What if someone released an impassioned twin-guitar genius record and nobody cared? That’s basically what happened – at least initially – with the only album from Derek and the Dominos. Issued on Nov.

In 1970, Eric Clapton formed Derek & the Dominos and released “Layla,” a song about his love for Pattie Boyd, then the wife of his close friend and neighbor George Harrison of the Beatles. The song ...

There are only a few songs out there that capture the sting of heartbreak quite like "Layla." The actual title of the song was based on the story of Layla and Majnun, an old Arab folktale about the ...

Article first published in Uncut, October 2006 By the time “Layla” finally became a hit in December 1972 – two years after its first release – Eric Clapton was past caring. He had formed Derek And The ...

Bobby Whitlock plays the organ during a jam session with Gregg Allman the night before the Capricorn Records Summer BBQ. Circa August 1975. ((Photo by Herb Kossover/Getty Images) Bobby Whitlock, ...

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