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 ...

As backstories go it's up there with the best: mercurially-gifted superstar guitarist with a passion for the blues falls hopelessly in love with the wife of his best friend, an ex-Beatle, then writes ...

Artists can influence other artists without even realizing they’re doing so, and few songs embody this invisible phenomenon quite like “Layla”, which Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon first wrote and ...

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Few rock songs are as emotionally charged — or as personally complicated — as “Layla,” the Derek and the Dominos epic born out of an impossible love triangle involving Eric Clapton, George Harrison, ...

View post: 1973 Classic, From the Creator of Jurassic Park, Named One of the 'Best Western Movies of All Time' Eric Clapton's "Layla" was inspired by love for Pattie Boyd and features iconic guitar ...

Eric Clapton is on the short list of greatest guitarists of all time, laying down some of the nastiest guitar riffs and solos of all time. Perhaps his greatest work came in at No. 11 on Guitar World's ...

Jim Gordon, a prolific and in-demand session drummer for dozens of acts who joined Eric Clapton in writing “Layla” for their band Derek and the Dominos and later was convicted of murdering his mother, ...