🤗 Now THIS is MY Layla! 😂 I appreciate the "other version" he does, but this is the one played on the radio I grew up on 😏 and learned the air 🎸 guitar solo! 😁🐰
The song was written by Eric Clapton about his feelings for Patti Boyd who was married to his friend George Harrison at the time . It was inspired by the poem " The Story of Layla and Majnun " which portrayed the poet as a man driven to madness by his unattainable love . Clapton eventually married Patti Boyd in 1979 . He also wrote the song "Wonderful Tonight " about Patti too .
THE greatest unknown album, from start to finish. Bellbottom, Keep on Growing, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Anyday, Why Does Love Got to be so Sad, Key to the Highway, Little Wing, Layla, Thorntree... Man there's SO many great songs on there. My desert island album for sure.
This is my favourite version of the classic. It was written in collaboration between Clapton and Duane Allman. Eric plays lead guitar and Duane plays steel/slide guitar.
Harri, im 62 and know the story behind this song, and have been a Clapton fan my whole life. Your reaction is the best I've ever seen. Thank you, you've made my day so much better.
@@HarriBestReactions , such a pure reaction since you didn’t know the background of the song, the story behind the lyrics, who was performing, and any of the history behind the band. Just brilliant. What a great reaction should be all about. Pure love of music. Much love, my brother.
Rita Coolidge, who was dating studio drummer Jim Gordon, claims the two wrote a song called Time (don't let the world get in our way) and recorded a demo that they played for Clapton. Fast forward a year Clapton releases Layla. When Coolidge heard Layla for the first time she immediately recognized the coda part of the song and screamed "That's my music". She was infuriated. .... Clapton, of course, never acknowledged or confirmed Coolidge's claim OR gave her any credit in the song writing credits.
@@dirish709 Nope. Patti Boyd! It was written for her by Eric Clapton. She was George Harrison's wife at the time, but Clapton was obsessed with her. Clapton then married Patti Boyd and wrote You look Lovely Tonight. George Harrison wrote Something In the Way You Move for Patti Boyd.
The coda beautifully set up the next song on the album, Thorn Tree in the Garden. Lynyrd Skynyrd used the bird chirp in Free Bird, ultimately dedicating the song to Duane Allman.
Yes, Harri, it is the same song. The piano part at the end was written by drummer Jim Gordon. And the other guitarist was Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band.
Another song by Derek and the Dominos that I love, perhaps even better than “Layla”, is “Bell Bottom Blues”. The lyrics are painfully beautiful, if that even makes sense: “...if I could choose a place to die, it would be in your arms”.
Yeah, this is the original. Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Duane Allman. They were the core band of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album and met while on tour with Delaney, Bonnie & Friends. The slower “unplugged” version that your familiar with came years later
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends were awesome. They spawned so much other music. I don't understand how they aren't in the HOF. Between their actual music and their influence on the industry it should be a no brainer.
@@thomasflynn5366 Did you ever hear Nils Lofgren do "Too Many Miles?" Bonnie Bramlett was supposed to record it, but not sure what happened, but Nils was up front with The E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen, and he's amazing! Nils recorded it on a tourist boat in NYC..check it out. A friend turned me on to it :)
Thue unplugged version represents shit translated into music. The original represents unrequited love and passion. The musical outro representswhen words fail you and only music can convey your emotions.
I heard that was not necessarily the real reason for the name but I always believed that it was but Duane was never in on many live shows with the band but only one in Tampa ,he was too busy with the Allman Bros ....Eric used Derek instead to hide his real name , Bobby Whitlock said Eric wanted the band to make it without his real name recognition ..It did not help the popularity of the band at all ..If he had used ERIC at least there would have been more recognition.. The bands life was too short.
I thought that too but I was corrected. Derek and the dominoes was formed without Duane. He only contributed to some of the songs. Bell bottom blues for example doesn’t have Duane in it. Either does anyday. Can’t remember which others.
@@robertb1849 There is also a suggestion about the name as something to do with Delaney and Bonnie and it proves that the strange origin of the name and the band combined makes it the weirdest band to ever make it so big with such an extremely short career span that hardly could get any attention while they were on tour before and after Layla was released .. Why is it called Derek and Dominos? As Clapton recalls, it was Ashton that suggested “Del and the Dominos,” having taken to calling the guitarist “Derek” or “Del” since the Delaney & Bonnie tour. However, according to Whitlock, “the Dynamics” was the name they chose and Ashton mispronounced it when introducing the band...
Eric Clapton was the singer; the band was called Derek and the Dominoes because Clapton didn't want to call attention to himself. He wrote this song for Patti Boyd, who at the time was married to George Harrison, Eric's best friend. I may be in the minority, but I prefer this to the acoustic version.
I really enjoyed this reaction because you didn’t yet know the backstory, who was performing, and had no expectations of what you were in for. Brilliant.
@@janescribner8258 Another great bit of work from Duane Allman!! Boz recorded that in Muscle Shoals (actually Sheffield AL!) with The Swampers and Duane.
You could check out the super band that Clapton played in before Derek and the Dominos. Band Cream : Eric Clapton guitar, Jack Bruse bass, Ginger Baker drums. First super group.
The piano coda at the end was added about two weeks after the original recording. It was "written" by drumner Jim Gordon, although Bobby Whitlock tells the story that Gordon stole it from (his one-time girlfriend) Rita Coolidge.
Allman and Clapton wanted to record together but neither ones label would allow them. So under Derek (Duane and Eric) and the Dominoes it got done anyway.
not quite, as both The Allman Brothers and Clapton were both on ATCO at the time (pre Capricorn existing as a label). Eric didn't want to be "The Frontman" of a band, so he had the band booked for a TV show, and the announcer misread Eric as Derek. And Clapton went "BINGO! That's how I can do this!"
Derek and the Dominoes is Eric Clapton. He also has Duane Allman playing slide guitar. Eric is the singer. The bass player is Carl Radle the keyboard player and backup vocalist is Bobby Whitlock. The drummer is Jim Gordon. This was made shortly after Eric and the band met the Allman Bros., Eric and Duane hit it off and spent most of the next 3-4 days jamming eventually Duane joined the recording. Some say, including band members, the wealth oh the album or the album itself wouldn't have gotten made if not for Duane jumping in and getting things going and keeping it that way. Not that shenanigans weren't happening as there a 4-6 extra cds worth of jam sessions that came with the title disc. You just heard the Allman's on 'Whippin' Post' Duane was the player in your left ear. The high soaring and unfortunately too soft slide guitar at the end was Duane Allman. He is recognized as the godfather of the electric slide guitar playing. He credits the harmonica players as helping him learn phrasing with the slide guitar. A huge loss with him dying at 24. He is missed everyday by some. So all the slide guitar you hear was played by Duane Allman. I think that the second half was a direct result of having Duane as part of the band. This song was directed at George Harrison's wife Patty Boyd who Eric was madly in love with and was torn as George was his best friend. Eventually they did get together and eventually the friendship won out over the situation. The relationship with Patty lasted a couple of years,as Eric couldn't get his drug and alcohol under control. He and George resolved their differences long before Eric and Patty broke up. So I think the first part was Eric's desperation over Patty and the second half may have been his coming to grips with it and maybe somE peace over it, That's my .02 and that maybe overvalued.
Derek is Eric. The Dominoes played together and were tight even before Clapton joined them. The second half of the song was written by Rita Coolidge, who was dating the excellent drummer, Jim Gordon. He lifted it from her, Clapton heard it and wanted to put it on the end of the song, and Gordon traded him something for it; can’t remember what. Keyboardist and co-vocalist Bobby Whitlock didn’t think it fit and tried to talk Clapton out of it but couldn’t. He ended up playing a second piano part over Jim Gordon’s (who was a drummer after all, not a piano player) part to give it more life. They flew back from England weeks later to record that coda, and Duane came in sometime later to add his part.
This is what you get when a song is allowed to breathe and evolve. It really is two songs in one that covers a lot of ground in it's 7 odd minutes. I always looked at the first part as the yearning and the second half as resolution.
The original, compliments of Eric Clapton & his band Derek & the Dominoes. His love for Patty Boyd was awe inspiring. But she was his best friends wife, Mr. George Harrison. This song still makes me cry it's so beautiful.
When Eric wrote this song, the studio thought it was too long so they cut it back. When it was put out on the radio no one really liked it so, Eric put back the original ending and it caught on like wild fire. Thats the story I saw. One of the number one songs of all time.
Check out Bobby Whitlock's channel.. He played a big part on George Harrison All Things Must Pass sessions and was a original member of Derek and The Dominoes and sings back up on this song and plays the secondary piano on this..Jim Gordon,,,drummer,, plays the main intro piano melody...
I could never really be satisfied with the 90s bluesy ballady version because I was listening to THIS in 1970. Soul. Singing his guts out, epic instrumental work. He meant it. The others understood and played like they meant it. Epic stuff.
As much as I love my Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Who, Jimi Hendrix etc, this is will always be a permanent fixture in my Top 3 favorite songs of alll-time... The outro is just so sublime by comparison to the breakneck pace of the first half of the song.
Harri LaY La song came out in 1970 , Lala Was a HUGE HIT , This is why im a huge 70s Brat, The Music was FANTASTIC ,, l LIKE YOUR Reactions Take Care Brother
Firmly on my list of "Greatest Albums of All Time"! Clapton released this album with no fanfare at all, and no mention of him being on the record. It didn't sell well at all, and the band actually played some small clubs/pubs pretty much in anonymity. Word eventually got out and this album has become a very big seller and remains such today. The piano "Coda" was actually added about 3 weeks after the album was wrapped. That's Jim Gordon, the drummer, playing piano. Whitlock also added a piano overdub. Duane's ethereal slide work really makes it for me! This is a double album, and much of it is straight blues, blues/rock. I highly recommend you listen to every single bit of it and keep it with you for the rest of your days! As far as reaction tunes, try "Little Wing" "Anyday" "Bell Bottom Blues" and "I Looked Away". Bobby Whitlock (keys, vocals, songwriter on this album) has a very interesting You Tube channel and speaks quite openly and candidly about his time on the Layla project, his days with Delaney and Bonnie, and his time with George Harrison, among other things. Great channel!
The 7 note intro to the song belongs to Duane Allman, who lifted it from Albert Kings, As the years go passing by". The 7 notes came from Kings opening verse, " There's nothing I can do". Also, the structure of the piano piece ending (Coda), was originally written by , Rita Cooledge.
Clapton wrote this and was a member of this band. Duane Allman is playing guitar as well as Clapton on this song. Iconic song, thank you for reacting. The version you had heard was recorded much later in Eric's career and was an acoustic version, this one is VERY electric. Eric sings on both of the versions.
I’m not sure how anyone my age, h.s. Frosh in ‘69...can claim they’ve not heard this iconic song in some way or fashion. Such a menagerie of musical greatness then, and thankfully due to the then new recording technology we can hear it today just as we did then, loud and proud!
was an English-American blues-rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, keyboardist and singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. All four members had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, during and after Clapton's brief tenure with Blind Faith. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig. Another participant at their first session as a band was George Harrison, the recording for whose album marked the formation of Derek and the Dominos.
The death of Allman in a motorcycle accident in Macon GA at 24 was a terrible loss . Clapton called him, "The musical brother I never had" ... except briefly. Rolling Stone ranked him #2 (behind Jimi Hendrix) in its "100 best guitarists of all time" list.
I was (and am) a huge fan of Clapton’s early career, right up to and including this collaborative masterpiece. I mean just look at the lineup. Not so many moments of rock god-hood for EC after this album but what a great piece of music to close a chapter with. All these years later it’s still in the “permanent” section of my playlist.
The slide guitar in this song is Duane Allman. Layla was written by Eric Clapton and drummer Jim Gordon. Jim Gordon may be the most influential rock drummer of all time. He played on just about every famous rock band's albums. He was also addicted to drugs and suffereed from severe schizophrenia. Eventually it caused Gordon to murder his mother, and he is now serving the rest of his life in Vacaville Prison.
This one was first 😁... and I don't want to spoil it for you, but you might want to look up who the song is about and why he wrote it. Keep doing your thing!!!! Love your reactions!
There is a video of Tom Dowd, the producer, looking back on recording and mixing this. Playing back the original ,unmixed master tape. What impressed me was how many tracks of Duane Allman playing slide guitar parts, he had to work with. Sounded like at at least a dozen. Duane was one of those players who could jam endlessly, and never repeat himself. You should look for that video if you can. Quite interesting...
The lIve version with Derek trucks is amazing this original track was the late Great Dwayne Allman Slide guitar master ! Eric wrote this for his love Patti Boyd George Harrison's wife at the time. Later he will marry her then break up with her.
There are many versions of this song, but Duane Allman's guitar makes this one soar to the sky. For the insanely dramatic changes within a one single song, I suggest progressive rock/metal song The Day That The World Breaks Down by Ayreon.
The guitar work is amazing but I just absolutely love the piano break and playout. Clapton was considered a guitar god but it was Duane Allman who stole the show here, just like it was actually Clapton who played the lead on George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Harri, if you want to hear drastic changes of tone and tempo in an iconic song, react to Elton John's epic masterpiece Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - arguably my favourite song ever.
I think the album was called "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs." Didn't realize Duane Allman was in there, but doesn't surprise me...I went to college in Macon, GA, home of ABB.
The drummer was working on a solo album the band found recording decided it belonged here Bobby Whitlock deserves your attention he plays ON EVERY SONG ON ALL THING MUST by George Harrison
Jim Gordon the Drummer on this and many other great albums, suffered with mental health issues (schizophrenia I believe) and the heavy drugs consumed did not help his condition. He began "hearing voices" and in 1983 bludgeoned and stabbed his own mother to death, claiming voices told him to do it. He has been incarcerated since. This was the original version, with Duane Allman entering the sessions later at the bequest of Eric Clapton. He added the emotive slide guitar and closing bird-like sounds. Listed to "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad", the guitar interplay between Duane and Eric is amazing. Duane died shortly after recording these tunes in a motorcycle accident.
Besides things I have seen already written .. Yes Eric wrote this song because he had fallen in love with his best friend's (George Harrison) wife. From what I understand when George found out he backed out of his marriage to Patty and in fact Eric married Patti and later wrote a solo hit "Wonderful Tonight" about her also. As for Derek and the Dominos.. I love "Bell Bottom Blues" by them too!
Harri, you must view "Tom Dowd and the Language of Music." Dowd produced this song, Layla, Cream and the Allmans. This video reveals incredible stories about music history
It was 2 songs. Kind of. The first part was written fast & they felt it wasn't long enough. Bobby Whitlock (background vocal/keyboards) was playing around on the piano with the riff. The producer decided to add the end part building on that riff. This is my absolute favorite song ever! Crying guitars, voices filed with pain, then the beauty of the music of such talent. Jim Gordon (drums) also played with many other artists, including You're So Vain (studio) but killed his mother & is still in the hospital. Duane Allmann is the guy on Whipping Post whose guitar blew you away. And Carl Radle is a bass god. Then...Eric. Best guitarist ever.I've listened to this song more than any other. Thank you, Harri!
"In my whole life, I don't think I have ever heard a song make such a drastic change..." Really??? It's time we introduce you to Yes, masters of progressive (so named because the musical themes "progress" through the pieces) rock, then Harri. My suggestion would be to start with the first track from The Yes Album, "Your's Is No Disgrace," and proceed chronologically track by track and album by album from there.
I saw Eric Clapton Live back in 1990 with Nathan East on bass amazing show i was 20 th row next to the light board so close to see one of the great guitarist of all time. A bucket list concert for sure !
Harri, I'm noticing a recurring theme of you appreciating good bass work. So , I'd like to suggest investigating ( see what I did there? 😁 ) Jaco Pastorius, "The Chicken" would be a great introduction. Also , Victor Wooten takes bass playing to entire new levels. Hearing him play "Amazing Grace" and/or "Norwegian Wood", solo on the bass, will knock your socks off...
I had the double album set and when you opened it up it was just pictures of them in the studio all these guitar players and even though I didn't understand who they were I knew that it was something big. I was prob 11
The Evolution of Dekek and the Dominos. Delaney Bramlett was a guitar player from Mississippi who move to L A and became a session player. Bonnie was a blue-eyed blonde who became the only non-black Ike-ette. (Ike made her wear an afro wig and darken her skin.) They met in L A and married then formed Delaney and Bonnie. They toured as the opening act of Blind Faith where they met Eric Clapton who was tired of the ego wars within Blind Faith. They then made the Delaney and Bonnie and Friends tour. The Friends consisted of all of the future members of Derek and the Dominos, what became the Rolling Stones horn section, Dave Mason from Traffic, and Rita Coolidge. Other would sit in when they could, including George Harrison, Duane Allman, and possibly Gregg Allman among others. Rumor has it that one night, possibly somewhere in New York, Delaney's "back up" guitarrists were Dave Mason, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, and Duane Allman. When D & B broke up George Harrison recruited Eric Clapton and 3 members of the band for All Things Must Pass. Eric, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon were rejoined by Bobby Whitlock of D&B to form Derek and the Dominos. Duane Allman sat in on Layla to play slide guitar. Later, after D&D broke up, Eric did his Unplugged album which included the slower acoustic version of Layla.
Clapton and Duane Allman met for the first time at an Allman Brothers concert in Miami that coincided with when they were in the studio recording this album. Tom Dowd made it happen after Clapton expressed an interest in going to see Duane (Skydog) Allman play. There's a TH-cam video except from the documentary 'The Language of Music' about Tom Dowd's career as a sound engineer, producer and inventor that tells the story of how they met. Dowd was responsible for many albums from this era including 'Layla' and The Allman Brother's "Live at the Fillmore East'.
"How did we get here?" Eric's section ended and Duane Bobby and Jim gave us a great outro The comments below explain the story. but esp. read the one by Janice Duke.
The change that occurs in this, to me is due to his pleas, even with the guitars, in the first part. When it goes to piano, it sounds like he finally got the girl, but there were still themes from the first part carrying over. This Layla is actually Patti Boyd who was married to George Harrison, developed a relationship with Eric that she divorced Harrison for. Alas, her marriage to Eric was probably good at first, but it too ended. He and George remained friends. I think Eric's song "Wonderful Tonight" is another ode to his marriage to Patti. Pattie also inspired George early on in their relationship to write the song "Something."
You do know the screaming guitar work was done by DUANE ALLMAN. Of the ALLMAN BROTHERS. Eric heard heard WILSON PICKETTS cover of HEY JUDE. he wanted to know who was playing the screaming guitar. It was also DUANE ALLMAN playing under the name SKYDOG. He went to watch the ALLMANS. He met DUANE. And they went to the studio and LAYLA as it is today .
From what I understand, Clapton formed Derek and the dominoes after the break up of blind faith. He was jamming a lot with duane Allman and after recording the first part of Layla the weren’t satisfied without an ending so they got permission to use the piano ending and Duane and Eric enhanced the piano solo and history was made.
In her 2007 book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me, Pattie Boyd wrote: "We met secretly at a flat in South Kensington. Eric Clapton had asked me to come because he wanted me to listen to a new number he had written 1970. He switched on the tape machine, turned up the volume and played me the most powerful, moving song I had ever heard. It was Layla, about a man who falls hopelessly in love with a woman who loves him but is unavailable. He played it to me two or three times, all the while watching my face intently for my reaction. My first thought was: 'Oh God, everyone's going to know this is about me." I was married to Eric's close friend, George Harrison, but Eric had been making his desire for me clear for months. I felt uncomfortable that he was pushing me in a direction in which I wasn't certain I wanted to go. But with the realization that I had inspired such passion and creativity, the song got the better of me. I could resist no longer." The band 1979-71: Eric Clapton Guitar,/vocals, Bobby Whitlock Organ, Carl Radle Bass, Jim Gordon Drums. Harrison, took to calling Clapton his ‘husband-in-law.’
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Harri - "How'd we get here, guys?"
US - We've been "here" for 50 years!
Much love, brother.
The piano outro is what elevates this song from a classic to absolute perfection. The pinnacle of Rock & Roll.
This was the version I grew up with. We wore the grooves off the vinyl. Nothing else compares.
🤗 Now THIS is MY Layla! 😂 I appreciate the "other version" he does, but this is the one played on the radio I grew up on 😏 and learned the air 🎸 guitar solo! 😁🐰
The song was written by Eric Clapton about his feelings for Patti Boyd who was married to his friend George Harrison at the time . It was inspired by the poem " The Story of Layla and Majnun " which portrayed the poet as a man driven to madness by his unattainable love . Clapton eventually married Patti Boyd in 1979 . He also wrote the song "Wonderful Tonight " about Patti too .
And Bell Bottom Blues
And then they got divorced
@@HenryInHawaii 10 years later.
Whose sister was married to.. Mick Fleetwood
@@HenryInHawaii Who doesn’t? 😂
This album is one of the greatest of all time.
THE greatest unknown album, from start to finish. Bellbottom, Keep on Growing, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Anyday, Why Does Love Got to be so Sad, Key to the Highway, Little Wing, Layla, Thorntree... Man there's SO many great songs on there. My desert island album for sure.
If there were a Mount Rushmore of rock and roll, this song would be on it.
If there were a Mt Rushmore of albums, LAOALS would be on it.
Yep, to both of you.
This is my favourite version of the classic. It was written in collaboration between Clapton and Duane Allman. Eric plays lead guitar and Duane plays steel/slide guitar.
See my comment about the instrumental part. Neither Eric nor Duane wrote that portion of it.
Harri, im 62 and know the story behind this song, and have been a Clapton fan my whole life. Your reaction is the best I've ever seen. Thank you, you've made my day so much better.
Thanks so much for the kind words ✌🏾
@@HarriBestReactions , such a pure reaction since you didn’t know the background of the song, the story behind the lyrics, who was performing, and any of the history behind the band. Just brilliant. What a great reaction should be all about. Pure love of music. Much love, my brother.
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Top ten albums of all time
Your LAYLA is Clapton's unplugged acoustical version. Same dude.
This is the original arrangement. What you're referring to was Eric Clapton's acoustic version of it from the '90s
The long piano coda is a wonderful counterpoint to the frenzy of the first part of the song. It is an anthem to unrequited love.
Jim Gordon--the usual drummer for Derek and the Dominos--played the piano coda. Exquisite!
Rita Coolidge, who was dating studio drummer Jim Gordon, claims the two wrote a song called Time (don't let the world get in our way) and recorded a demo that they played for Clapton. Fast forward a year Clapton releases Layla. When Coolidge heard Layla for the first time she immediately recognized the coda part of the song and screamed "That's my music". She was infuriated. .... Clapton, of course, never acknowledged or confirmed Coolidge's claim OR gave her any credit in the song writing credits.
@@dirish709 I saw a video about this on TH-cam after I posted my note. Had never heard the claim before.
@@dirish709 Nope. Patti Boyd! It was written for her by Eric Clapton. She was George Harrison's wife at the time, but Clapton was obsessed with her. Clapton then married Patti Boyd and wrote You look Lovely Tonight. George Harrison wrote Something In the Way You Move for Patti Boyd.
@@lotsoffun4716 you may want to reread my post.
The coda beautifully set up the next song on the album, Thorn Tree in the Garden. Lynyrd Skynyrd used the bird chirp in Free Bird, ultimately dedicating the song to Duane Allman.
Yes, Harri, it is the same song. The piano part at the end was written by drummer Jim Gordon. And the other guitarist was Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band.
Well the piano part was supposedly ripped off by Gordon's girlfriend Rita Coolige. She was writing a song for a friend and he "borrowed".
@@ajogg however it happened im glad to have it as part of the song, I love it so much,
Another song by Derek and the Dominos that I love, perhaps even better than “Layla”, is “Bell Bottom Blues”. The lyrics are painfully beautiful, if that even makes sense: “...if I could choose a place to die, it would be in your arms”.
My favorite too
also written for Patti
And also Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad😉
Can I say this was the best record of the 70's? This record made me realize I loved the blues.
Yeah, this is the original. Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Duane Allman. They were the core band of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album and met while on tour with Delaney, Bonnie & Friends. The slower “unplugged” version that your familiar with came years later
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends were awesome. They spawned so much other music. I don't understand how they aren't in the HOF. Between their actual music and their influence on the industry it should be a no brainer.
@@thomasflynn5366 Did you ever hear Nils Lofgren do "Too Many Miles?" Bonnie Bramlett was supposed to record it, but not sure what happened, but Nils was up front with The E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen, and he's amazing! Nils recorded it on a tourist boat in NYC..check it out. A friend turned me on to it :)
Yes, he only knew the unplugged version from 1991.
Thue unplugged version represents shit translated into music. The original represents unrequited love and passion. The musical outro representswhen words fail you and only music can convey your emotions.
Dual lead guitars. Eric Clapton and Duane Allman! Derek equals Duane and Eric.
Ha. 50 years and I never knew the Derek thing. Thanks.
They were Derek before Duane sat in for the album recording. He never toured with them.
I heard that was not necessarily the real reason for the name but I always believed that it was but Duane was never in on many live shows with the band but only one in Tampa ,he was too busy with the Allman Bros ....Eric used Derek instead to hide his real name , Bobby Whitlock said Eric wanted the band to make it without his real name recognition ..It did not help the popularity of the band at all ..If he had used ERIC at least there would have been more recognition.. The bands life was too short.
I thought that too but I was corrected. Derek and the dominoes was formed without Duane. He only contributed to some of the songs. Bell bottom blues for example doesn’t have Duane in it. Either does anyday. Can’t remember which others.
@@robertb1849 There is also a suggestion about the name as something to do with Delaney and Bonnie and it proves that the strange origin of the name and the band combined makes it the weirdest band to ever make it so big with such an extremely short career span that hardly could get any attention while they were on tour before and after Layla was released .. Why is it called Derek and Dominos?
As Clapton recalls, it was Ashton that suggested “Del and the Dominos,” having taken to calling the guitarist “Derek” or “Del” since the Delaney & Bonnie tour. However, according to Whitlock, “the Dynamics” was the name they chose and Ashton mispronounced it when introducing the band...
mind opening music to be sure! big love to all people :)
The live video version is even better. This is one of those songs that when you listened to it at home your neighbors three blocks away heard it too.
This is my favorite version of this song. The original too, if I'm not mistaken.
Eric Clapton was the singer; the band was called Derek and the Dominoes because Clapton didn't want to call attention to himself.
He wrote this song for Patti Boyd, who at the time was married to George Harrison, Eric's best friend.
I may be in the minority, but I prefer this to the acoustic version.
I agree 😎☮️
As do I
Me too, but the acoustic version makes me smile just the same!
Like both but like this version more
Always reminds me of the movie Goodfellas 🤔
Eric is the only 3-time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The bassist AND the drummer. The rhythm section on this is killer tight.
My favorite part is Duane Allman's bird call at the end. Chills every time.
Kinda a Duane thing. You can also hear it when Duane plays on Boz Skaggs--self titled 'Boz Skaggs' album.
This was the version I grew up with. We wore the grooves off the vinyl on that record. So great. Anything else just doesn’t compare.
I really enjoyed this reaction because you didn’t yet know the backstory, who was performing, and had no expectations of what you were in for. Brilliant.
I would lie in the grass in Jackson square in the French quarter of New Orleans waiting for this song to come on the radio.
Radio was so important. Thanks for the bringing back those kind of memories. I used to wait for "Loan Me a Dime".
@@janescribner8258 Another great bit of work from Duane Allman!! Boz recorded that in Muscle Shoals (actually Sheffield AL!) with The Swampers and Duane.
You could check out the super band that Clapton played in before Derek and the Dominos. Band Cream : Eric Clapton guitar, Jack Bruse bass, Ginger Baker drums. First super group.
And the other Clapton super group "Blind Faith" with Winwood, Baker and Ric Grech. What a great album that is!
Cream of the crop
The first super group will never be duplicated by anyone Cream
The piano coda at the end was added about two weeks after the original recording. It was "written" by drumner Jim Gordon, although Bobby Whitlock tells the story that Gordon stole it from (his one-time girlfriend) Rita Coolidge.
Allman and Clapton wanted to record together but neither ones label would allow them. So under Derek (Duane and Eric) and the Dominoes it got done anyway.
not quite, as both The Allman Brothers and Clapton were both on ATCO at the time (pre Capricorn existing as a label). Eric didn't want to be "The Frontman" of a band, so he had the band booked for a TV show, and the announcer misread Eric as Derek. And Clapton went "BINGO! That's how I can do this!"
The little 'Birds' at the end were done by Duane Allman.
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I love it! danced to it in Barcelona, fantastic time!❤️❤️❤️❤️
CLASSIC Classic rock. Mercy!
Derek and the Dominoes is Eric Clapton. He also has Duane Allman playing slide guitar. Eric is the singer. The bass player is Carl Radle the keyboard player and backup vocalist is Bobby Whitlock. The drummer is Jim Gordon. This was made shortly after Eric and the band met the Allman Bros., Eric and Duane hit it off and spent most of the next 3-4 days jamming eventually Duane joined the recording. Some say, including band members, the wealth oh the album or the album itself wouldn't have gotten made if not for Duane jumping in and getting things going and keeping it that way. Not that shenanigans weren't happening as there a 4-6 extra cds worth of jam sessions that came with the title disc. You just heard the Allman's on 'Whippin' Post' Duane was the player in your left ear.
The high soaring and unfortunately too soft slide guitar at the end was Duane Allman. He is recognized as the godfather of the electric slide guitar playing. He credits the harmonica players as helping him learn phrasing with the slide guitar. A huge loss with him dying at 24. He is missed everyday by some.
So all the slide guitar you hear was played by Duane Allman. I think that the second half was a direct result of having Duane as part of the band. This song was directed at George Harrison's wife Patty Boyd who Eric was madly in love with and was torn as George was his best friend. Eventually they did get together and eventually the friendship won out over the situation. The relationship with Patty lasted a couple of years,as Eric couldn't get his drug and alcohol under control. He and George resolved their differences long before Eric and Patty broke up. So I think the first part was Eric's desperation over Patty and the second half may have been his coming to grips with it and maybe somE peace over it, That's my .02 and that maybe overvalued.
Lots if song written about paty . At least 6 that i know of between George and eric .
Derek is Eric. The Dominoes played together and were tight even before Clapton joined them. The second half of the song was written by Rita Coolidge, who was dating the excellent drummer, Jim Gordon. He lifted it from her, Clapton heard it and wanted to put it on the end of the song, and Gordon traded him something for it; can’t remember what. Keyboardist and co-vocalist Bobby Whitlock didn’t think it fit and tried to talk Clapton out of it but couldn’t. He ended up playing a second piano part over Jim Gordon’s (who was a drummer after all, not a piano player) part to give it more life. They flew back from England weeks later to record that coda, and Duane came in sometime later to add his part.
This is what you get when a song is allowed to breathe and evolve. It really is two songs in one that covers a lot of ground in it's 7 odd minutes. I always looked at the first part as the yearning and the second half as resolution.
The original, compliments of Eric Clapton & his band Derek & the Dominoes. His love for Patty Boyd was awe inspiring. But she was his best friends wife, Mr. George Harrison. This song still makes me cry it's so beautiful.
You should listen to Bell Bottom Blues from the same album. Stunning song and guitar from Eric.
When Eric wrote this song, the studio thought it was too long so they cut it back. When it was put out on the radio no one really liked it so, Eric put back the original ending and it caught on like wild fire. Thats the story I saw. One of the number one songs of all time.
Harri, I'm hearing a stereo unbalance. When you've heard these songs so many times, a different mix stands out. Worth a check. Big Love, Yuma, AZ.
Check out Bobby Whitlock's channel.. He played a big part on George Harrison All Things Must Pass sessions and was a original member of Derek and The Dominoes and sings back up on this song and plays the secondary piano on this..Jim Gordon,,,drummer,, plays the main intro piano melody...
I could never really be satisfied with the 90s bluesy ballady version because I was listening to THIS in 1970. Soul. Singing his guts out, epic instrumental work. He meant it. The others understood and played like they meant it.
Epic stuff.
As much as I love my Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Who, Jimi Hendrix etc, this is will always be a permanent fixture in my Top 3 favorite songs of alll-time... The outro is just so sublime by comparison to the breakneck pace of the first half of the song.
Harri LaY La song came out in 1970 , Lala Was a HUGE HIT , This is why im a huge 70s Brat, The Music was FANTASTIC ,, l LIKE YOUR Reactions Take Care Brother
Firmly on my list of "Greatest Albums of All Time"! Clapton released this album with no fanfare at all, and no mention of him being on the record. It didn't sell well at all, and the band actually played some small clubs/pubs pretty much in anonymity. Word eventually got out and this album has become a very big seller and remains such today. The piano "Coda" was actually added about 3 weeks after the album was wrapped. That's Jim Gordon, the drummer, playing piano. Whitlock also added a piano overdub. Duane's ethereal slide work really makes it for me! This is a double album, and much of it is straight blues, blues/rock. I highly recommend you listen to every single bit of it and keep it with you for the rest of your days! As far as reaction tunes, try "Little Wing" "Anyday" "Bell Bottom Blues" and "I Looked Away". Bobby Whitlock (keys, vocals, songwriter on this album) has a very interesting You Tube channel and speaks quite openly and candidly about his time on the Layla project, his days with Delaney and Bonnie, and his time with George Harrison, among other things. Great channel!
The 7 note intro to the song belongs to Duane Allman, who lifted it from Albert Kings, As the years go passing by". The 7 notes came from Kings opening verse, " There's nothing I can do". Also, the structure of the piano piece ending (Coda), was originally written by , Rita Cooledge.
Ole Skydog and Slowhand together something else.... I love the story behind this recording...and the song in general...
Clapton wrote this and was a member of this band. Duane Allman is playing guitar as well as Clapton on this song. Iconic song, thank you for reacting. The version you had heard was recorded much later in Eric's career and was an acoustic version, this one is VERY electric. Eric sings on both of the versions.
Hi Harri , me too , no lie , you have fantastic taste , luv ya
Heyy my friend
I’m not sure how anyone my age, h.s. Frosh in ‘69...can claim they’ve not heard this iconic song in some way or fashion.
Such a menagerie of musical greatness then, and thankfully due to the then new recording technology we can hear it today just as we did then, loud and proud!
One of Clapton's best that has not been reacted to is "She's Waiting". I
recommend the 1985 Live Aid concert version to react to. You won't
regret it.
was an English-American blues-rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, keyboardist and singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. All four members had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, during and after Clapton's brief tenure with Blind Faith. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig. Another participant at their first session as a band was George Harrison, the recording for whose album marked the formation of Derek and the Dominos.
I can’t believe that you did not know this was Eric with Dwayne Allman!
The death of Allman in a motorcycle accident in Macon GA at 24 was a terrible loss . Clapton called him, "The musical brother I never had" ... except briefly. Rolling Stone ranked him #2 (behind Jimi Hendrix) in its "100 best guitarists of all time" list.
MY FAVORITE SONG! DUANE ALLMAN PLAYING WITH ERIC CLAPTON ! RIP
I was (and am) a huge fan of Clapton’s early career, right up to and including this collaborative masterpiece. I mean just look at the lineup.
Not so many moments of rock god-hood for EC after this album but what a great piece of music to close a chapter with. All these years later it’s still in the “permanent” section of my playlist.
The slide guitar in this song is Duane Allman. Layla was written by Eric Clapton and drummer Jim Gordon. Jim Gordon may be the most influential rock drummer of all time. He played on just about every famous rock band's albums. He was also addicted to drugs and suffereed from severe schizophrenia. Eventually it caused Gordon to murder his mother, and he is now serving the rest of his life in Vacaville Prison.
This one was first 😁... and I don't want to spoil it for you, but you might want to look up who the song is about and why he wrote it. Keep doing your thing!!!! Love your reactions!
A true Classic.
Eric gave everything he had in the vocals, and had nothing left to say, and thus the coda….relief
There is a video of Tom Dowd, the producer, looking back on recording and mixing this. Playing back the original ,unmixed master tape. What impressed me was how many tracks of Duane Allman playing slide guitar parts, he had to work with. Sounded like at at least a dozen. Duane was one of those players who could jam endlessly, and never repeat himself. You should look for that video if you can. Quite interesting...
The lIve version with Derek trucks is amazing this original track was the late Great Dwayne Allman Slide guitar master ! Eric wrote this for his love Patti Boyd George Harrison's wife at the time. Later he will marry her then break up with her.
There are many versions of this song, but Duane Allman's guitar makes this one soar to the sky.
For the insanely dramatic changes within a one single song, I suggest progressive rock/metal song The Day That The World Breaks Down by Ayreon.
This is the best version... The way it was written and meant to be! Love the piano in the end..it's beautiful. The acoustic version you lose that.
The guitar work is amazing but I just absolutely love the piano break and playout. Clapton was considered a guitar god but it was Duane Allman who stole the show here, just like it was actually Clapton who played the lead on George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Harri, if you want to hear drastic changes of tone and tempo in an iconic song, react to Elton John's epic masterpiece Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - arguably my favourite song ever.
I think the album was called "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs." Didn't realize Duane Allman was in there, but doesn't surprise me...I went to college in Macon, GA, home of ABB.
The drummer was working on a solo album the band found recording decided it belonged here
Bobby Whitlock deserves your attention he plays ON EVERY SONG ON ALL THING MUST by George Harrison
Loved this song in Goodfellas!!
Love song.
the slide guitar solo at the end was all Duane Allman
Love it! Great song. BIG Eric Clapton fan. I am really enjoying your music and reactions Harri! Great channel! Thanks! ♥️🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦
Thanx Dale
Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, you can't miss with this one. Classic rock!
This is the original & best version before he did the slow version of his song years later.
The second part with piano was used in the movie Goodfellas.
One of my top 5
Jim Gordon the Drummer on this and many other great albums, suffered with mental health issues (schizophrenia I believe) and the heavy drugs consumed did not help his condition. He began "hearing voices" and in 1983 bludgeoned and stabbed his own mother to death, claiming voices told him to do it. He has been incarcerated since. This was the original version, with Duane Allman entering the sessions later at the bequest of Eric Clapton. He added the emotive slide guitar and closing bird-like sounds. Listed to "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad", the guitar interplay between Duane and Eric is amazing. Duane died shortly after recording these tunes in a motorcycle accident.
The 1st version you heard was from MTV Unplugged. I have the CD as well as the LASER DISC. This version is Eric Clapton with his band after CREAM.
Harri
I’d love to be a fly on the wall when you learn the truth.
Great react !
Besides things I have seen already written .. Yes Eric wrote this song because he had fallen in love with his best friend's (George Harrison) wife. From what I understand when George found out he backed out of his marriage to Patty and in fact Eric married Patti and later wrote a solo hit "Wonderful Tonight" about her also. As for Derek and the Dominos.. I love "Bell Bottom Blues" by them too!
Harri, you must view "Tom Dowd and the Language of Music." Dowd produced this song, Layla, Cream and the Allmans. This video reveals incredible stories about music history
This song and album would not have turned out like this without Tom Dowd. He took it all and made a jumbled mess cohesive.
This is the best version because of the stars on this album....RIP D. Allman
And sadly Carl Radle, as well. RIP indeed!
This one is classic....Ty brotha
The unplugged version by Clapton is nice but the original, this one, is fire 🔥
It was 2 songs. Kind of. The first part was written fast & they felt it wasn't long enough. Bobby Whitlock (background vocal/keyboards) was playing around on the piano with the riff. The producer decided to add the end part building on that riff. This is my absolute favorite song ever! Crying guitars, voices filed with pain, then the beauty of the music of such talent. Jim Gordon (drums) also played with many other artists, including You're So Vain (studio) but killed his mother & is still in the hospital. Duane Allmann is the guy on Whipping Post whose guitar blew you away. And Carl Radle is a bass god. Then...Eric. Best guitarist ever.I've listened to this song more than any other. Thank you, Harri!
Next you should listen to "Bell Bottom Blues "
"In my whole life, I don't think I have ever heard a song make such a drastic change..."
Really???
It's time we introduce you to Yes, masters of progressive (so named because the musical themes "progress" through the pieces) rock, then Harri. My suggestion would be to start with the first track from The Yes Album, "Your's Is No Disgrace," and proceed chronologically track by track and album by album from there.
Fantastic band..i have reacted to a few of their songs
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Oh, good! I searched for HarriBest Yes and nothing came up. I'll try again.
@@IllumeEltanin Ive just done
that and they all came up..Type it in the TH-cam browser..not Google
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Found 'em!
@@IllumeEltanin And when he gets to "Heart of The Sunrise" he just passes out........:)
I saw Eric Clapton Live back in 1990 with Nathan East on bass amazing show i was 20 th row next to the light board so close to see one of the great guitarist of all time. A bucket list concert for sure !
Harri, I'm noticing a recurring theme of you appreciating good bass work.
So , I'd like to suggest investigating ( see what I did there? 😁 ) Jaco Pastorius, "The Chicken" would be a great introduction.
Also , Victor Wooten takes bass playing to entire new levels. Hearing him play "Amazing Grace" and/or "Norwegian Wood", solo on the bass, will knock your socks off...
I had the double album set and when you opened it up it was just pictures of them in the studio all these guitar players and even though I didn't understand who they were I knew that it was something big. I was prob 11
The Evolution of Dekek and the Dominos. Delaney Bramlett was a guitar player from Mississippi who move to L A and became a session player. Bonnie was a blue-eyed blonde who became the only non-black Ike-ette. (Ike made her wear an afro wig and darken her skin.) They met in L A and married then formed Delaney and Bonnie. They toured as the opening act of Blind Faith where they met Eric Clapton who was tired of the ego wars within Blind Faith. They then made the Delaney and Bonnie and Friends tour. The Friends consisted of all of the future members of Derek and the Dominos, what became the Rolling Stones horn section, Dave Mason from Traffic, and Rita Coolidge. Other would sit in when they could, including George Harrison, Duane Allman, and possibly Gregg Allman among others. Rumor has it that one night, possibly somewhere in New York, Delaney's "back up" guitarrists were Dave Mason, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, and Duane Allman. When D & B broke up George Harrison recruited Eric Clapton and 3 members of the band for All Things Must Pass. Eric, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon were rejoined by Bobby Whitlock of D&B to form Derek and the Dominos. Duane Allman sat in on Layla to play slide guitar. Later, after D&D broke up, Eric did his Unplugged album which included the slower acoustic version of Layla.
Clapton and Duane Allman met for the first time at an Allman Brothers concert in Miami that coincided with when they were in the studio recording this album. Tom Dowd made it happen after Clapton expressed an interest in going to see Duane (Skydog) Allman play. There's a TH-cam video except from the documentary 'The Language of Music' about Tom Dowd's career as a sound engineer, producer and inventor that tells the story of how they met. Dowd was responsible for many albums from this era including 'Layla' and The Allman Brother's "Live at the Fillmore East'.
"How did we get here?" Eric's section ended and Duane Bobby and Jim gave us a great outro The comments below explain the story. but esp. read the one by Janice Duke.
The change that occurs in this, to me is due to his pleas, even with the guitars, in the first part. When it goes to piano, it sounds like he finally got the girl, but there were still themes from the first part carrying over. This Layla is actually Patti Boyd who was married to George Harrison, developed a relationship with Eric that she divorced Harrison for. Alas, her marriage to Eric was probably good at first, but it too ended. He and George remained friends. I think Eric's song "Wonderful Tonight" is another ode to his marriage to Patti.
Pattie also inspired George early on in their relationship to write the song "Something."
Hello my friend, congratulations on your choice. For me Clapton deserves more attention, he's brilliant.
Remember that instrumental in goodfellas murder montage scene
You do know the screaming guitar work was done by DUANE ALLMAN. Of the ALLMAN BROTHERS. Eric heard heard WILSON PICKETTS cover of HEY JUDE. he wanted to know who was playing the screaming guitar. It was also DUANE ALLMAN playing under the name SKYDOG. He went to watch the ALLMANS. He met DUANE. And they went to the studio and LAYLA as it is today .
From what I understand, Clapton formed Derek and the dominoes after the break up of blind faith. He was jamming a lot with duane Allman and after recording the first part of Layla the weren’t satisfied without an ending so they got permission to use the piano ending and Duane and Eric enhanced the piano solo and history was made.
Patty Boyd was quite a muse.
Something...Beatles
Layla... Derek and the Dominoes
Wonderful Tonight...Eric Clapton.
And that's just through marriage. 😎
She must have had Something
This album is one of the best ever made.
THE best.
In her 2007 book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me, Pattie Boyd wrote: "We met secretly at a flat in South Kensington. Eric Clapton had asked me to come because he wanted me to listen to a new number he had written 1970. He switched on the tape machine, turned up the volume and played me the most powerful, moving song I had ever heard. It was Layla, about a man who falls hopelessly in love with a woman who loves him but is unavailable. He played it to me two or three times, all the while watching my face intently for my reaction. My first thought was: 'Oh God, everyone's going to know this is about me." I was married to Eric's close friend, George Harrison, but Eric had been making his desire for me clear for months. I felt uncomfortable that he was pushing me in a direction in which I wasn't certain I wanted to go. But with the realization that I had inspired such passion and creativity, the song got the better of me. I could resist no longer." The band 1979-71: Eric Clapton Guitar,/vocals, Bobby Whitlock Organ, Carl Radle Bass, Jim Gordon Drums. Harrison, took to calling Clapton his ‘husband-in-law.’
What a story
Epic song
having heard this harri ....you need to listen to one of the other great tunes from this album...BELL BOTTOM BLUES....you will feel the emotion