[57], When Clapton was asked about the acoustic version of the song by the MTV Network, he replied: "'Layla' sort of mystified me. 'Layla' is a difficult one, because it's a difficult song to perform live. "[13][time needed], Clapton originally wrote "Layla" as a ballad, with lyrics describing his unrequited love for Boyd, but the song became a "rocker" when, according to Clapton, Allman composed the song's signature riff. [67], *sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone, In 1970, Jamrock Entertainment listed "Layla" as the best song of the year. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time. It's just a band that I'm a fan of.

I know because in the D&B days I lived in John Garfield's old house in the Hollywood Hills and there was a guest house with an upright piano in it. [115] As of 2011, "Layla" attained more than six million broadcasts on television and the radio or performances on other records and during live concerts.[116]. [59] Christie's expert for the musical department Kerry Keane called the instrument "in the hands of Eric Clapton singly responsible for the repolarization of playing acoustic guitar today". "[23] Originally played in C major, the tape speed of the coda was increased slightly during mixing. The song was used in Goodfellas during the scene portraying the aftermath of the 1978 Lufthansa heist. Clapton and Allman, already mutual fans, were introduced by Tom Dowd at an Allman Brothers concert on 26 August 1970. By placing his slide at points beyond the end of the fretboard, Allman was able to play notes at a higher pitch than could be played with standard technique. When Clapton slowed it down, Fairweather Low suggested Clapton should sing the track a whole octave down. Shortly afterward, Clapton returned to the studio, where he heard Jim Gordon playing a piano piece he had composed separately. "Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton play the blues" [sic] (LIVE FROM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER). Warren Haynes sang the vocal, Gregg Allman played the piano part, and Derek Trucks played Duane Allman's guitar parts during the coda. Never once did either of them have to say, 'Could you play that again, please?' For the name, see, Original Criteria studio Track Identification Chart. Her boyfriend ripped her off. Sometimes, my own music can be like that. [55] Clapton, who plays acoustic guitar and sings on the live track, was backed by Andy Fairweather Low who played acoustic rhythm guitar, Nathan East on acoustic bass guitar and background vocals, Ray Cooper on percussion, Steve Ferrone on drums, Katie Kissoon and Tessa Niles on background vocals as well as Chuck Leavell on piano. Critical opinion since has been overwhelmingly positive. Pattie was a muse to many rockstars and inspired some of the most amazing love songs of all time including The Beatles - Something and Layla by Derek and The Dominos.

She was named one of Top 100 Blue Eyes Blonde Hair Celebs, Most Beautiful British Women, Hot Skinny Models by our Woman Crush Wednesday bloggers. [15] This portion is featured prominently in the film Goodfellas. Pattie Boyd ranks , and ranks among all celebrities on the Top Celebrity Crushes list. Manjun werd tot waanzin gedreven door zijn liefde voor de onbereikbare Layla. Today she is a successful author & photographer. Clapton was pleased with the result as it sounded "nice" and "sort of Jazzy" to him. Toen ze aangaf Clapton niet meer te willen zien en voor Harrison te kiezen, ging Clapton zich te buiten aan zijn heroïne-verslaving. The title of the song comes from a poem "Layla and Majnun" by the Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi, and Eric Clapton wrote it about Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's wife at the time. Her sister Priscilla wound up recording it with Booker T. Jones. I have done it the same all these years and never ever considered trying to revamp it. "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (November 1970). "Layla", "Laylah", or "Leila" mean "night" of "dark beauty" in some of the languages in Middle East. [7], Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. [13][14] The two hit it off well and soon became good friends. "Layla's" second movement (the "Piano Exit") was recorded roughly a week after the first, with Gordon playing his piano part, Clapton playing acoustic guitar and slide guitar, and Allman playing electric and bottleneck slide guitar. And a lot of artists do that, you know? "Layla” [5] has since its release experienced great critical and popular acclaim, and is often hailed as being among the greatest rock songs of all time. Pattie Boyd is a former English fashion model who first married George Harrison, who wrote the song "Something" about her; when their marriage failed, she married Eric Clapton, who wrote the songs "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight" for her. On 16 January 1992, he recorded an acoustic album, accompanied by a concert film, at the Bray Studios in Bray, Berkshire. The claim is also substantiated in Graham Nash's 2014 autobiography Wild Tales.

[109] The Recording Industry Association of America ranked "Layla" at number 118 on their Songs of the Century on 7 March 2001. [27] A similar version has been performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

[18] Each player used one input of the same two-input Fender Champ amplifier.[18][20]. For the making of his biographical film Tom Dowd and the Language of Music, he remixed the original master tapes of "Layla,"[16] saying, "There are my principles, in one form or another. "Layla" appears as track seven on Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center.

He's such an incredible musician that he's able to put his emotions into music in such a way that the audience can feel it instinctively. The song featured in advertisements for Vauxhall and Opel from 1987 to 1995. ", Leavell said. [29] Clapton, Beck, and Page were the Yardbirds' successive lead guitarists from 1963 to 1968.[30]. The first movement, which was recorded in the key of D minor for choruses and C-sharp minor for verses,[22] is centred around the "signature riff", a guitar piece utilising hammer-ons, pull-offs, and power chords. When "Layla" was re-released on the 1972 compilations The History of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman's An Anthology and then released the full 7:10 version (including the "Piano Exit" that formed Part II) as a single, it charted at number seven in the United Kingdom and reached number 10 in the United States. The piano interlude at the end of the song is augmented by an acoustic guitar, and is also the accompaniment to the outro-solo. [113] In 1992, "Layla" was the most performed song of the year,[114] and won a BMI Broadcasting Award for radio and television appearances of the 1992 "Layla" for more than two million times in summer of 1994 – just one and a half years after "Layla" had been released as an acoustic version. "[64] Journalist Steve Hochman called the acoustic version a "low-key but seductive recasting". Pattie Boyd was both muse and wife to Clapton, to George Harrison before him and no stranger to drug and booze-fuelled partying. [56] Pianist Chuck Leavell recalled that recording the acoustic version of "Layla" felt natural to him and liked that the band was given some space to play during the body of the song and not just during the reprise like it is on the original recording. Boyd was verward door de passionele aanbidding van Clapton. The album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs opened to lacklustre sales as the album never actually reached the music charts in the United Kingdom, possibly in part because Clapton's name was found only on the back cover. "[21] "Time" ended up on the album Chronicles by Booker T. and Priscilla Jones which was released in 1973. "It gave us a chance to interpret the song in our way and it did work out well and it gave it a rebirth I think. When Unplugged sold out, Clapton gave Warner Bros. and Reprise Records the permission to delete the limited album production. P.S. "[63], AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that "Layla" seemed to be the Unplugged album's hit; he describes it as a "slow crawl through Derek & the Dominos' version, turning that anguished howl of pain into a cozy shuffle and the whole album proceeds at a similar amiable gait, taking its time and enjoying detours into old blues standards.

Eric Clapton Had Two Secret Children During His Relationship with Pattie Boyd ... Clapton may have won Boyd over with “Layla,” but it wasn’t the last romantic song he’d write for her. During the process, Clapton suggested that it would be a good idea to do another version of "Layla". The same melody is also played on Allman's slide guitar an octave higher. [58], Clapton recorded the acoustic version of "Layla" on a C.F. It's like I'm listening to someone that I really like. [9] During their relationship, Clapton wrote another love ballad for Pattie, "Wonderful Tonight" (1977). Derek and The Dominos was a band I really liked—and it's almost like I wasn't in that band. The song was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of their "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll",[108] and Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 27 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".