With the band assembled and Dowd producing, "Layla" was recorded in its rock form. For the making of his biographical film Tom Dowd & the Language of Music, he remixed the original master tapes of "Layla", saying, "There are my principles, in one form or another." Ĭlapton 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. And they got tremendously off on playing with each other." Dowd was already famous for a variety of work and had worked with Clapton in his Cream days (Clapton once called him "the ideal recording man") his work on the album would be another achievement. Never once did either of them have to say, 'Could you play that again, please?' It was like two hands in a glove. One of them would play something, and the other reacted instantaneously. Dowd said of their guitar-playing chemistry: "There had to be some sort of telepathy going on because I've never seen spontaneous inspiration happen at that rate and level. The two hit it off well and soon became good friends. Clapton and Allman, already mutual fans, were introduced by Tom Dowd at an Allman Brothers concert on 26 August 1970. ĭuring the recording of the Layla album, Duane Allman joined Clapton's fledgling band as a guest. Naming themselves Derek and the Dominos, the band "made our bones", according to Clapton, while backing Harrison on his first post-Beatles solo album, All Things Must Pass. Seizing the opportunity, Clapton formed a new group with Whitlock, Radle and Gordon. In the spring of 1970, he was told that some members of Delaney & Bonnie's back-up band, including bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, were leaving the group. Writing and recording Īfter the break-up of Cream, Clapton tried his hand with several groups, including Blind Faith and the husband-and-wife duo Delaney & Bonnie. During their relationship, Clapton wrote another love ballad for Boyd, " Wonderful Tonight" (1977). Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended Clapton's wedding party with his former bandmates Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. īoyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Nizami's tale, about a moon princess who was married off by her father to a man she did not love, resulting in Majnun's madness, struck a deep chord with Clapton. The title of "Layla" was inspired by the story of Layla and Majnun, which Clapton had been told by his friend Ian Dallas, who was in the process of converting to Islam. However, between his tenures in Cream and Blind Faith, Clapton fell in love with Boyd. Clapton contributed uncredited (although openly acknowledged) guitar work on Harrison's song " While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the Beatles' self-titled double album (also known as the White Album), and Harrison co-wrote and played guitar on Cream's " Badge" from Goodbye. During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends. In 1966, Beatles guitarist George Harrison married Pattie Boyd, a model he met two years before during the filming of A Hard Day's Night. In 2004, "Layla" was ranked number 27 on Rolling Stone 's list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the acoustic version won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Two versions have achieved chart success, the first in 1972 and the second (without the piano coda) 20 years later as an acoustic Unplugged performance by Clapton. "Layla" has since its release experienced great critical and popular acclaim, and is often hailed as being among the greatest rock songs of all time. After Harrison and Boyd divorced, Clapton and Boyd eventually married. The song was further inspired by Clapton's secret love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison.
The book moved Clapton profoundly, because it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful young girl, went crazy and so could not marry her. The song was inspired by a love story that originated in 7th-century Arabia and later formed the basis of The Story of Layla and Majnun by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, a copy of which Ian Dallas had given to Clapton. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time. Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. " Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded by Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). From the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
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