"Layla" wasn't the only Derek and the Dominos song to be directly inspired by Boyd. As Clapton explained in his autobiography ...

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The former model attended one of Clapton’s intimate UK warm-up shows and heard the songs he wrote about her ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.