Derek and The Dominos
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How an unassuming bassist carved out a spot in music history on Derek & the Dominos’ Layla
By Chris Jisi published
Recorded at Miami’s Criteria Studios on September 9, 1970, Carl Radle helped ground the mega-hit beneath the immortal pairing of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman

The Albert Brothers on recording Hendrix, Clapton, the Allman Brothers – and that Layla session
By Andrew Daly published
Ron and Howard’s innovative recording techniques became synonymous with the ’70s – but the humble siblings say they were just lucky to get to work with the best

“Duane Allman played a great solo, came back, and Eric says, ‘Well, I want to do mine again!’ This went on for at least an hour or two”: How Eric Clapton went from God to all-round guitar genius in the ’70s
By Bill DeMain published
After the writing on the wall proclaimed him a deity in the ’60s, where else was there to go for Eric Clapton but on a search of self-discovery, musical improvement, and new artistic frontiers

Jim Gordon – Derek and the Dominos drummer, Layla co-writer, and convicted murderer – dies at 77
By Jackson Maxwell published
A well-respected member of the Wrecking Crew who also played with George Harrison, Gordon's life took a horrific turn in 1983, when he murdered his mother during a psychotic episode brought on by schizophrenia

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Trey Anastasio share smoldering live performance of Derek & the Dominos’ Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The track is taken from new collaborative live album Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’)

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Trey Anastasio to release live full-album performance of Derek & the Dominos’ Layla
By Richard Bienstock published
Watch Derek Trucks and Anastasio go head to head on Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad now

Nili Brosh, Erja Lyytinen and many more perform mind-blowing all-female Layla guitar jam
By Richard Bienstock published
Liz Barak brings together players from all over the world on the Derek and the Dominos classic

Duane Allman's 'Layla' Les Paul just sold for $1.25 million
By Jackson Maxwell published
The guitar can be heard extensively on the Allman Brothers' first two albums and Derek and the Dominos' Layla
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