Derek & The Dominoes - Layla 1971 (Songs Of The 70s) *DayOne Reacts* 

Angela, this song was written by Eric Clapton and Eric sang lead, He fell in love with George Harrison's wife Patty Boyd Harrison, After George and Patti's marriage failed, Eric did marry her but were divorced not long after. Sad story The amazing slide guitar was played by the late great Dwane Allman.

Eric Clapton was originally part of the Yardbirds, during the British Invasion of the sixties. After that he was in Cream, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith, and this one, Derek and the Dominos. The slide guitar here is Duane Allman, a guest on this album. This was an extremely popular song and Clapton's signature song, arguably. It was written by him and the band's drummer.

When Duane Allman invents the perfect riff for your song about you stealing a woman from a Beatle. Insane 70's.

Eric Clapton and Duane Allman wailing on guitars and slide guitar, Epic is the only word to describe it. "Derek" is really Eric Clapton but this was not his first band. The voice sound you mentioned is slide guitar by Duane Allman at the end of the song 🔥

Clapton was in Derek and the dominoes as well as Cream, Blind Faith, The Yardbirds, John Mayall and the Blues Breakers. The slide guitar on this song is played by Duane Allman however.

Layla and Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) were MEGA hits of early 70s, played on radio for YEARS after their first release. Eric Clapton wrote the song because he was in love with another man's wife. That man was his best friend, George Harrison of the Beatles.

Duane Allman 🎸 Eric Clapton 🎸

The amount of talent playing in this song is ridiculous.

Angela, "epic" is a great way to describe this song. I'd also call it legendary, as it's one of the most recognizable tunes in rock history.

Derek and the Dominos were a short lived super group. Eric Clapton on guitar, Duane Allman - of the Allan Brothers on slide guitar, Jim Gordon on Drums, Bobby Whitlock on piano and background vocals, Karl Radle on Base guitar. The song is about Eric’s unrequited love for Patti Harrison, his best friend - George Harrison of the Beatles - wife.

A classic that almost everyone was obsessed with! And yes, this was one of Eric’s bands.

Yes it is Eric Clapton ! The band only released one album . They were together 1970 and 1972 ! It is considered his arrival at the top !

Yes you are correct. The original studio version with Eric. Then he did the slow "Unplugged" version you are probably talking about.

I love how much you appreciated this song. The whole album is fantastic. If you doubt me, just listen to “Key to the Highway” and try not to listen to all the rest.

Read up on Patti Boyd, she was the inspiration behind a number of hit songs from this time period, including this one.

That's Eric Clapton singing and lead guitar with the late great Duane Allman on slide guitar. Duane's guitar is doing the talking.

The closest that Eric Clapton came to singing the blues like his hero Robert Johnson. A woman will do that to you.

A song so great that Eric Clapton is the second best guitarist on the cut. Duane Allman was a monster.

Eric was aware of Duane Allman's talent, and subsequently jammed with him and asked Duane to play a track or two on the album. During the first song they worked on, an immediate kinship was formed between the two. Slide guitar on this song is all Duane

For years, I only knew the vocal first part of Layla. I then heard the coda when it played in the movie Goodfellas, but didn´t know it was the same song. The night before my 17th birthday, my friends had a birthday party for someone else at a big house out in the country (bizarrely, owned by one of my teachers). To my surprise, at midnight they confessed it wasn´t the other person´s birthday at all, but rather a party for me. That night, I heard the whole song, put two and two together, and pretty much had the same face you do for the whole reaction. As everyone else drifted off to sleep, I played the song on a loop until sunrise. A very special night, and a song I´ve loved ever since. I highly recommend two other songs off this album: "Bell Bottom Blues", also sung by Clapton, and the heartbreaking "Thorn Tree in the Garden", sung by Bobby Whitlock. Duane Allman´s contribution to Southern Rock, and even R&B, is immense. You have to hear Wilson Pickett´s cover of "Hey Jude", which was arranged by Allman. Spectacular.

This is Eric Clapton that you're listening to now. Same artist, different era and totally different arrangement.

The best part of this tune is Duane Allman's outstanding slide playing.👍

I am sooo glad that you did the studio version of Layla 1st that had the iconic piano at the end. Now You can move on to the acoustic version which is great.

I feel it is the greatest rock song ever. Perfect combination of musicians, with two of the best guitarists ever on lead and slide guitars. Amazing.

Who's here because of "Goodfellas"?

Many people thought this was the greatest song of all time. Some still do! 😊

If you get the chance, look for the Derek/Dominos instrumental jams from the box set. They're stunning. Some are with Duane and/or the Allman Brothers.

Oh how I love Duane Allman’s slide guitar playing and Clapton’s passionate singing.

You need to react to "Bell Bottom Blues" now, such a great song, even Lady Gaga covered it.

You MUST do Bell Bottom Blues (from the same album) .

Gotta be absolutely one of your BEST reactions ever!!! 🎶🔥

Look into the backstory of the song. Eric was in love with wife of Beatle George Harrison, Patti Harrison. This song was for her.

How about Elvis 72 live in Vegas singing Bridge over troubled water. ..it's life changing...love your enthusiasm...just saying

Try 'Joybringer' by Manfred Mann's Earthband. You'll like it.

Eric Clapton and Duane Allman!!! What else needs to be said!! ❤❤❤

Erick is Derick. He was also in Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blinnd Faith.

If you like this song then you need to listen to WONDERFUL TONIGHT - LET IT GROW - LET IT RAIN - so many more!!!!

The guitar riff on this song is just rammed down your throat to endless perfection.

Eric has been in a lot of bands. Derek and the Dominoes IS Eric Clapton. This is the song that made him really famous.

The Patty triangle ...Please react to Something. from the Beatles..its also a song to Patty...written by Harrison..sings of love .. and heartache...

There is an acoustic version of "Layla" released in 1992 that was broadcast on MTV that was called "Eric Clapton Unplugged". It is a much slower version and it may be the one that you heard.

I think I'll go watch Good Fellas now, go watch Good Fellas....

Clapton and Duane Allman...what more could you possibly require, to jam out?

That beautiful sound that you're talking about is Duane Allman playing slide, try Duane playing slide on Amazing Grace, it's beautiful, another great guitarist taken far to young.

Eric Clapton everybody. Clapton is god

He was also in Cream. Check out "Badge."

ERIC CLAPTON was also in CREAM and in another band THE YARDBIRDS

I haven't watched the end yet but I think Goodfellas just popped into her mind.

Eric Clapton was in several bands before. The Yardbirds. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Cream. Blind Faith... And then... he assembled this group of people, not for a long time but to do THIS album to kickstart his solo career. It was a onetime thing. So it was called Derek and the Dominoes. After this, these people had other things of their own to do and it was just Eric Clapton and other musicians. About the same time, he also played support for "Delaney and Bonnie" for awhile. Bramlett was their last name.

The lead singer of this group is Eric Clapton this is before Eric Clapton became a solostar.

Same Layla same singer.. Also try Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton.

It was Duanne Allman on the slide guitar that the high crying sound came from a intense masterpiece.

Eric Clapton's many bands he played with. He was a hot commodity

There's an important side-story about ~Layla~! This is absolutely true~!~ The change/CODA at the last third of the song was NOT WRITTEN BY ERIC CLAPTON~!~!~!~ The fabulous ~Rita Coolidge~ wrote most of that beautiful ~interlude~ along with drummer Jim Gordon, who never credited Ms. Coolidge in the writing credits~!~ Just plain ~rotten~ ~!~

Derek = Eric, lol. This is one of the bands Eric was in.

Eric Clapton been in four bands before he became just Eric Clapton the solo artist.

Angela You MUST MUST MUST play a song from 1978 called Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. But it must be the 1983 live version on RU-vid under the title Sultans of Swing Alchemy Live. I promise your life will never be the same.

Eric Clapton is THE greatest guitar player of all time, according to the entire planet, EXCEPT himself. Eric has always said Jimi Hendrix was the GOAT, but Jimi said it was Clapton, so I'll take that.

Duane Allman on the shrill, slide guitar! Eric Clapton and Duane Allman together! Does it get any better?

Angela , this is " Derek and the dominos " . But Eric Clapton changed the band name from " Eric " to " Derek ". He was also in many other bands like : CREAM - The Yardbirds - Blind Faith - The Band - John Mayell And The Blues breakers . He also did an album with Peter Tosh , Carlos Santana . And so much more . And let's not forget his solo work . My opinion , his best work was in the 70's. Then again , just my opinion . If you really want to listen to more Clapton , look for LIVE versions of your fav songs by him🎸👌

Layla is about Eric falling in love with George Harrison's wife.

Yep, this was Eric Clapton singing and did play tha main guitar work, especially in the beginning. Oops UPDATE: And that was Duane Allman playing the slide guitar as well (AND I Love You AND your reactions👈👀🌹) !!! I suspect that, if you're talking about the high guitar work in the background in 2nd half of the song, right after the bridge and transition to the slower part, you might be talking about Duane Allman, a MASTER slide guitarist that changed the boundaries of slide guitars forever. Both are really, REALLY good at their craft, but that sweeet, sweet sliding sound you were hearing was definitely Duane, a guest musician on the song and 1/2 of The Allman Brothers Band (Gregg Allman being the other Allman brother in THAT band). You NEED to react to them as well. You will love songs such as Whipping Post, Mellissa, Ramblin' Man, Jessica and One Way Out. There are a ton more out there, and if you decide to go down that rabbit hole, just ask and PLENTY of people will offer up a slew of 'em for you. He formed Derek & The Dominos after leaving Cream and Blind Faith (more recent before D&TD) because his friends had been urging him to be a main signer ALL the time, and he wasn't sure of himself. So, he formed that band to "test the waters", so to speak figuring, since it didn't have his name in the title, if it bombed, no one would notice, and he would be spared the ridicule and embarrassment. However, this was his most famous song EVER !!! I like the slower version, but it depresses me because, like you now know, it is such a larger song. However, the newer version came out when the big "unplugged" craze took off, and it coincided to a time when he was getting near the end of his wild and loud days, as well as when he was thinking on hanging it up, due to his finding it more difficult to play, at least fast. Even more recently, he has revealed that he is suffering incurable damage to his nervous system, which has left him struggling to play his guitar (at all). We still love him for what he's done and pray for him, and for his future in general.

Derrek is Eric :)

One of those miraculous songs. Like, how does this exist?? I don't know, but I'm sure GLAD it does!

It's a fantastic song, I just wish the production could have been better. The slide guitar hurts my ears.

I'm going to blow your mind with Eric Clapton forever do a search for a RU-vid video call the many bands of Eric Clapton in watch that video it's 16 or 18 minutes and you will see that Eric Clapton has collaborated with so many bands and individuals his voice and his guitar is all over rock and roll and Blues. Hope you find it and enjoy it.

Remember this was used in goodfellas murder montage and end credits.

Eric is Derek. He didn't want to use his real name thinking it would be a distraction. Sort of an altar ego band like the Beatles did with Sgt. Pepper. One of his greatest composed songs.

RIP D.A. THANK YOU☮️🎸🎶. E. C. On guitar with DUANE ALLMAN ON SLIDE GUITAR..THE BEST🎸

One of the Greatest love songs of all time. Eric fell in love with Patti Boyd , George Harrison’s (Beatles) wife. George wrote the song Something about her. Then years later when she was married to Eric. He wrote Wonderful tonight. About here. A Muse for sure. That’s also a 23 y/o Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)playing the slide guitar on Layla. You should do a video on all three songs.

“Layla” was a song Clapton wrote, with Dominos drummer Jim Gordon, about his forbidden love for the wife of his close friend George Harrison (she eventually became Clapton's wife). The song was inspired by Clapton's reading of the classic Persian unrequited love story, the epic poem Layla and Manjun.

OK, so you probably know the story: Eric Clapton and George Harrison were bosom buddies, playing guitar together and appearing on each other's records. However, Eric also had the hots for Mrs. H, former model Patti Boyd, and in a state of emotional turmoil he penned a musical love letter about his pain and his yearning. It's complicated.

This band as well as Cream

Epic is the perfect description for this amazing song. I always felt the same way about this song.

Would also suggest the song bell bottom blues off the same great album by Clapton.

Rip Frankie carbon and Johnny roast beef

The outro was supposedly written by drummer Jim Gordon. I've heard rumors that it might have actually been written by his girlfriend at the time, Rita Coolidge. Either way, this is one of my all-time favorite songs from one of my favorite albums.

I´ve always felt that, in the coda, the relatively cheerful piano part represents an imagining of the love they could share together, and how wonderful that could be, while the weeping guitar represents the pain of the almost total certainty that it will never be (although, in real life, it did happen in the end).

written about and for Pattie Boyd Harrison, George Harrison's wife at the time. They would eventually get married (and divorced). Through it all George and Eric remained close friends.

I love the song but I feel it kinda goes on for a bit…great reaction though

George Harrison's wife... That was just unbelievable. George remained friends with Bob Dylan.... Layla was Patti Boyd.

That Guitar is Duane Allman

The most popular song on the best album ever. EC was in several bands (Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie) and Derek & the Dominoes. But not the best song on it ( the full album name is Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.) The whole album must be listened to. In the 70s an NYC rock radio station each year would have an “only one album on a desert island” contest. LAOALS won for like 10 years straight.

Angela, Eric Clapton was in 3 groups before. Blind Faith,Cream, Derek & The Dominoes.

The piano part needs no words to express the Clapton's pain in his situation. He was in love with his best friend's wife, and the friend was only George Harrison...

This is on my top 10 songs of all time . A competitive list .. seriously this woman ( patty boyd) has around 6 hit songs written about her . By George Harrison and eric Clapton ( her ex husband's)

Derek=Eric Clapton.

The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium live version (1978 I believe) is a total killer.

Duane Allman was not really known for emotional playing when Layla was recorded. His studio work done mostly at Muscle Shoals Studios, was rhythm & blues, pop-rock mostly, but he sure pulled off some of the prettiest slide work ever!!! Clapton really liked what Duane had done in the studio, and the 1969 ~ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND~ album impressed him. The rest is as they say,, ~history~! I was so very fortunate to meet Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager of the Allman Bros. in 1977 while I was doing an interview with the ~Dixie Dregs Band~ before a show. Twiggs was their road manager now (the Allman Bros. disbanded!). He invited myself and my photographer/friend Bob Towler into his private road van. I nearly died of shock,,,,,, when after we all got inside his van, he told me to open up a black coffin-case next to my seat, and I did! Inside was a beautiful ~1959 cherry sunburst Les Paul~ ,, Twiggs told me to take it from the case, which I did, and tells me: "You're holding DUANE ALLMANS '59 SUNBURST LES PAUL"!!! As I said, I nearly had cardiac-arrest! Lol! Greg Allman had given the guitar to Twiggs for his hard work & dedication to the band, and for serving jail-time for accidentally killing a bar owner who refused to pay the band for playing that night at his bar! Greg demanded that NOBODY play on the original frets, and so, Twiggs removed & replaced them! On the back of the guitar Twiggs used some of the original frets to spell: ~Duane~ ! He let me play it for around 20 beautiful minutes, and because the band was about ready to get on stage, I asked Twiggs quickly, if he could arrange an interview with my hero,, Dickey Betts (guitarist of the Allman Brothers!). Twiggs graciously told me to contact Bett's then manager, Johnny Podell with "B.M.F. PRODUCTIONS" in Manhattan, N.Y. and after shaking hands with Bob and I, he sped off. Sadly, Twiggs Lyndon died in a sky-diving accident in 1979, in a town in upstate New York called of all names,,,, "Duanesville" !!!

Best love song ever!

For me, I interpret the slower romantic section at the end as Layla easing his worried mind.

Layla wow outstanding

"Funeral for a friend/Love lies bleeding" by Elton John.

I’m a 68 year old man, and literally old enough to be Angela’s grandfather. I’m not even sure how her reactions turned up on my feed, but I’ve seen a handful of them. I just want to say as a casual observer that Angela has intelligence and insight. She also seems to have a beautiful spirit.

Layla was a character in a Persian poem about a man in love with a woman he couldn’t be together with.

We need to get Angela some proper headphones. She is always struggling to hear with those earbuds falling out. :)

The guitar work on this is a collaboration between between Clapton and the unequaled Duane Allman on that gorgeous slide work. Duane came up with the lick and obviously killed it!

Duane Allman is so good, at the end his slide guitar actually screams "Layla, Layla". At several points in the song Duane and Eric are literally playing notes off the end of the fret board, Eric by bending and Duane with the slide. Sometimes together, others playing counterpoints. Two masters making a masterpiece. One gets the feeling that Clapton's part is playing the love he feels for her, and Duane's part is the torment of the unrequited. Beauty.

Eric Clapton is the only three time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame for his part in the Yardbirds, Cream, and his solo career. Between Cream and his solo work, he played in Blind Faith,Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, his first solo album, then formed Derek & The Dominos, who appropriated another guitar god in Duane Allman for their recording of this album. All the slide work in this song is Duane. During the coda, Eric is harmonizing with the piano while Duane is delivering the high pitched crying. Their virtuosity is better sampled on tracks like Key To The Highway and Have You Ever Loved A Woman, just to name two. Layla would evolve over the years in live performance to include two blistering solos by Eric. Check out his performance at Live Aid. The version you're probably familiar with was his Unplugged (acoustic) version, recorded in the mid 90's.

It's a bold statement, but it's my favorite album of all time.