CLAPTON AT HIS BEST! 🎵 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues REACTION 

The whole album. Faultless. Try them all. Top ten album of all time in rock and blues.

"You would never find a better loser" is one of the best lyrics ever

Brad & Lex, you’ll love his "Forever Man", "I Can't Stand It" and "Pretending” !!!!

Always loved this song. "Let it Grow" is another favorite. The ending always makes me stop whatever I'm doing and just...listen.

Maybe their best song. Great reaction. Thanks

Dude is in a world of PAIN . . . . hurts me bad just hearing the song

I love watching your reactions to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times 🤘. It's really nice that Brad gave a shout-out to the bass line. The bassist is the late Carl Radle. Radle's subtle counter melody and chromatic walkdowns paired with Jim Gordon on drums sets such a cool vibe for Clapton's Blues licks to shine.

This is an old school guitar band, with two of the hugest guitar legends. There is a Bass, Hammond, and Drums. Drummer was one of the top session drummers who played on more of the hit songs than anyone can imagine. Tragic Soul, Jim Gordon!

This is one I never get tired of. You can feel it when they sing the pre-chorus and chorus. Love the pinched notes on guitar too.

You guys should cover the entire album. Every song is righteous. Just an old man’s opinion. 😊

Imagine being Patty Boyd, "Bell bottom blues", "Layla", "Wonderful tonight",... all written for her...

Coming back to this one a month later. Love this entire album. Brad knows whats up.

Layla (not Clapton's later acoustic version) is THE Derek and the Dominoes song. Both the rock and acoustic versions are considered classics.

This was all Eric Clapton...but Duane Allman plated lead and slide guitar on most of the song on Derek and the Dominos album Layla and other assorted love songs.......including on the song Layla.

Eric Clapton ( studio) "Mainline Florida "

You are both right.

lol, 5 seconds in you can tell she had this song slated for a rainy candle day..lol

He's basically saying to her, whats it going to take? ============================================= Do you wanna see me crawl across the floor to you? Do wanna see me beg you to take me back? I'd gladly do it - cause'

No one can cover this in opinion it just can't get any better

"I'd gladly do it." Like Lexi said, if you want something bad sometimes you'll take that hit to your pride, and crawl, and beg. And, sacrifice some control of the situation like Brad said.

He wrote this for Patty Boyd. He was in love with her. She was married to George Harrison. It was as if he was addicted to her and if he couldn't have her he would die. Very sad.

I forgot how very good this song was! Now check out "Blue Jean Blues" by Z Z Top.

This is far and away the best album in the history of Rock & Roll... Not a clinker on the entire album...

The GREAT ERIC CLAPTON GUITAR AND VOCALS

One thing to remember, there are 2 guitarists playing on here, in my opinion Clapton is 2nd best. Duane Allman was one of the best, and MAYBE THE best slide player ever.

Would you react to these if you haven't yet. The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics. Rock & Roll Heaven by Righteous Brothers. Last Game of the Season by David G. If You Came Back From Heaven by Lorrie Morgan.

not familair with that song but fun to watch u two talk thru it...

I like both this and Let it Rain better than Layla

The second guitarist on this song was Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers Band.

Suggestion: You should do "I wish it would rain down" by Phil Collins. Clapton's lead guitar on that song is amazing.

#hogarmy

Unreleased D&TD Got To Get Better in A Little While and Evil. Killer tunes.

The days when men wrote songs about simping.

Clapton went to great lengths to get Patti and then ended up physically and mentally abusing her…his words, he stated this in an interview. She stated that she suspected that Clapton just wanted what George had and so began the drawn out pursuit of trying to woo her. She divorced him for his “unreasonable behavior” and “infidelity”. Good riddance. I enjoy his earlier music with Cream/Derek and I’m able to separate the music from the man, who it seems turned over a new leaf and straightened himself out with addiction issues and all that went with it.

This is a song about his friend George Harrison's wife. He was in love with her and soon after this she left Harrison for Clapton. She is also the inspiration for Layla from the same album

This actually gets ahead of Layla on my playlist. I've always loved this song.

It was just a great album and the songs all flowed along perfectly.

Eric Clapton and Duane Allman on Guitars, a great Album!

This is such a great song by Clapton. The gut wrenching lyrics and the crying guitar are outstanding. This definitely puts you in chill mode. So many hits by this band. Check out "Let it Grow", a sweet song among others. Thanks guys for this reaction - loved your comments!🧡

Wow. Nobody mentions the fact that the great Bobby Whitlock co-wrote this and sings the harmonies with Eric on this song and all over the album.

Brad,he wrote this song for Patti Harrison ( George Harrison of the Beatles wife ) George was one of his best mates but he'd fallen in love with his wife,at the time they had a bad marriage and George was cheating on her a lot. Clapton wrote the whole album for her with lots of classics like Layla in it. He and Patti were getting closer and he was begging her to leave George, he also told her that if she didn't he'd take heroin full time ( which he did 😢) he'd been a casual user but he basically locked himself away for two years and became a MASSIVE heroin addict, which he then got clean BUT traded it for alcohol and became a massive alcoholic 😅 Eric Clapton did end up marrying Patti and still remained being friends with George Harrison up to George's death,they used to jokingly refer to each other as 'husbands in law '

Recommend Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, Key to,the Highway, and Have You Ever Loved a Woman. The interplay between Duane Allman (and that slide), and Eric is fantastic. The love affair behind the record,added to its poignancy.

My absolute favorite from the album. A truly beautiful song.

The drummer for Derek and The Dominos in Jim Gordon. He was a very sought after session drummer who worked with everyone as a satellite member of the famous roster of musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. Jim just recently passed away on March 13, 2023. He was an inmate in a prison/psychiatric facility in California. He was serving a 16 year to life sentence for the slaying of his mother, in 1983. He states that a voice told him to kill her. I never saw him play with Clapton but I did see him perform with The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band.

EC was here

you nailed it Clapton was beggin his A$$ off in this one...I think the whole Layla album is a grief cycle album, intentionally done or inadvertently. This is track #2 - stage #2 of the grief process is bargaining. Stage #1 is denial and track #1 is literally titled "I looked away." The title track Layla is the last track on the album...I think that song covers the entire grief cycle and is the only time the album reaches the "acceptance" stage in the outro...an absolute masterpiece of a heartbreak album. Check out the story behind this album, he had a torrid love affair with George Harrison's wife. George was one of Clapton's best friends (it was the 70's 🤷‍♂) and he wrote this album when she left New York to go back to Harrison in London. Years later she divorced Harrison and married Clapton.

The vocal anguish is soooo powerful!

My favorite Derek and the Dominos song.

Great Eric Clapton duet, The Core. looking forward to when you two get to this one.

It is Clapton at his best. Gorgeous blues playing and singing.

Another great song written about/for Patti Harrison. She saw a pair of Bell Bottoms that she liked in a store and Eric went back and bought them for her

R.I.P. JIM GORDON…

Watch and listen to Eric Clapton and The Band doing further on up the road from The Last Waltz

Another song inspired by Patti Boyd.

That guitar sound is a genuine Fender Stratocaster most likely reported as through a Fender Champ little 15 Watt amplifier cranked to 10. (A little tiny tube amp pushed to its beautifully distorted limits. It doesn't take a big amp to get a big sound.) That is one of the most popular sounds that people associate with the original Fender Stratocaster guitar. The Stratocaster has 3 Single Coil pickups and a 3-way switch. Early players noticed that you can balance the 3-way switch between positions and get either the bridge or the neck pickup in a weird combination with the center pickup. (Weird because the balancing the switch like that caused the pickups' voltage to be summed in parallel instead of series like most pickup combinations.) This gives it that unique "Squawky", yet clear sound. Modern Stratocasters use a 5-way switch and sum pickups in series, as is industry standard, unless modified or Special Anniversary editions. A Fender Stratocaster is the body shape of the guitar with 2 cutaways where the neck meets the body. It was first sold in 1954. This song was recorded in 1970. Clapton owned a pre 1960 Stratocaster that he recorded this album with. The other guitar player in this band is Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers and Aretha Franklin fame. Duane Allman played a suped up 1957 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top with humbucker pickups. It recently sold at auction for $1,250,000. Duane Allman switches seamlessly between fingered and slide guitar giving it a unique sound also. A Les Paul is a body shape of one cutaway only and 2 pickups and a 3 way switch. This entire album "Layla, and Other Assorted Love Songs" was lyrically about Eric Clapton falling in love with Patti Boyd who was the wife of his friend George Harrison of the Beatles. Every single song on this album is about loving a married woman, begging her to stay, leaving because she is playing with his heart (and George Harrison's and Mick Jagger's... Patti Boyd got around...), or I'm so over you that I wrote this song about you, to listing all of the reasons why you are beautiful, etc... That theme even includes the cover-tunes on the album: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox); "Key To The Highway" (Big Bill Broonzy); "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?" (Billy Miles); "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix). Seriously... The entire album is a Blues-Rock Soap Opera. It could easily be written into a musical movie.

Finally.. one of the greatest. Great album

Eric Clapton "Motherless Child" & "See What Love Can Do"

Excellent song, excellent Reaction, Hilarious but True analysis

All I remember lyrics wise is "bell bottom" which we all wore back then

Ive suggested this dozens of times to many reaction channels.... One of their best songs!

This is about Patty Boyd. George Harrison's wife. Clapton did eventually win Patty over and they were married for several years. She was actually not very good for Clapton. He disappeared off the face of the Earth while they married and developed severe addictions. Just goes to show, sometimes what you want can be very bad for you. Especially in matters of the heart.

Eric Clapton, my Guitar Hero 👏👏👏

Guys, the live version from the “24 Nights” album will blow you away. In my opinion, it’s a rare instance that the live version is better than the studio version.

There is a lot of history behind this song, including the wife of his best friend. She didn't leave Clapton, he's begging her to leave her husband, with whom she is not happy. Boyd was married to George Harrison for eleven years, then divorced him and married Clapton. Boyd, Clapton, and Harrison all remained friends. Clapton and Boyd divorced after ten years.

Please do River of Tears live. It's a tear jerler with an amazing end solo or Old Love live

Brad and Lex... If you want to see the only recorded footage of "Dereck and the Domino's", Check out The Domino's on the Johnny Cash Show. It has quite the back story. It was the only publicity the band could get before starting to tour as The Domino's. But it was a Country television show, so they had to send an audition tape to it. Carl Radle suggested they record country legend Bob Will's "It's Too Late", and send that as the audition.. The song was neve meant to be on the album but is. when it was accepted, the four original members appeared on the show. When Johnny Cash first introduced the band he said Eric Clapton and his band the Domino's. The Union Jack flag is clearly in display. The show was recorded live, and Bobby Whitlock interrupted Johnny by saying "wait a minute... Carl is from Oklahoma, Jim is from California, and I'mm from Memphis and that's my Granny Whitlock and other family members sitting in the front row of the Ryman Auditorium. Johnny Cash burst out laughing and they had to cut the tape. When Johnny re-introduced the band, He starts with introducing Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, and lastly Eric Clapton. They had 30 seconds to re-do it because it was being recorded live. Bobby Whitlock clearly pushed Eric Clapton's vocals on the show, which was quite weak compared to the wonderful vocalist he would later become. Also, it is quite apparent on how big Johnny Cash was when "It's Too Late was completed, and he approaches Clapton. Also, they followed up with a song "Match Box" with Johnny, the band, and Carl Perkins. Carl and Eric displayed an awesome guitar solo's on it. I am an Eric Clapton historian, and your Pinellas County unique artist. Congratulations Mamma and Pappa.

I love watching Brad slowly formed opinion it's written all over your face

Such a great album. Eric and Duane played off each other so well and brought out the best in each other's styles. If you want to hear a really great jam between them check out Key to the Highway. The song just cuts in already in progress because the engineer suddenly realized they weren't recording some of the best blues he had ever heard. Then check out I am Yours. It is a poem taken directly from the ancient Persian epic poem The Story of Layla and Manjun. The whole album is about Eric's unrequited love for George Harrison's wife.

I wore bell bottoms as a young man. It was the best of times ever. Hated to see the fad fade away. So did Eric Clapton. Story goes bell bottoms was becoming a thing of the past, so he wrote a song to them.😅

Bassist Carl radle passed some years ago and the drummer Jim Gordon passed away in the penitentiary after murdering his mom some years ago and the keyboard player Bobby Whitlock still lives today and has his own RU-vid channel and you ought to check it and Eric just keeps ongoing keep doing what you doing

From one of the best albums ever recorded!

All EC on this incredible song. Duane came in after the first 3 tracks were recorded.

Great reaction couch gang! This LP was released when i was in High School. Been a fan of Eric Clapton since the first time I heard this.

Will you be going to the Desert Trip Festival in California with, Metallica ,iron maiden, Ozzy, Guns N roses,Tool,AC⚡DC 🎸

His best work, not even close. Having that band of Okies helped.

Check out "Thorn Tree In the Garden," that is also a good one.

Brad: I KNEW these lyrics would get under your skin 😆. And you are correct that begging is not good in the dating/relationship world. But, sometimes BAD dating advice/behavior makes for good rock n roll lyrics. I think a song can be really well-written, yet still contain attitudes/behaviors that you wouldn’t advise someone to copy/emulate.

Great song that I love. It was written for George Harrison's wife who Eric was in love with. You can feel it in his singing how heartbroken he was. In fact the whole lp is a tribute to her. Since bell bottoms are referring to jeans, check out Neil Diamonds song "Forever In Blue Jeans" while you're at it.

If I could say, it would be.. Clapton at his best was the Disraeli Gears record with Cream. That is good stuff ;)

No need for a cover This is perfection

It's Jim Gordon's perfect drumming that drives this song. A man truly tortured.

Brad had me rolling "... and he really really really wants her back" 😄

I haven't watched your reactions in a while. I forgot how much I love Lexi. Sorry Brad. Lol. Great song,

NO BODY..! Could hope to dare to dream of doing this song better than Clapton... Shine Down. ..? Really..? She might as well just said the Muppets..!! Holy cow!! FML !

Love Eric’s guitar sound

This song and 10 others were created by the following bands written by either George Harrison (Beatles), Eric Clapton (Derik And The Dominos) or Ronnie Wood (Faces & The Rolling Stones) who were all in love the the UK model at the time named Pattie Boyd. She inspired so many songs! 1. THE BEATLES // "I NEED YOU" (1965) 2. THE BEATLES // "SOMETHING" (1969) 3. THE BEATLES // "FOR YOU BLUE" (1970) 4. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS // "LAYLA" (1970) 5. DERIK AND THE DOMINOS // "BELL BOTTOM BLUES" (1971) 6 AND 7. RONNIE WOOD // "MYSTIFIES ME" (1974) AND "BREATHE ON ME" (1975) 8. GEORGE HARRISON // "SO SAD" (1974) 9. ERIC CLAPTON // "WONDERFUL TONIGHT" (1977) 10. ERIC CLAPTON // "SHE'S WAITING" (1985) 11. ERIC CLAPTON // "OLD LOVE" (1989) 😯

I NEVER NEVER NEVER hear cover bands play this. They play the same old shit. But never this.

George Harrison & Eric Clapton were best buds. Eric was in love with George's wife Patty Boyd. When they got divorced, Eric & Patty got married.

Bobby Whitlock's backing vocals are so important to this album.

This was another song for Pattie Boyd Harrison. She wanted Eric to bring back bell bottoms from his American tour. Pattie Boyd had SO many songs written for her . "Something" by her husband George Harrison . Layla , bellbottom blues , wonderful tonight, and old love. By her future husband Eric Clapton. Eric was hopelessly in love with her but 1 she was his best friend's wife ( George) 2 He was convinced that even if she ever left George he would be the last person she would fall for. But his Lancelot ways finally won her over. Layla and other love songs was written at a time when he was convinced he would always be in love with a woman he could NEVER have. That's why the album has so many songs about unrequited love. I don't think Eric was a virgin but he'd never been in love before so he fell hard, in that teenage first love kinda way. It made for some amazing songs!

Brad you better answer this right or YOU'RE gonna be crawling' across the floor to her...and you know you will! 🤣 You probably did right after the camera cut away 🤣 I don't blame ya!

This album is dedicated to best friend George Harrison's wife Patti. She and Clapton eventually married. During the back and forth, however, Eric dated Patti's 16-year-old sister for a bit. Love the hell out of this brilliant song regardless of any associated drama.

The great Bobby Whitlock on Keyboards singing harmony.

Brad, you need to understand, lyrics like these come from dudes with avoidant personalities. Basically, they never let the woman in, never give her a sense of security or commitment, until she finally gives up and threatens to leave. Only then do they say all this mushy wussy stuff, and often it tricks the woman into giving them yet another chance. Then the dudes go right back to their old ways. Please don't look at all these lyrics written by classic men in the classic era through the eyes of modern "red-pilled", "how to game women" goggles. You're missing the mark by not understanding the historical cultural context and framing everything in a modern context.

I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. I was at a bar, drowning in my sorrows, the victim of unrequited love. I heard this not knowing it was Clapton and thought, “this guy gets it! The man’s in pain!”

They came and went, but D and the D were instrumental in Clapton’s vocal development. Whitlock’s intense delivery forced Eric to compete and belt out vocals like never before. He was insecure about his voice and Bobby pushed him to a level he probably didn’t know he had.

From this album, "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?"... to me, better than "Layla".

I think Lex is music sensitive and hears sound better the average person. Do you play any instruments Lex?

Yup Brad you nailed it. The song Layla is over the same woman ....married to George Harrison. Poor old Eric unlucky in love i guess.

Just push through! 😂😂👌