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In 1970, Eric Clapton wrote his secret love, Pattie Boyd, one of the most famous classic rock love songs, “Layla.” Before he showed his tune to the object of his affection, Clapton sent Boyd, the wife ...

Unrequited love—is there anything more painful? Indeed, such is the inspiration for the all-time classic rock song by Eric Clapton. The six-string artist took from his own experience and that of a ...

The Derek and the Dominos hit "Layla" is a rock classic and one of the crown jewels of Eric Clapton's career — and there may be more to the story behind how it was written than the world was ...

It was a love triangle for the ages. Sixties supermodel Pattie Boyd was famously at the center of a rift between guitar-riffing gods George Harrison and Eric Clapton. In fact, Clapton tried to woo ...

“He drove a huge old Caddy with ‘Domino’ on the license plate,” Jason Isbell said of Bobby Whitlock, in a 2012 piece Isbell penned for Lone Star Music Magazine. Isbell wrote that as part of an ...

The hit song “Layla” by Derek and the Dominoes remains one of Eric Clapton’s crowning achievements. However, for artist Rita Coolidge, it was a reminder of the music industry’s often unfair dealings.

Late Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks recalled the moment Duane Allman added five notes to Eric Clapton’s Derek and the Dominos song “Layla” during a late-night studio session and “ignited” ...

For the past six years, Eric Clapton has been disappointing fans by playing a stripped-down rendition of “Layla” on the acoustic guitar at this concerts as opposed to the original, electric one. He ...