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(1970 – present)
Derek and the Dominos was a music group formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton along with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon, who had all played with him in Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. Duane Allman from The Allman Brothers Band joined the group early in the recording of their first album. They were a blues-rock band that demonstrated virtuosity at its finest, showing some of Eric “Slowhand” Clapton’s finest work.
The group debuted at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 14, 1970 where the announcer mispronounced their provisional name of Eric and the Dynamos to Derek and the Dominos, the band decided to take up the new name and undertook a summer tour of England. From late August to early October, working at Criteria Studios in Miami with legendary Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd, the band recorded Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, a brilliant double album now widely regarded as Clapton’s masterpiece. Most of the material, including Layla (which soon became an FM radio staple) was inspired by Clapton’s unrequited love for Pattie Boyd who was married to his best friend George Harrison. Clapton was seeing Pattie secretly at the time and Whitlock was dating her sister. It was not until much later that the affair was open; Boyd moved in with Clapton in 1974 and married him in 1979.
The group debuted at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 14, 1970 where the announcer mispronounced their provisional name of Eric and the Dynamos to Derek and the Dominos, the band decided to take up the new name and undertook a summer tour of England. From late August to early October, working at Criteria Studios in Miami with legendary Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd, the band recorded Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, a brilliant double album now widely regarded as Clapton’s masterpiece. Most of the material, including Layla (which soon became an FM radio staple) was inspired by Clapton’s unrequited love for Pattie Boyd who was married to his best friend George Harrison. Clapton was seeing Pattie secretly at the time and Whitlock was dating her sister. It was not until much later that the affair was open; Boyd moved in with Clapton in 1974 and married him in 1979.
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BowieFreak wrote:
<3 <3 <3
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PartySanCTG wrote:
The last time I ever liked something made by Eric Clapton...
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
L.A.O.A.L.S.`s...Fan--F`n-tastic.!!!
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rockmyplimsoul wrote:
Their live albums are fantastic, which include songs from Blind Faith and Eric's 1st solo album, great stuff!
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zoborey wrote:
20th anniversary Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs ,, with the jams and alternates... the best fuckin blues album ever .. hail for the Dominos
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birnibis wrote:
http://www.derekz.bandcamp.com this is the OTHER derek
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Watcher wrote:
So true JeanLucasR, not to mention Bell Bottom Blues.
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JeanLucasR wrote:
It's quite sad that people only assign this band with the Layla song... there's so much good songs on the album, like Tell me Truth, Anyday, Keep on Growing and Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad... And the whole disc.
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sweilandstp wrote:
genial
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_sweetaya wrote:
JOIN THE PATTIE BOYD'S GROUP AT LAST.FM HERE: http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Pattie+Boyd
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BurningRemnant wrote:
Fitting lyrics to a gentle blues song - if you really are a man at least once you felt like the lyrics say - of course it's Layla
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Helmut21 wrote:
Layla <3
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richardneal wrote:
Jim Gordon!
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noiresque wrote:
I am struggling to tap this out on piano. Any directions to a transcription of sheet music would be much obliged! ;)
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Druid66 wrote:
Another of Eric's brilliant experiments, and "Layla" is one of the soaring-est tunes ever (I know that's not a real word, but you get what I'm saying).
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Ap4cz wrote:
Duane Allman... Good guitar player.
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victimex wrote:
Just discovered this band! they are totally awesome!!
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MastreMahem wrote:
Clapton was usually so uptight. He played very precise and with very restrained passion, but SOMETIMES he was able to open up and let his freak out. He did it with Cream, and a little here. With Santana at his Crossroads concert he let loose. Santana had to coax and prod him into it, and eventually Eric steps out of his cautious, guarded shell and starts to wail. it's great to watch.
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eightiespopfan wrote:
O3 June 1983: Drummer Jim Gordon murdered his mother with a hammer and knife. www.eightiescarnival.blogspot.com
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nacht_vogel wrote:
Layla is one of the best rock/blues songs ever written
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