In the world of rock music, 1970 was a year of disasters. From the Beatles’ breakup to the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, it felt that year as if the very pillars of rock music were being ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are co-written songs, and then there is Eric Clapton’s “Layla”, which might be one of the most star-studded collaborations of rock ‘n’ roll history. From the song’s literary and literal ...

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Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Layla’ wasn’t just a rock masterpiece—it was a love letter born out of forbidden passion. Discover how a Persian love story inspired one of rock’s greatest songs and the ...

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 ...

What if someone released an impassioned twin-guitar genius record and nobody cared? That's basically what happened – at least initially – with the only album from Derek and the Dominos. Issued on Nov.

Jim Gordon, a top drummer for Eric Clapton, George Harrison and countless others who was diagnosed with schizophrenia after murdering his mother in 1983, has died. According to the announcement, he ...

Eric Clapton’s handwritten messages, being auctioned this week, shed light on how he wooed Pattie Boyd away from George Harrison and on the impassioned songs the affair inspired. By Alex Marshall ...

“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 ...