CLASSIC TRACK Derek And The Dominos – Layla 1971

He was trying to steal a mate's bird, but ended up with a timeless classic track given impetus by a near-telepathic performance between guitar greats.

music & movies classic track “I'm incredibly proud of that song. To have ownership of something that powerful is something I'll never be able to get used to,” said Eric Clapton of Layla in 1988. “It still knocks me out when I play it.” One of the most recognisable rock songs, Layla begins with a seven-note riff of awesome expectancy, followed by an intense, intoxicating cry of unrequited love: 'What'll you do when things get lonely?' It was directed at Pattie Harrison, wife of ex-Beatles George Harrison. Clapton was trying to lure her away from her husband, with whom he was good mates. That wasn't widely known when the song appeared in 1970 on the Derek And The Dominos album 'Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs', but it was obvious…

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