In high school (in the 70's) I used to lay on the floor with headphones and listen to Layla over and over again. It took me to another place, another world. So much higher than any high I've ever felt. Also, I found out later that this song was written about George Harrison's wife, Patti Boyd.
Boys and girls, For you who are listening and were not around or very young when this recording was made, you have to realize that the royalty of rock was on that stage and a song that took us by our brains and made us sail to the land of dreams, 'Layla', was our song of freedom and it confirmed to us that our way was the right way and that our parents' way was of another time.
Besides Mr Clapton, the 'Rock Royalty' on stage includes Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck on guitars, Charlie Watts and Kenny Jones on drums, Bill Wyman on bass, and Steve Winwood on organ. My apologies to the pianist, the other guitarist, and the crazy percussionist I don't recognize. Anyone else?
@@leekovalskyj9218 GGGGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. It's funny because I've been in pop music and written dozens of tunes and my career was coined by the Kevin Johnson tune 'Rock n' Roll I gave you all the best years of my life". In the end, it's not the glory that makes it a good life, it's what you had to do to make it happen that counts more. When I read Keith Richards' book and he said that one time he went camping with his family and because of bad weather, no one recognized him and it made him sad that I realized how glad I am to have been able to live my life the way I wanted without having to worry about being famous.
Clapton is the godfather of the electric guitar. What Clapton doesn't understand is that he was the spark that started the bonfire that is the electric guitar.
Im 28 and I have always said that they just don’t make music like this anymore!! I’m a huge fan of 70/80’s classic rock, punk rock, metal rock you name it. I wish I was born in this era 🖤
Most of these guys made it big in the 60's originally. Eric Clapton / Cream..... Steve Winwood / Spencer Davis Group..... Andy Fairweather Low / Amen Corner ...... Paul Rodgers / Free 1968/1971....... Kenney Jones / Small Faces.......Jeff Beck / Yardbirds ( Jimmy Page AND Eric Clapton also played guitar for the Yardbirds at different times. How about that for one band Clapton/Page/Beck ! Charlie with The Stones of course .......Joe Cocker, 1968 "With a Little Help From My Friends" featured Jimmy Page on lead guitar.
@Ryan Eagles Derek was alright but the rest were just flops! ....(hehehe) ...................................................................................................................................Is that the Dad joke you wanted?
@@MrChopsticktech Derek and the Dominoes were formed around April 1970 and disbanded in the summer of 1971. They released one album and disband while making the second which therefore never got made.
A true classic. I first heard it live in Cleveland, December-1970, right after the album was released. Thank you for posting this, this performance is very rare footage.
To those who don't know, this was called the ARMs concert for Ronnie Lane. One of the greatest rock gatherings of all time. I saw the show @ the Cow Palace in South San Francisco. The also had Jan Hammer, Joe Cocker and Paul Rogers there. It was to raise funds for Sclerosis.
Bought my first LP with lawn mowing money at 14. It was Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watch Tower. I played it until my dad hid it. Still in my top five, but Layla, every version, is my all time favorite tune. That’s my simple story.
Ray Cooper was no doubt the the coolest guy on stage during this song. While he was ostracized for his passion during the song, he did a very rock and roll thing by tipping over his instrument. Then casually going back playing the tambourine. Fucking cool as hell.
What a luxury!!! I don' t know why I can't enjoy it without crying. I grew up with these guys - the best of the best- and now that Jeff and Charlie are gone I know this can,'t happen again. Rock royalty no doubt.
So sad we lost both Charlie and Jeff. So much talent there. I noticed that Jimmy Page, Bill Wyman, and many more talented musicians on stage that night!
This was the A.R.M.S. Tour in 1983. A benefit for Ronnie Lane of the Small Faces. I saw this show both nights in a row at Madison Square Garden in NY City. The sheer amount of LEGENDS on one Stage was absolutely incredible. Still have both Ticket Stubs. Two amazing nights. What Id give to turn back the hands of time. ✌
Came out when I was in junior high school, still sends a shiver through my system every time I hear it -- the double album is one of the pinnacles of recorded music 💜
There's my baby. The love affair (unrequited) with Clapton has lasted over 50 years. It was the piano refrain from this song that first made my fingers itch to play piano......then many many years later (in college) we pulled this beautiful piece of music apart and the complexity is astounding.
You can thank Rita Coolidge who wrote the part and Jim Gordon who played the piano, despite the fact that Clapton and the rest of the band were against tacking it on to the song.
I'll be 70 this August. My father did not like the first half of this song; but he loved the last half. He just could not believe the last half was part of this song.
I'm 67, and that outro just swept my little 13-year-old heart away when I heard it. Tried to play it for my dad--a classical pianist--and was so sad that he didn't like it. He might have liked the 1991 Royal Albert Hall version. Miss you, Dad.
That is Rock and Roll royalty right there with a classic song in the halls of greatness. Layla was an anthem in early 70’s. The jam session style riff breaks in with an iconic piano solo and lasts for 3 minutes. Ppl would get lost for 3 minutes hanging on every note. Music had a different meaning in that era. The feeling of freedom and independence was a high and music was a drug. That’s why this music will long outlast the artists who made it.
I had the pleasure of photographing Eric Clapton and Patty Boyd as they emerged from Temple Bethel, Tucson, Ariz., after their wedding. I was doing freelance for the Arizona Daily Star. What a day!
music from our time you can throw into basket if you hear such music.. im only 32, but i love this music and for me, the 60's -90's were the best time for music. All the great songs are from this time.. we never hat such musicans after any more.. so bad..
My 2 yrs younger brother & his family were visiting sometime in 1990's & we spent a lot of time arguing which version of Layla was THE BEST! He said this one but I voted for the unplugged version (just to be contrary as both versions are great). We had so much fun bickering, just like old times as kids! I'm 76 now & he's 74. We still via email will comment on this song & other silly childhood times.
before the unplugged the song was a different vibe . the unplugged version was after married to " layla " . the older version was the unrequited love version . the vibe was different but both version are amazing 😂
@@torresderek69 well this isn't really derek and the dominos. This song was originally done by them written by Clapton. Check out the Johnny cash show with d&d , that the original. It's to late is the song
@@NobodySpecial512 Duane should be considered part of the Dominos, but this was a reference to who was on stage in the moment. If you want to go back to who wrote the riff, why don't we also include Leo Fender for creating the electric guitar Clapton uses, and Benjamin Franklin, for recognizing the power of electricity?
Wow, this song is so ahead of its time! The music sounds like something you'd hear from late 70s/80s rock, and it tricks you when you hear the 1970 quality microphone!
@@mobiditch6848 Jimi Hendrix tops the league. As for the all time great bands most surveys seem to come up with the same top 3, all British, Beatles, Stones and Led Zep.
Saw Derek and the Dominos in Detroit and it was a different vibe after seeing Cream a few times. Still great musicians playing great and Eric was on fire.
mcgurkryans - except the other Dominoes didn’t like what Eric and Duane did to Layla. Did you ever read B Whitlock’s interviews about that? He said that it sounded like a screeching mess of guitar noise, and that Jim Gordon’s piano coda didn’t belong anywhere near Layla because it had no transition or anything to intro it, and it just didn’t fit. He says (so do a lot of other people) that Gordon stole it from Rita Coolidge. Now, all that being said, I’m pretty sure Whitlock got over himself and his crybabying when Layla turned out to be the greatest love song ever written. They had it (the song) for quite awhile and didn’t do anything with it until Duane came along and helped fix the timing and the guitar. I guess the royalties helped him feel better about it, too.
@@pointyblackhat9045 Really? That's interesting. I didn't read Bobby's book, but I'm surprised how "possessive" those other guys' comments sound. It was really Eric's song as it dealt with Pattie... and from what I heard, they really didn't start recording it until Duane showed up. It's not as if the other Dominos/Bobby had this song written, and then EC/Duane come in to snatch it away from them.
really wish another wave of rock music can come around hearing that my dad had been to concerts such as ones with the domions, rolling stones, and van halen really make me jealous
@@nikospaolinelli I sit corrected. I guess I was thinking of a different video. A thousand pardons... Jeff Beck was off to the right next to Bill Wyman, though...
I think he had only kicked heroin a couple of months before this concert, so he was still really frail. He looked similar at Live Aid (although he did look a little better).
Saw arms 1983 nyc msg....yes indeed .saw beck 72 .zep 71.73.75.77...time fleeting me now b 65 soon .but saw jus noyt em all.elp.tull.who wit moon.genesis.flyod..yes zappa all bros .traffic .on n on
