate kinship was formed between the two. Slide guitar on this song is all Duane
I’m a 68 year old man, and literally old enough to be Angela’s grandfather. I’m not even sure how her reactions turned up on my feed, but I’ve seen a handful of them. I just want to say as a casual observer that Angela has intelligence and insight. She also seems to have a beautiful spirit.
I agree, I’m 72 and don’t know how this turned up on my You Tube search, but I definitely enjoyed Angela’s reactions. I watched her do some Carpenter Songs and Bee Gees too. It’s great to see young people enjoying the music of my youth. I still listen to those songs. I hit the subscribe button because I really enjoyed Angela’s reactions and want to see more!
I love how much you appreciated this song. The whole album is fantastic. If you doubt me, just listen to “Key to the Highway” and try not to listen to all the rest.
From my perspective, "Have You Ever Loved a Woman", is far more autobiographical, cutting right to the very heart & soul of Layla; ua-cam.com/video/HhObJK26vhQ/v-deo.html Have You Ever Loved a Woman Have you ever loved a woman So much that you tremble in pain? Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? And all the time you know She bears another man's name But you just, woman So much it's a shame and a sin You just So much it's a shame and a sin? And all the time you know She belongs to my imaginary friend So much And you know you can't leave her alone? You just love a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Something deep inside of you Won't let you wreck best friend's home
@@hollybeat6901 I have to disagree with crediting Duane Allman with pushing Eric Clapton to 'stardom' (to paraphrase). He was playing with the Yardbirds in 1963 and Cream by 1966. Both had huge hits and everyone already knew who Eric Clapton was long before Duane Allman made it big. The Allman Brothers didn't start up until 1969. By that time 'we, that had been listening to Rock music since the 50's' all knew and revered Eric Clapton. Having said that, it is in no way meant to indicate that Duane Allman was not a great guitarist. He contributed to many great artists and was a session player before, and during, his time with the Allman Brothers. I only meant that Eric Clapton needed no help from Duane Allman to reach any heights - he was already there.
When I first heard this song, me and a friend was hitchiking to Atlanta.....got a ride in a van * what else*...the driver played it over and over....stopped in Macon...got high and continued north.
The guitar work on this is a collaboration between between Clapton and the unequaled Duane Allman on that gorgeous slide work. Duane came up with the lick and obviously killed it!
Yep, this was Eric Clapton singing and did play tha main guitar work, especially in the beginning. Oops UPDATE: And that was Duane Allman playing the slide guitar as well (AND I Love You AND your reactions👈👀🌹) !!! I suspect that, if you're talking about the high guitar work in the background in 2nd half of the song, right after the bridge and transition to the slower part, you might be talking about Duane Allman, a MASTER slide guitarist that changed the boundaries of slide guitars forever. Both are really, REALLY good at their craft, but that sweeet, sweet sliding sound you were hearing was definitely Duane, a guest musician on the song and 1/2 of The Allman Brothers Band (Gregg Allman being the other Allman brother in THAT band). You NEED to react to them as well. You will love songs such as Whipping Post, Mellissa, Ramblin' Man, Jessica and One Way Out. There are a ton more out there, and if you decide to go down that rabbit hole, just ask and PLENTY of people will offer up a slew of 'em for you. He formed Derek & The Dominos after leaving Cream and Blind Faith (more recent before D&TD) because his friends had been urging him to be a main signer ALL the time, and he wasn't sure of himself. So, he formed that band to "test the waters", so to speak figuring, since it didn't have his name in the title, if it bombed, no one would notice, and he would be spared the ridicule and embarrassment. However, this was his most famous song EVER !!! I like the slower version, but it depresses me because, like you now know, it is such a larger song. However, the newer version came out when the big "unplugged" craze took off, and it coincided to a time when he was getting near the end of his wild and loud days, as well as when he was thinking on hanging it up, due to his finding it more difficult to play, at least fast. Even more recently, he has revealed that he is suffering incurable damage to his nervous system, which has left him struggling to play his guitar (at all). We still love him for what he's done and pray for him, and for his future in general.
One of the longest "out-tros" in Rock history. Derek and the Dominos is not so much a "band" but a conglomeration of people who are a who's who of Rock at the time. It was recorded at Criterion Studios - Miami Beach, in late August and early to mid September - 1970. (Derek and The Dominoes was - in fact- a band consisting of Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon, - - - but these recording sessions were soooo much more) Clapton was not opposed to sharing the spotlight. On this cut (next to last cut on the album) he shares leads on guitar with Duane Allman, and the piano work is Bobby Whitlock (organ - piano and vocals) and Jim Gordon (who also plays drums here). On the 20th anniversary of the release of "Layla and other Love Songs" a 3 disc set was released. It contained the original album (disc 1) - some alternate masters of several of the album cuts (disc 2) - and a series of "jams" ranging in length from 12 minutes to 20 minutes in length (disc 3). "Jam IV" is 12:21 of Clapton, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts (all guitars) Bobby Whitlock on organ, Greg Allman on piano, Berry Oakley on bass and Butch trucks on drums --- and is some amazing listening. On his "Unplugged" album he does an acoustic version of LAYLA that is also a very popular rendition.
The key changes of the song in the verse , 2 , if i'm not mistaken, a 3rd below , and back to the tonic key , are so epic. Rock cycle. Damn Eric Clapton's talent. So fire rock song.
You are freaking gorgeous and it's lovely to see you smiling and enjoying yourself to the beat off some of the classics that I grew up with..... My very first time watching you congratulations and I will definitely be watching you again
You're right .this is one of the bands he was in. The lead guitar was shared between Eric Clapton on regular lead guitar and the late Duane Allman on slide guitar. Epic is the right adjective for this song/ masterpiece
I so much love this song. When Eric played this live, the guy playing most of the "Layla" riff was sometimes Andy Fairweather Low, lead singer from the 60s band Amen Corner.
One of the Greatest love songs of all time. Eric fell in love with Patti Boyd , George Harrison’s (Beatles) wife. George wrote the song Something about her. Then years later when she was married to Eric. He wrote Wonderful tonight. About here. A Muse for sure. That’s also a 23 y/o Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)playing the slide guitar on Layla. You should do a video on all three songs.
Angela, I grew up with this song and it still brings be to tears. Loved watching your face as you listened to the smooth sounds of head singer and guitarist, Eric Clapton and friends. I am a child of the 70s and delighted to see young people still loving my generations music. And yes, it is epic. Hugs girl, following!
He was in the Yardbirds that became Led Zeppelin, and he was in the Band Cream & Derrick and the Dominos was a series of Studio Sessions with some select Players like Jim Gordon the Drummer, not really a Band but gave it the name Derrick & the Dominos. he was considered one of the Greatest Guitarist, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck ,Jimi Hendrix & Eric Clapton.
This song was written, sung and preformed by a man who was hopelessly and head over heels in love. I think everyone can agree with that after that performance. Angela, you are young lady, but you have an old soul.
This has happened so many times when the Masters have gotten together. They Jam, many of them after years of making it big build their own recording studios in their own homes. Again the Masters get together they Jam and they end up in their Studios and this is what we here today. From the Deep South front porches on a Sunday afternoon after dinner the way up in the northeast surrounding Woodstock area many homes full of the Masters where they all just get together and jam. And eventually they end up in a studio.
I just saw the most amazing reaction to any reaction video hear!!! We can actually see the look in your eyes as you get turned on to this masterpiece! Thank you for that. I wish I could listen to this song for the first time and experience that moment again. Bravo
He was in Cream in the 1960s with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Two of their best known songs were Sunshine of Your Love and White Room. Clapton is known as one of the best guitarists in Rock.
When I was a kid growing up in New York, Layla was always one of the top 5 most popular songs of listeners to the major rock radio stations, who did a 100 all-time top songs countdown each summer. Stairway to Heaven almost always was No 1 with Layla and Free Bird often vying for second place or thereabouts.
Angela, this song has one of my favorite outros of all time. Another one with a great outro is Grand Funk Railroad's "Closer to Home". Give that one a listen sometime!
The first time I had ever heard this song was at the end of Goodfellas. I thought it was written just for the movie but I had no clue about the history or anything along those lines with the song. Very very interesting. Whenever I hear it, I still think of Goodfellas.
Hi Angela... 4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song. “TIME HAS COME TODAY“- The Chambers Brothers - Album Long version, then Live. PLEASE and Thank You
The amount of talent playing in this song is ridiculous.
Remember this was used in goodfellas murder montage and end credits.
Angela, this song was written by Eric Clapton and Eric sang lead, He fell in love with George Harrison's wife Patty Boyd Harrison, After George and Patti's marriage failed, Eric did marry her but were divorced not long after. Sad story The amazing slide guitar was played by the late great Dwane Allman.
Duane Allman also created the Guitar riff, one of the most iconic in the history of Rock and Roll
This wasn't the only song he wrote about Patti. In 1984, he wrote what was to be the title track to his 1985 album Behind The Sun about the demise of his marriage. He recorded it at the house of his close friend and producer of most of the album, Phil Collins, who also played a little synth on it for background mood.
They were still friends later, and called eachother Husbands-in-law.
@@aleclewis9123 actually i think patty has around 6 or 7 songs written about her between her husband's
FYI : watch the Beatles movie “ A Hard Days Night” and you’ll see closeup the real Layla - Patti Boyd young girl on the train scenes who would later marry George Harrison and the rest is history
When Duane Allman invents the perfect riff for your song about you stealing a woman from a Beatle. Insane 70's.
Eric Clapton was originally part of the Yardbirds, during the British Invasion of the sixties. After that he was in Cream, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith, and this one, Derek and the Dominos. The slide guitar here is Duane Allman, a guest on this album. This was an extremely popular song and Clapton's signature song, arguably. It was written by him and the band's drummer.
Well, not quite. According to Bobby Whitlock, Rita Coolidge wrote the second half, called "Time," which her sister, Priscilla, ended up recording in '72-'73. She happened to be dating crazy Jim Gordon when she wrote it, but he played it on the piano at some point during the Layla sessions, which Clapton heard, and it was later appended to the end of Clapton's Layla, with Whitlock adding some overdubbed keys. Gordon ended up having a psychotic episode years later while he was living with his 72 year old mother, and he ended up murdering her with a hammer and a butcher knife. He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, and is still in prison for the murder to this day.
@@richarddefortuna2252 Your information source is different than mine. Sometimes there's more than one account of things like this, so what you say is certainly possible, no question. The only account I knew of was the one I mentioned. It's still a great song, though.
@@richarddefortuna2252 Oh my god!!
@@charlesf2804 I meant no disrespect toward you with my reply. I've just always been amazed at the background since I first heard it during an interview with Bobby Whitlock and then hunted down a recording of "Time." Gordon was a great drummer - not my favorite stylistically, but he was a great drummer - but he was also insane. I don't know if he was born with mental issues, or if it was the result of drug abuse, but he was straight-up insane.
@@richarddefortuna2252 No offense taken, I simply hadn't heard that account, but had to acknowledge that it could be correct and the one I'd read is wrong. This isn't the only song that I've seen different (sometimes conflicting) accounts on. What that says is be careful regarding how much to believe when I hear/read details about a song. Yours has real detail, and assuming Whitlock's account is correct (likely the case), then that's the one I think I'll go with. And be careful what I read online while I'm at it.
Years ago I was sleeping and I could hear this song playing on a FM station. When it got to to the slower portion it was like the most beautiful thing I ever heard
The lead singer of this group is Eric Clapton this is before Eric Clapton became a solostar.
I feel it is the greatest rock song ever. Perfect combination of musicians, with two of the best guitarists ever on lead and slide guitars. Amazing.
@@CharlesPhillips-no3sz - we'll agree to disagree. While talented I wouldn't put Queen anywhere near the musicianship that was in D&TDs. Two of the greatest rock guitar players in history along with very capable musicians on the other instruments, some of the best at that time. I would also put the live version of "Crossroads" by Cream ahead of anything you have posted as well, particularly since I wasn't a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, and the Eagles went downhill after the departure of Bernie Leadon and breaking away from their country rock roots.
That Guitar is Duane Allman
The guitar riff on this song is just rammed down your throat to endless perfection.
Layla and Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) were MEGA hits of early 70s, played on radio for YEARS after their first release. Eric Clapton wrote the song because he was in love with another man's wife. That man was his best friend, George Harrison of the Beatles.
And the woman was: Model Pattie Boyd. Just so she knows who you are talking about. :D
@@daletwin1 The same woman that "Something" by the Beatles was about
@@otisyoung7061 exactly. :D And she is in the official video of that song and in the movie" A Hard Day's Night". As I am sure you know.
Stairway cannot compare to Layla in a million years. There is something like one or two leads, two slides, a dobro, acoustic, congas, drums, piano, organ, bass. Even Page will tell you that if you meet him.
This song saved my life. When I came back from Vietnam I was totally fucked up but I listened to Layla 10,000 times and it was not so bad.
Best love song ever!
RIP D.A. THANK YOU☮️🎸🎶. E. C. On guitar with DUANE ALLMAN ON SLIDE GUITAR..THE BEST🎸
Derek and the Dominos were a short lived super group. Eric Clapton on guitar, Duane Allman - of the Allan Brothers on slide guitar, Jim Gordon on Drums, Bobby Whitlock on piano and background vocals, Karl Radle on Base guitar. The song is about Eric’s unrequited love for Patti Harrison, his best friend - George Harrison of the Beatles - wife.
I was hoping somebody would have mentioned Duane
I wouldn't say his love was "unrequited". It was when he wrote the song but she divorced Harrison and married Clapton in '77.
Of the Allman Brothers not Allan Brothers for clarity.
This is the most beautiful song ever written.
Clapton was in Derek and the dominoes as well as Cream, Blind Faith, The Yardbirds, John Mayall and the Blues Breakers. The slide guitar on this song is played by Duane Allman however.
... and a short stint with Delaney and Bonnie as I recall.
How could Duane and Eric not be great?
I was a big fan of the Yardbirds as a kid. Raw, but a great band.
Angela, "epic" is a great way to describe this song. I'd also call it legendary, as it's one of the most recognizable tunes in rock history.
'epic' and 'legendary' essentially mean the same thing
@@johnnyjohnny2650 Says the guy who calls himself johnny johnny. It was just for emphasis.
Grandiose is the best word for it.
@@Hexon66 Some definitions of "grandiose"
1) Bigger or more elaborate than necessary
2) Affectedly grand or important, pompous
3) Characterized by affectation of grandeur, or by absurd exaggeration
I'll go with epic and legendary.
I frigging love a new generation listening to the music I did when I was 16. Me, finding her review, is uplifting. So all you children trying to out word each other, Grow Up!
It was Duanne Allman on the slide guitar that the high crying sound came from a intense masterpiece.
There is an acoustic version of "Layla" released in 1992 that was broadcast on MTV that was called "Eric Clapton Unplugged". It is a much slower version and it may be the one that you heard.
This is my favorite version of Layla, but I loved the unplugged version as much
God i wish it was 1971 again, all the dead would be restored, all praise to our Lord!
Eric Clapton and Duane Allman wailing on guitars and slide guitar, Epic is the only word to describe it. "Derek" is really Eric Clapton but this was not his first band. The voice sound you mentioned is slide guitar by Duane Allman at the end of the song 🔥
Well Derek is actually a combination of Duane and Eric, of course being Duane Allman and Eric Clapton!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 Nope!
Gotta be absolutely one of your BEST reactions ever!!! 🎶🔥
Yes you are correct. The original studio version with Eric. Then he did the slow "Unplugged" version you are probably talking about.
Epic is right, nice call. The late great Duane Allman on slide guitar. what a fun era of music. RIP Duane.
One of my Top Ten songs. Iconic
A classic that almost everyone was obsessed with! And yes, this was one of Eric’s bands.
My ALL TIME favorite song.
One of those miraculous songs. Like, how does this exist?? I don't know, but I'm sure GLAD it does!
Read up on Patti Boyd, she was the inspiration behind a number of hit songs from this time period, including this one.
Duane Allman is so good, at the end his slide guitar actually screams "Layla, Layla". At several points in the song Duane and Eric are literally playing notes off the end of the fret board, Eric by bending and Duane with the slide. Sometimes together, others playing counterpoints. Two masters making a masterpiece. One gets the feeling that Clapton's part is playing the love he feels for her, and Duane's part is the torment of the unrequited. Beauty.
I am sooo glad that you did the studio version of Layla 1st that had the iconic piano at the end. Now You can move on to the acoustic version which is great.
This original version is superior in every way to the slow acoustic version. IMO of course.
@@DerekDominoes I totally agree. To me, the *whole point* of the song is its anguish. I'm not a big fan of Clapton's guitar playing, and I like to say when I'm feeling fighty that his vocal on Layla is the best thing he ever did. He really sounds like a man at the end of his tether. The acoustic version takes all the tension and desperation out of the song, not to mention Duane Allman's electrifying guitar work.
I think when she said she had heard another version of this song, she was talking about the acoustic version.
Duane Allman was not really known for emotional playing when Layla was recorded. His studio work done mostly at Muscle Shoals Studios, was rhythm & blues, pop-rock mostly, but he sure pulled off some of the prettiest slide work ever!!! Clapton really liked what Duane had done in the studio, and the 1969 ~ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND~ album impressed him. The rest is as they say,, ~history~!
I was so very fortunate to meet Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager of the Allman Bros. in 1977 while I was doing
an interview with the ~Dixie Dregs Band~ before a show. Twiggs was their road manager now (the Allman Bros. disbanded!). He invited myself and my photographer/friend Bob Towler into his private road van.
I nearly died of shock,,,,,, when after we all got inside his van, he told me to open up a black coffin-case
next to my seat, and I did! Inside was a beautiful ~1959 cherry sunburst Les Paul~ ,, Twiggs told me to take it from the case, which I did, and tells me: "You're holding DUANE ALLMANS '59 SUNBURST LES PAUL"!!!
As I said, I nearly had cardiac-arrest! Lol! Greg Allman had given the guitar to Twiggs for his hard work & dedication to the band, and for serving jail-time for accidentally killing a bar owner who refused to pay the band for playing that night at his bar!
Greg demanded that NOBODY play on the original frets, and so, Twiggs removed & replaced them! On the back of the guitar Twiggs used some of the original frets to spell: ~Duane~ ! He let me play it for around 20 beautiful minutes, and because the band was about ready to get on stage, I asked Twiggs quickly, if he could arrange an interview with my hero,, Dickey Betts (guitarist of the Allman Brothers!).
Twiggs graciously told me to contact Bett's then manager, Johnny Podell with "B.M.F. PRODUCTIONS" in Manhattan, N.Y. and after shaking hands with Bob and I, he sped off. Sadly, Twiggs Lyndon died in a sky-diving
accident in 1979, in a town in upstate New York called of all names,,,, "Duanesville" !!!
Erick is Derick.
He was also in Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blinnd Faith.
For years, I only knew the vocal first part of Layla. I then heard the coda when it played in the movie Goodfellas, but didn´t know it was the same song. The night before my 17th birthday, my friends had a birthday party for someone else at a big house out in the country (bizarrely, owned by one of my teachers). To my surprise, at midnight they confessed it wasn´t the other person´s birthday at all, but rather a party for me. That night, I heard the whole song, put two and two together, and pretty much had the same face you do for the whole reaction. As everyone else drifted off to sleep, I played the song on a loop until sunrise. A very special night, and a song I´ve loved ever since. I highly recommend two other songs off this album: "Bell Bottom Blues", also sung by Clapton, and the heartbreaking "Thorn Tree in the Garden", sung by Bobby Whitlock. Duane Allman´s contribution to Southern Rock, and even R&B, is immense. You have to hear Wilson Pickett´s cover of "Hey Jude", which was arranged by Allman. Spectacular.
Yes to all of the above 👍
I would also recommend Duane’s work with his brother Gregg in the early days of The Allman Brothers Band… and a lot of The Allmans’ stuff after Duane’s tragic accident.
It still makes me cry 50 years later
This one always gives me chills. We had the radio blasting with this song playing in a chevy corvar. Hit gravel and rolled in the air 4 times down a mountian, hit a tree and landed all 4 wheels in a creek, and this song was still playing. The year was 1973.
“Layla” was a song Clapton wrote, with Dominos drummer Jim Gordon, about his forbidden love for the wife of his close friend George Harrison (she eventually became Clapton's wife). The song was inspired by Clapton's reading of the classic Persian unrequited love story, the epic poem Layla and Manjun.
Jim Gordon stole the piano part from his girlfriend Rita Coolidge and credited himself
@@otisyoung7061 which song?
@@TheMichaelseymour Layla......the piano part for the ending .....Jim Gordon was Rita Coolidge's boyfriend at the time of the recording and Rita had a piano theme she had written and Jim Gordon....."borrowed" it after hearing her play it and passed it off as his own when recording it on Layla
@@otisyoung7061 cheers ,
I´ve always felt that, in the coda, the relatively cheerful piano part represents an imagining of the love they could share together, and how wonderful that could be, while the weeping guitar represents the pain of the almost total certainty that it will never be (although, in real life, it did happen in the end).
Many people thought this was the greatest song of all time. Some still do! 😊
Gotta be Top 10 at least.
Agree. Greatest of all time as far as I'm concerned.
@@johnruble45 I'd go with Freebird but this is in the Top Ten
Clapton was in Cream, Blind Faith ,Yardbirds, Bluebreakers and others.
@@davidjackson4608 ...and the Plastic Ono Band
Eric Clapton was in several bands before. The Yardbirds. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Cream. Blind Faith... And then... he assembled this group of people, not for a long time but to do THIS album to kickstart his solo career. It was a onetime thing. So it was called Derek and the Dominoes. After this, these people had other things of their own to do and it was just Eric Clapton and other musicians.
About the same time, he also played support for "Delaney and Bonnie" for awhile. Bramlett was their last name.
Layla wow outstanding
Eric was aware of Duane Allman's talent, and subsequently jammed with him and asked Duane to play a track or two on the album. During the first song they worked on, an immediate kinship was formed between the two. Slide guitar on this song is all Duane
I’m a 68 year old man, and literally old enough to be Angela’s grandfather. I’m not even sure how her reactions turned up on my feed, but I’ve seen a handful of them. I just want to say as a casual observer that Angela has intelligence and insight. She also seems to have a beautiful spirit.
I agree, I’m 72 and don’t know how this turned up on my You Tube search, but I definitely enjoyed Angela’s reactions. I watched her do some Carpenter Songs and Bee Gees too. It’s great to see young people enjoying the music of my youth. I still listen to those songs. I hit the subscribe button because I really enjoyed Angela’s reactions and want to see more!
That moment you realized it’s “that song” priceless!
I love how much you appreciated this song. The whole album is fantastic. If you doubt me, just listen to “Key to the Highway” and try not to listen to all the rest.
Yes!" Key...." is amazing and how could it not be with Clapton's & Duane Allman's guitars!
I’ve added it to my list. Thanks for the suggestion! Can’t wait to hear it!
From my perspective, "Have You Ever Loved a Woman", is far more autobiographical, cutting right to the very heart & soul of Layla;
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Have You Ever Loved a Woman
Have you ever loved a woman
So much that you tremble in pain?
Have you ever loved a woman
So much you tremble in pain?
And all the time you know
She bears another man's name
But you just, woman
So much it's a shame and a sin
You just
So much it's a shame and a sin?
And all the time you know
She belongs to my imaginary friend
So much
And you know you can't leave her alone?
You just love a woman
And you know you can't leave her alone?
Something deep inside of you
Won't let you wreck best friend's home
Truly one of the great albums all the songs were amazing
Keep On Growing
Babe, You are spot on. "Layla" is a spiritual experience.
One of the best-known and loved riffs in rock.
Yes it is Eric Clapton ! The band only released one album . They were together 1970 and 1972 !
It is considered his arrival at the top !
Yes..but it's Duane Allmans presence on this album and song that pushed Clapton to heights he never achieved before amd since
@@hollybeat6901 I have to disagree with crediting Duane Allman with pushing Eric Clapton to 'stardom' (to paraphrase). He was playing with the Yardbirds in 1963 and Cream by 1966. Both had huge hits and everyone already knew who Eric Clapton was long before Duane Allman made it big. The Allman Brothers didn't start up until 1969. By that time 'we, that had been listening to Rock music since the 50's' all knew and revered Eric Clapton. Having said that, it is in no way meant to indicate that Duane Allman was not a great guitarist. He contributed to many great artists and was a session player before, and during, his time with the Allman Brothers. I only meant that Eric Clapton needed no help from Duane Allman to reach any heights - he was already there.
@@garyr8739 and Allman was particularly good at slide guitar which was not Clapton's thing, nor was it much done by British musicians at the time
Wrong. Cream surpassed The Dominos. The song itself was acclaimed as his best, but as a straight guitarist, Cream put him there.
One of the greatest vocal performances ever.
Eric is Derek! He and the late Duane Allman (slide guitar) were playing the guitar solos. There's an unbelievable backstory on this song.
Oh how I love Duane Allman’s slide guitar playing and Clapton’s passionate singing.
When I first heard this song, me and a friend was hitchiking to Atlanta.....got a ride in a van * what else*...the driver played it over and over....stopped in Macon...got high and continued north.
The guitar work on this is a collaboration between between Clapton and the unequaled Duane Allman on that gorgeous slide work. Duane came up with the lick and obviously killed it!
Yep, this was Eric Clapton singing and did play tha main guitar work, especially in the beginning. Oops UPDATE: And that was Duane Allman playing the slide guitar as well (AND I Love You AND your reactions👈👀🌹) !!! I suspect that, if you're talking about the high guitar work in the background in 2nd half of the song, right after the bridge and transition to the slower part, you might be talking about Duane Allman, a MASTER slide guitarist that changed the boundaries of slide guitars forever.
Both are really, REALLY good at their craft, but that sweeet, sweet sliding sound you were hearing was definitely Duane, a guest musician on the song and 1/2 of The Allman Brothers Band (Gregg Allman being the other Allman brother in THAT band). You NEED to react to them as well. You will love songs such as Whipping Post, Mellissa, Ramblin' Man, Jessica and One Way Out. There are a ton more out there, and if you decide to go down that rabbit hole, just ask and PLENTY of people will offer up a slew of 'em for you.
He formed Derek & The Dominos after leaving Cream and Blind Faith (more recent before D&TD) because his friends had been urging him to be a main signer ALL the time, and he wasn't sure of himself. So, he formed that band to "test the waters", so to speak figuring, since it didn't have his name in the title, if it bombed, no one would notice, and he would be spared the ridicule and embarrassment. However, this was his most famous song EVER !!!
I like the slower version, but it depresses me because, like you now know, it is such a larger song. However, the newer version came out when the big "unplugged" craze took off, and it coincided to a time when he was getting near the end of his wild and loud days, as well as when he was thinking on hanging it up, due to his finding it more difficult to play, at least fast.
Even more recently, he has revealed that he is suffering incurable damage to his nervous system, which has left him struggling to play his guitar (at all). We still love him for what he's done and pray for him, and for his future in general.
One of the longest "out-tros" in Rock history.
Derek and the Dominos is not so much a "band" but a conglomeration of people who are a who's who of Rock at the time. It was recorded at Criterion Studios - Miami Beach, in late August and early to mid September - 1970. (Derek and The Dominoes was - in fact- a band consisting of Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon, - - - but these recording sessions were soooo much more)
Clapton was not opposed to sharing the spotlight. On this cut (next to last cut on the album) he shares leads on guitar with Duane Allman, and the piano work is Bobby Whitlock (organ - piano and vocals) and Jim Gordon (who also plays drums here).
On the 20th anniversary of the release of "Layla and other Love Songs" a 3 disc set was released. It contained the original album (disc 1) - some alternate masters of several of the album cuts (disc 2) - and a series of "jams" ranging in length from 12 minutes to 20 minutes in length (disc 3). "Jam IV" is 12:21 of Clapton, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts (all guitars) Bobby Whitlock on organ, Greg Allman on piano, Berry Oakley on bass and Butch trucks on drums --- and is some amazing listening.
On his "Unplugged" album he does an acoustic version of LAYLA that is also a very popular rendition.
Light years better than today`s music!!!
The key changes of the song in the verse , 2 , if i'm not mistaken, a 3rd below , and back to the tonic key , are so epic. Rock cycle. Damn Eric Clapton's talent. So fire rock song.
Angela, your reaction to this was also epic. Catch your breath, so much more 70s comin at ya…. LOL.
The greatest rock love song ever.
Epic is the perfect description for this amazing song. I always felt the same way about this song.
That's Eric Clapton singing and lead guitar with the late great Duane Allman on slide guitar. Duane's guitar is doing the talking.
You are freaking gorgeous and it's lovely to see you smiling and enjoying yourself to the beat off some of the classics that I grew up with..... My very first time watching you congratulations and I will definitely be watching you again
Hi Angela, yes it is EC and this is a Classic, please keep Rockin 👍🎸
1971 is the same year The Stylistics came out with "Betcha By Golly Wow", I love Russell Thompkins falsetto in that song.
One classic rocks best ever
You're right .this is one of the bands he was in. The lead guitar was shared between Eric Clapton on regular lead guitar and the late Duane Allman on slide guitar.
Epic is the right adjective for this song/ masterpiece
I saw Eric play this live in Philadelphia in Live Aid, 1985....one of the highlights of that memorable show.
I haven't watched the end yet but I think Goodfellas just popped into her mind.
This was the original version, when Eric was the "Derek" of Derek and the Dominoes. He was in a bunch of bands, Cream being the most famous.🙂
Jim Gordon (drummer) also wrote this and Bell Bottom Blues. Duane Allman played leads too, and the slide dobro on Layla.
Rita Coolidge wrote the piano part. Jim Gordon stole it and got credit. Bobby Whitlock co-wrote Bell Bottom Blues.
Never heard Bobby or Eric say that.Bobby got credit for it if you look at the back of the record cover.@@zipcdr
Layla was a code for 1960s model Patti Boyd. Clapton also wrote Wonderful Tonight about her.
Epic. You are correct. Great post. Yep, he formed Derek. Was also in another epic group..........Cream. Gained his fame in the Yardbirds.
I so much love this song. When Eric played this live, the guy playing most of the "Layla" riff was sometimes Andy Fairweather Low, lead singer from the 60s band Amen Corner.
One of the Greatest love songs of all time. Eric fell in love with Patti Boyd , George Harrison’s (Beatles) wife. George wrote the song Something about her. Then years later when she was married to Eric. He wrote Wonderful tonight. About here. A Muse for sure. That’s also a 23 y/o Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)playing the slide guitar on Layla. You should do a video on all three songs.
1971 was filled with epic songs eg. Stairway to Heaven and Won't Get Fooled Again 😎🎸
Angela, I grew up with this song and it still brings be to tears. Loved watching your face as you listened to the smooth sounds of head singer and guitarist, Eric Clapton and friends. I am a child of the 70s and delighted to see young people still loving my generations music. And yes, it is epic. Hugs girl, following!
I was 15 when this song (and album) premiered.I still,to this day,cherish this song and want the three minute ending guitar solo played at my funeral.
He was in the Yardbirds that became Led Zeppelin, and he was in the Band Cream & Derrick and the Dominos was a series of Studio Sessions with some select Players like Jim Gordon the Drummer, not really a Band but gave it the name Derrick & the Dominos. he was considered one of the Greatest Guitarist, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck ,Jimi Hendrix & Eric Clapton.
This song was written, sung and preformed by a man who was hopelessly and head over heels in love. I think everyone can agree with that after that performance. Angela, you are young lady, but you have an old soul.
The best part of this tune is Duane Allman's outstanding slide playing.👍
And Duane's lead guitar behind the vocals. And the classic hi note intro lick, which Duane borrowed from Albert King.
RIP Skydog
Takes me back to my high school days...great music, great talent.
Junior High days for me.
The second part was used in the soundtrack for the movie "Goodfellows"
This has happened so many times when the Masters have gotten together. They Jam, many of them after years of making it big build their own recording studios in their own homes. Again the Masters get together they Jam and they end up in their Studios and this is what we here today. From the Deep South front porches on a Sunday afternoon after dinner the way up in the northeast surrounding Woodstock area many homes full of the Masters where they all just get together and jam. And eventually they end up in a studio.
Clapton was in several bands before starting his solo career in 1970. His career is worth researching. The Cream was epic too
I just saw the most amazing reaction to any reaction video hear!!!
We can actually see the look in your eyes as you get turned on to this masterpiece! Thank you for that.
I wish I could listen to this song for the first time and experience that moment again. Bravo
My great-niece's name is Layla.. A great name and song ....... Take care and stay safe!!!
If you like this song then you need to listen to WONDERFUL TONIGHT - LET IT GROW - LET IT RAIN - so many more!!!!
He was in Cream in the 1960s with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Two of their best known songs were Sunshine of Your Love and White Room.
Clapton is known as one of the best guitarists in Rock.
When I was a kid growing up in New York, Layla was always one of the top 5 most popular songs of listeners to the major rock radio stations, who did a 100 all-time top songs countdown each summer. Stairway to Heaven almost always was No 1 with Layla and Free Bird often vying for second place or thereabouts.
The slowed down version that Clapton did was for an MTV series called Unplugged, acoustic sets of artist's songs.
Love this song !! Brings back a lot of memories from my teenage years. There's 2 versions of this song. You're listening to the long version.
This was the greatest rock, blues album ever! Especially if you are a guitar player!
This song sat on many DJ's desk before they finally started paying attention, when they did Duane was dead. But it made it out about 72.
Angela, this song has one of my favorite outros of all time. Another one with a great outro is Grand Funk Railroad's "Closer to Home". Give that one a listen sometime!
Layla was a character in a Persian poem about a man in love with a woman he couldn’t be together with.
Look into the backstory of the song.
Eric was in love with wife of Beatle George Harrison, Patti Harrison.
This song was for her.
The first time I had ever heard this song was at the end of Goodfellas. I thought it was written just for the movie but I had no clue about the history or anything along those lines with the song. Very very interesting. Whenever I hear it, I still think of Goodfellas.
love your hair!!! You look phenomenal with the straight hair, absolutely gorgeous!!!
One of the greatest songs ever written
Hi Angela... 4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song.
“TIME HAS COME TODAY“- The Chambers Brothers - Album Long version, then Live. PLEASE and Thank You