So glad I grew up in this era when musicians were master craftsmen of their instruments and it was all about the music. Doesn’t get any better than this.
Bobby Whitlock's voice carried the vocals for sure ... Jim Gordon was a masterful drummer - maybe one of the top two or three in the business at the time ... Eric was at top form ... Not too many people mention Carl Radle - laying down that heavy and steady bass beat to carry everyone along. What a marvelous group of musicians.
Got this record when it first came out back when Live lps were almost better than the studio due to the energy created onstage. EC's lead work is at his finest. The drum solo set the bar for me at age 12 as to how to do a drum solo. It's like Jim had the band still playing in his head, that's how in time he was thru out it. While the band as a whole may sound a bit loose (as some have critiqued ) This version overall, is most excellent and its 19 min long ! I pine for those old days still....
Carl Radle's picking fingers must have been on fire that night. Full tilt, and never missed a note. To my ear, and as a musician,he was the best Fender Bass player ever.
When I recently listened to this album two songs blew me away. ie., Let It Rain & Got to Get Better in a Little While. Clapton played on a level never elsewhere achieved or exceeded in my opinion. Everything worked like the finest painting ever created, a true work of art in a league of its own. I can't stop listening to both these amazing works of art. Whitlock, Radle, and Gordon all came together with Clapton to create pure genius. The versions of these two amazing songs have never been surpassed and I bet Eric would say it's his and his teams greatest accomplishment ever! To think this music was created live on February 23rd, & 24th 1970 and finally released on February 22, 1994 ie., 24 years later is shocking. This unparalleled work should have hit the market as soon as possible after it was recorded. Imagine genius work of this magnitude collecting dust on a shelve. What a find and a true pleasure to be shared with humanity forever timeless.
it was beautiful watching EC doing this--eyes closed, maybe a cigarette in the neck of the guitar--just feelin it, no wild grimacing, the occasional pursing of the lips---just seemingly effortless expressionism --elegant
ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST JOYOUS DISPLAYS OF GUITAR VIRTUOSITY EVER RECORDED {AND HE IS ALL OF 25 YEARS OLD} AND THE REST OF THE BAND IS BRILLIANT AS WELL.. WOW...
Bobby Whitlocks back up vocals and shouts and answers to Erics vocals in this song and all of them ,is a key piece of what made their overall sound work, and unique--all their own---often imitated never duplicated. They were my first concert---Thanksgiving weekend 1970 Painters MIll, Maryland, Theatre in the Round...they opened with Layla. I was 16.
What a memorable experience. I missed those opportunities although I was there to take advantage. Great band. They come out of Delaney and Bonnie and then Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Carl Radle not to go unmentioned.
The musicianship of this song is unparalleled. A friend got me on to this version and it’s incredible. All pieces form magic. EC seems to have the Midas Touch
Clapton is brilliant here. Thank you sir for your years of dedication sharing your talent and love of music, hope Clapton stays healthy for years to come.
This Album is among my most prized possessions. This one, Allman Brothers (also) at Fillmore East and J Geils Band Full House are my list of top 3 Live recordings!
Yes, all 3 of them are LEGENDARY classics! The Derek & Dominos and ABB are usual mentions, but I also totally wore out J Geil's Full House album-good call! First I Look at the Purse and it was on! What a set! Those are all desert island discs for sure.
The Dominoes were fantastic. Eric was in some fine bands that only made him excel at what he does best. What a time to be young and music like this was being made.
19 and a half minutes of pure heaven !!!!!!! If this doesn't get you fired up you must be dead ...... PUT IT IN THE CD CHANGE R IN THE CAR TIME FOR A ROAD TRIP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLAY IT LOUD
I bet you give Jim a drum set in that hospital and some good music you’d see a transformation back and maybe some meds these guys fuckinn rocked I had this album legends for sure
it just drives me nuts when peeps have to demote an artist, when all they have to do is promote the one that moved them & why they were moved ; ) I love any artist that can take me on a lil trip to somewheres else ~ with the beauty of their instrument.
There is no doubt that Eric was at his improvisational best here, and that as time went on he became more formulaic in his playing. But as a guitar player, I am still amazed at even his formulaic playing.
In my opinion, he was at his very best when playing with these guys ! Surely epic !! And Jim Gordon aways my favorite drummer, followed his career and his downfall and to this day am heartbroken over what happened to this awesome musician, but here they are all, as someone on here said, operating on all cylinders !! Over 40 years and I still listen to this album (CD) ....
If you read his autobiography “Clapton” he mentions that he just had immediate chemistry with these guys and often had long jams with them at his home in Hurtwoods Edge back in the day
@@StealthyAssassin007 Achan121 4 months ago That chemistry is crystal clear and in ur face, with these players and with Duane I totally agree with you...Eric and Duane at this point in time, were on fire and with each other, I never heard two guitar players so perfect with each other since maybe ( Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner's Sweet Jane intro for Lou Reed) but this I've worn off the vinyl then the CD's and to this day.....LOL
I think playing with Duane Allman on studio album must have inspired EC because this is some of his most inventive, energetic playing since Cream imho.....The Fillmore version of "Why does love have to be so sad" is even more amazing....
john Doss Jim Gordon was a great drummer and his style of playing was much like Mitch Michelle and Santana's original drummer Michael shrieve but maybe better. Many of my favorite rock drummers came from a Jazz influence. I believe he is still locked up because he killed his mother. He is a diagnosed schizonphrenic, really tragic and almost as much as the Peter Green story.
+Diego Loco I think Jim Gordon was an amazing drummer! Not only could he do this, but listen to "Sundown" or "Diamonds and Rust" or "Wichita Lineman" or "Midnight at the Oasis" or "You're So Vain." Eric said he was the best rock drummer he ever played with by far.
Nobody ever mentions Bobby Whitlock the keyboards great voice that sung a lot of songs you probably thought is was all ec.he played the hell out of that Hammond
My God! This is not the version on the official live album! But it's definitely Jim Gordon. I became a drummer partly because of Jim Gordon and the solo he played on that version. But this one is just as beautiful, and in fact, has a crisper sound than the original. Maybe another night, this one. Whatever. I am so grateful to you, Sir Takayuki Kitao; I never in my life expected to hear another version of this epic, epic number. THANK YOU! I loved it!!!
I seen Eric Clapton when he dedicated when Bob Marley died that concert is I shot the sheriff it was in Chicago in the early seventies back then he was great and he's still good and if you did see him like I did you could see nothing's changed he's a great performer I am very honored that I got to see him very good very good performer
Yep.. he just sat in with them.... and influenced a little song know as Layla!! Allman never toured with Derek and the Dominos, but he did make three appearances with them on December 1, 1970 at the Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa (Soulmates LP) and the following day at Onondaga County War Memorial, and one appearance (or possibly just Delaney Bramlett or both Duane and Delaney) November 20, 1970[11] at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California.
I wonder if Delaney Bramlett wrote the riffs? I heard the studio Layla album dubbed Steven Stills on Bass at the ending of Let it Rain. Stills sold them on it.
@@JesseFSegovia Yeah, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium gig was-I used to have a bootleg of it. It had a cartoon caricature of Clapton in a Superman's costume with a cape on the cover! Not sure what the actual title of the of the boot was, the sound quality wasn't great.. Delaney did sit in at this show but I just found the show here on YT! : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G5AeteqmZ4c.html I thought Duane was on it too but it doesn't look like he is...
Having followed EC closely since the mid-70s, I rate his playing in '70 and '71, which also includes the Layla sessions (with Duane on more than half the finished album and jams), as his greatest, followed by the Bluesbreakers '66 album, then Cream. It is now fashionable to denigrate his play after heroin and alcoholism ('72-79 or so) and say he's just a shell of himself. While I don't think he ever regained the same power in the studio, his playing in the late '80s was excellent and he had very good moments in the 90s and 00s, Where I feel the critics are most uninformed is in his live performances: I saw him in '04 and it rivaled a '78 show, and his 3-night reunion with Steve Winwood at Madison Sq. Garden in '08 was a testament to his stunning talent and passion 45 years into his career.
William Bullard I agree completely with you, critics are jaded and must taken with a grain of salt. I saw the second night of the 3-night reunion with SteveWinwood at Madison Sq. Garden in 08. It is was maybe the 5th time I had seen EC and he is always professional but sometimes he is inspired and that night he was inspired. Critics like to dump on him because he did not die like Jimi.
Discovering this album quite a few years ago is one of best things i have ever been through (musically). This album can get me crying with joy and heartfelt gratefulness for what this kind of music has helped me cope with (i've had some serious problems).
Bobby Whitlock is the most unsung vocalist of this era. It was a real shame that this group didn't last, but the blend of Bobby's and EC's voices is simply brilliant. I grew up on this music, and it always stands the test of time.
Fantastic live performance & recording quality. Praise for D&tD but Fender here is stellar (even for him). Marks: guitar 2:54 pedal 5:06 drums 9:03 guitar2 13:19 revocal 15:16 guitar3 15:59 end, thanks 18:13 complement on MY beauty, of course.
Holy shit the more I listen to this the more respect and hope I have for Jim Gordon. He is the best drummer !....GO JIM ...get well it's never too late to pick up those sticks again!
Let us not forget the contributions of the great Bobby Whitlock who together with Eric wrote several songs for the Layla. I do think that Eric should have enlisted a rhythm / slide / background vocalist to fill out the sound making it more similar to the records.
If you guys think this ones good, listen to the live album from the Fillmore East called "In Concert". The version of "Let it Rain" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" make this version seem tame.
Katrina Hamilton Four monsters...even though the sound mis perhaps is not as good as it could be, Eric,s job is amazing, and as he himself told once, they sounded as if they were 40 players on stage
Carl Radle was one of the best bass players to work with Eric. A beautiful sound, easy to hear and melodic, and gives support to Eric rather than competing.
Eric has always had great bass players ,, right through from Jack Bruce, Rick Grech, Carl Radle, Donald Duck Dunn, Nathan East, Dave Bronze,, even Jaco made a pitch to Eric to play with him ,,,, and you can say this about all his band members ,,,
Awesome performance it is a rare thing to get such musicianship today, maybe the record labels will get a greater sense of talented play and writing and stop stifling the creative genius of this generation.
As many here have already opined, I also think Eric was at his best when he was with Derek and the Dominos. I love the live recordings this group made. I can listen to them over and over and over. The only dissenting comment I would make about this particular song is in regards to the drum solo. This is something I see (or hear) again and again with rock and roll drummers: not much imagination. I don’t think there are too many that can even come close to the likes of Joe Morello, Buddy Rich, Chick Webb, Louis Bellson, Gene Ktupa, Alan Dawson, Jo Jones, Bobby Durham and many, many more. Maybe it’s the genre. But R&R drummers seem to lack imagination.
Jim Gordon did what those great drummers you mentioned WOULD do, he kept the beat going! ANd solod in the context of "let it rain" without losing that vibe. That in itself is pretty cool.
Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, and John Bonham would have been shouting "Wow!" watching this! Such a pity that Jim had psychological problems!!
A great track from a wonderful album. This is truly the zenith of Eric Clapton as a guitarist, better than Cream, way better than his later solo stuff, where he became staid and formulaic. This is from that all too brief period when Eric really was God and willing and able to hypnotise that old Strat into a blues trance and dance with the devil! Epic!
I never write comments, but what the FUCK is going on with these advertisements interrupting music videos at approximately 7:00 minutes? Hey You Tube, advertisements at the beginning of the videos are bad enough, but to interrupt a classic like this is an absolute sacrilege. Disgusting..... Your greed knows no boundaries. If you must, then save them for the Gangsta' Rap shit,
Scott Whitaker My son put on something calle "Ad Block (ABP) ,,and away went all that disrupting bullshit!! Mine was getting so bad ,,I couldnt listen to a full album,,or a list of faves w/o getting up to SKIP AD!! I know you are talking about writing on the screen,,right?..well it also took care of that ,,In my upper right hand corner there is a picture of a red Stop sign with "ABP" in the middle ..or google the letters,,I hope this helps you ,,I love music soooo Much that I need this nonsense gone and so do you!
There is an "Ad Blocker " in the shape of a stop sign,,,it shouldbe up in your right hand corner of the the screen,,with the initials ABP in the red stop sign..click on it or look up "Ad Blocker" ,,,,,my son did it for me ,,I knew nothing about it before and I was having ads on top of ads!! Good Luck!
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