Eric Clapton Inducts The Band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 

@@TheRevolverDen The coda section was written by Rita and Jim while they dated as 'Time' before she gave it to her sister. Its possible Clapton didn't know Jim had stolen it at the time of recording. However this doesn't change the fact that he almost certainty knows of the songs origin now and management hasn't credited Rita in rereleases.

​@@TheRevolverDenEric Clapton talked about the Layla coda with Uncut magazine in October 2006: “The piano part was a pure accident. It came from Jim Gordon, the Dominos’ drummer. When the band left the studio, it turned out that, unknown to us, Jim would sneak back in and use the time to make his own record. Basically, he was poaching. One night I went back to the studio to collect something and I caught him, playing that piano riff. I think the deal we offered him was that we’d let him carry on using our studio time to make his record if we could have that tune for the LP. I don’t think he ever did finish his album, but the piano theme fitted what we were doing perfectly and now the song just doesn’t sound right without it.” Getting Jim Gordon’s side of the story is difficult. He murdered his mother in 1983 and is serving time in a California prison. He suffers from Schizophrenia and still thinks his mother is alive.

Jesus Christ, no shit, talk about humility, a great musician humbled by other great musicians. The respect they all had for each other back in the 60's and 70's, to be asked to play together.

Eric's a class act.

i think it's the sign of a self-actualized person.

He's British

@@Humblemumble7 LOL.

True

Eric completely from the heart. Wonderful!

Classy and classic mr Clapton ,

Like his guitar-playing.

@@gordonbradbury8996Hello Mr. Gordon I hope you had a wonderful weekend 😊

What a wonderful man with a talent he has given so much joy to all of us.Thank you Eric.

Humble? I think he's self-righteous and self-absorbed. Notice how every story he tells is mostly about himself, even when it's supposed to be about someone else. Sure, he's a terrific guitar player, singer, songwriter, all of that. But it's always about him whenever he speaks. Can't stand listening to his self-absorbed bullshit anymore. Shut up E.C., your time was over a long time ago.

He almost joined the Beatles ! And he actually came close to joining the Rolling Stones - Ole Mick knew Eric would cock block him every chance he got cause that's what Mick does - I bet Mick was like - " hell no - he's too damn good lookin !

He is not now, nor has EVER been humble. The "Band" knew he would have ruined it for them. Not that I don't love his music, but he was then and is STILL an egotistical ass.

"Literally" is literally the most over used word.

Hey, I saw that tour also, but in Seattle, Key Arena. I think it was called the "Before the Flood" tour. Unbelievable how good that was, and Dylan even did a solo set. I'm also grateful for having been there.

Thank You for sharing a great memory and experience. I was 3 at that time but being the youngest of 4 I was introduced to a variety of music. The Band and Boston was it for me in the late 70s.

Do you still have those pictures?

I was there at that concert too. they were awesome.

i was at the afternoon show at the Spectrum , 2nd level up at the top of the Spectrum on Levon's side. Stagefright was a hurrivane of sound and when they turned the lights on for "Like a ROLLING STONE" the roof nearly blew off again.

Kedbuka why not?

M. S. L. The result of a longstanding grudge Levon held. He write about it. I can't remember if his book was called "This Wheel's On Fire" I've always thought the first two Band albums, are absolute iconic recordings, the second is just magnificent.... so I personally have distanced myself from the Robbie bashing. Look around any typical Band focused post and you will find Robbie bashing..... The music remains timeless

@@waterfordrs22 pretty sure he was stuck in a limo

Not true. I think I heard him tell a story along those lines on Letterman years ago. He was deflecting, he refused to be onstage with Robertson

Levon didn't even write the title of "This Wheel's on Fire." He probably had to ask Danko and Dylan to use it. And his book was done with a ghost writer Stephen Davis. Levon didn't write. John Simon, producer for the 2 classic Band albums, said Robbie brought the songs. That should have settled it. @@waterfordrs22

Love it

He looked so happy. Dream come true for Eric.

Y por entonces Levon Helm andaba vagabundeando por México acompañado de Dylan, ¿quizá?

RR was having more fun hanging out with Scorcese.

Yeah, that duet (I refuse to call it a duel) with EC and RR is iconic--EC was in the zone and you could tell he loved playing with the Band!

Right down the pan, that's where.

In Levon's mind, being from the South and singing a song about the South made him co-writer. He denied Robbie the credit that Robbie deserved. Stuck in traffic is what he wanted to be.

I have always found them the most overrated

​@@fisterklisterdon't care.

if you listen to what their peers [not just clapton] say about them, then you'll understand that the metric by which you measure them isn't the metric of the real pros and artists.@@fisterklister

Water off the back of a duck with Eric. And shouldn't you be blaming Jim Gordon????

It’s called “No Reason To Cry”

Yes, Jericho is fantastic. And there were more great shows after Robertson left. Levon, Garth and Danko brought some very hot players into the band before and after Manuel died. When I saw them in St. Louis they had just come up from Memphis and wore Sun Studio t-shirts on stage. Maybe they were ramblin' around Levon's boyhood home in Turkey Scratch, AK, too. Who knows? But, I wish I'd taken a photo of them dressed like that! First-ever uniform for The Band. What a sight. Great show. RIP Levon, Richard, Rick.

Of British descent.

Not quite that simple; I'm rereading Levon's book this week. When Ronnie Hawkins persuaded Levon to join the Hawks, part of the attraction was going up to Canada to play on what was a lucrative circuit at the time. It was during that time that the Hawks brought on all these Canadian guys, one at a time. It wasn't simply leaving Canada to make it in America. Levon even went through a platonic marriage to get landed immigrant status, to keep the draft board at bay.

Funny but by coincidence at this moment I'm watching The Cream reunion on pallaida. As far as " The Band' is concerned Mr. Black's remark is right on the money. Watch and listen to The Last Waltz again. I dont care where Robinson came from. When I watch that concert I can really imagine what it must have been like in the Deep South when they sing the night they drove Old Dixie down. And don't forget when Danco plays the fiddle while he was stoned screeching out that little little Appalachian tune as mentioned above . How American can you get?

In Garth Hudson's thank you speech he thanks among others in the business, Bruce Garfield who I went to grade school and Jr High with who became a mover and shaker at Capital Records, yea Bruce!!!

"They" being Canadians, right?

Elton was trying too hard. Little Feat were magical in their own right.

Canada is part of America

Adam Lewis still North America 😉

Levon was an Arkansan.

@@prideoverfire1 is that what someone from Arkansas is called? Cool

No my friend not all levon I'm pretty sure was from Arkansas