Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Derek & The Dominos - LAYLA! is this about Pattie Harrison...

[@rbking9296]

Some people don’t seem to understand that this is a reaction channel and you are just reacting to what you were hearing for the first time so if you pause you’re just giving your thoughts while they’re still fresh on your mind and asking a question which is what a reaction is all about it’s so easy to hear the whole song if you just click on the whole song without any reactionBut the keyword here is reaction and you were just reacting to what you were hearing in the moment some people just don’t get this

[@BlackPegasusRaps]

exactly 💯

[@TheDopekitty]

Exactly. If they don't actually react much, what's the point? I love seeing him excited to learn about the music I've loved for decades.

[@marcatkinson4149]

Oddly enough, I ALWAYS see reactors complain about people not liking when they pause, but I never actually see the comments where people are complaining. Do they just get deleted?

[@Looneygotbanned63]

​@BlackPegasusRaps I get it, 100% !! But that's some of the funniest sh!t I've seen in a long time! 😮😳🤭🫢😂😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm pretty sure I've managed to hurt myself laughin' at your crazy arse... 🤣🤣🤣 Like, I think a strained a gut muscle or something... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 gawd, I got to stop before I give myself a herniated something or other... 😆😂🤣🤣 I'm with dude above on your reactions, I don't care how many times you stop and give your thoughts, that's the point of a reaction, after all! But funny is funny!! I've been laughed at plenty in my life, I'm not being mean-spirited! I would laugh just as hard if you all of a sudden fell backwards out of your chair and all we could see were feet sticking up in the air or something... 🤣🤣🤣 Ok, I'm earning my name again and have gone plum looney, but thanks BP, that is if I don't pull another gut muscle, 🤣🤣🤣 for making me completely flooded with dopamine or whatever that stuff is you get from laughing real hard! 🎶🎸💃🎵😆🤣😢

[@donjohn2695]

Everyone on earth has heard Layla before these reaction videos are fake

[@elizabethfranco1284]

No this is not a cover this is the original Eric Clapton. The one you heard was Clapton doing a slower cover of his own song!

[@allenporter6586]

Is it technically a "cover" if it's your own song to begin with? LOL!

[@Bryt25]

That was later ;-)

[@sn1ckers100]

Yes, it was on Unplugged on MTV, wasn't it?

[@midtwnscott]

This is Derek and the Dominos of whom Eric Clapton was a member. Duane Allman's slide guitar makes this song, not Clapton. You can hear the difference between this and Eric Clapton's solo version. But yes, this is not a cover but the original.

[@ellenbakker-w8x]

Yeh, I thought so too.

[@DougJantz]

This isn’t a cover…this is the original. We were raised on this in the 70s, along with Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, Bohemian Rhapsody, etc. I feel fortunate

[@jilllinda5181]

I feel the same way. The more I watch this channel, the more I realize just how lucky we were. The talent that we were lucky enough to be exposed to was extraordinary

[@kevinmorrell4155]

Seriously! A 50 year old playlist that stands today. Throw in Sympathy For The Devil, More Than A Feeling and Running With The Devil 🤩. We were blessed.

[@mewhatveia7]

So, are you saying you feel like a "Fortunate Son" for growingup in the 70's? (sorry, i couldn't resist) 😊

[@JohnRandall7]

This is not a cover, Eric Clapton was part of Derek & the Dominos and this is the original.

[@lauraallen55]

Didn't he form the band, and was in fact, 'Derek'?

[@lindawick455]

Slide is Duane Allman

[@michaellockhart554]

The "high pitched female voice" guitar is a slide guitar played by Duane Allman

[@KC-gy5xw]

I forget that little nugget!

[@hopeklemann1]

@@michaellockhart554 🌸 see ? you taught me something today

[@gregorde]

Playing notes that *aren’t on the instrument*

[@ken-in-KY]

Released in 1970, this is the original recording. Not a cover. It's Eric Clapton on lead vocal & lead guitar, Duane Allman on lead & slide guitar, Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett on background vocals, Bobby Whitlock vocals & keyboards, Carl Raddle on Bass, and Jim Gordon on Drums. Tom Dowd (Producer), and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida.

[@lesliebeacom4567]

I LOVE the blending of Eric's voice with Bobby's voice through out album. Such a shame they didn't record more!

[@JRPackerfan803]

Should we tell him this IS Eric Clapton?

[@ginger9cookie]

😂😂😂 I can’t wait till BP reads about the song. 😊

[@TheRagratus]

NAH.... let it perculate.

[@BarbaraAnkrom-z6b]

Only if he has the lyrics! 💜🎶💜

[@BarbaraAnkrom-z6b]

I can't stand it anymore... DUDE, THAT IS ERIC CLAPTON AND IT'S NOT A COVER! Time to rewind and Enjoy!

[@holgerschussler9107]

Lol

[@elizabethfranco1284]

This is the original version!

[@steveullrich7737]

One of the most iconic and epic opening riffs ever! Although inspired by his love for Patti Boyd (George Harrison's wife) the name Layla came from a 12th century Persian poem Layla and Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi that Clapton had read. It's about a young man who falls in love with a woman who is unattainable. This was an unbelievably big hit for Clapton and his group; it was played all the time on the radio. Such a beautiful song. Clapton was a genius.

[@michaellockhart554]

@@steveullrich7737 the Tedeschi Trucks Band has done a double album about the poem, talking about coming full circle in that Derek Trucks was obviously named after the band is is vessel that houses Duane Allman's soul and talent

[@hipguide1]

Eric Clapton - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar Duane Allman - slide guitar Bobby Whitlock - piano, Hammond organ, harmony vocals Jim Gordon - piano, drums, percussion Carl Radle - bass guitar

[@RockinMamaT]

Eric is Derek..You're gonna feel silly when you read the comments 😅 Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️

[@hipsville]

Yep, it was supposed to read Eric but due to a printing error it said Derek and they just let it slide.

[@blitz3643]

But yet you don't feel silly telling him the same thing that so many others have 3 weeks ago? Pretty sure he's read all those comments well before you left this message.

[@RockinMamaT]

@@blitz3643 I guess there's always that negative person 🙄

[@rickpopham5400]

I'm trying (and failing) to think of a woman other than Pattie Boyd who had so many classic songs written about her. Truly a Muse.

[@robertsuitsjr6117]

Roseanne Arquette comes to mind, I'm guessing Marianne Faithful inspired a few too. And John wrote a bunch of songs about Yoko.

[@matthewdooley7855]

Darryl Hall's girlfriend inspired a bunch of Hall & Oates songs.

[@steve9199]

You're right that this is a tribute to Patty (Boyd) Harrison. This, along with 10 others including "Wonderful Tonight", and "Bell Bottom Blues". George also did some Patty "tributes", and she's even on the cover of Sgt Pepper

[@stephenstrudwick8095]

In the spring of 1970, Eric Clapton recruited bass player Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock to form a new band "Derek And The Dominos." During the recording of their sole studio album "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs," the amazing Allman Brothers' guitarist, Duane Allman, joined the band as a guest. Two versions of the song "Layla" have achieved chart success, the first in 1972 (ie, the Derek And The Dominos version), and the second, 20 years later, as an acoustic "Unplugged" performance by Clapton. The song was inspired by a love story that originated in 7th-century Persian literature and later formed the basis of "The Story of Layla and Majnun" by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. 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 further inspired by Clapton's secret love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician, George Harrison. Harrison and Boyd divorced in 1977, the same year that Clapton wrote another love ballad for Boyd, "Wonderful Tonight." Clapton and Boyd eventually married in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended Clapton's wedding party with his former bandmates Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. Unfortunately, Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1989....Rock N' Roll.... The double-album, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs, is THE double album you MUST hear to fully appreciate Eric Clapton together with the much missed Duane Allman. A classic!!!! "Why Does Love Got Be So Sad?", "Bell Bottom Blues, "I Looked Away".... The great tunes on this album go on and on!!!

[@starlaryer4165]

Dave Mason was somewhere in this mix too

[@samfisher6606]

Three of the best love songs, Layla, Something, and Wonderful Tonight, are all written about Pattie.

[@AaronJoseph-t4b]

Twitter pated!!!! Any fool in love ....knows?!!! Maybe after the fact

[@scottmeeks662]

Bell Bottom Blues was also about Patti Boyd

[@ddraiss]

As you have figured out, Eric Clapton is the lead singer of Derek and the Dominos and this is the original version of the song. The one you reacted to previously is the acoustic version of the song. Acoustic versions of rock songs became popular in the 80s/90s.

[@guitarman101261]

It is Eric Clapton. At the time he was extremely famous and he wanted to record an album under an alias. He came up with the fictional band, Derek and the Dominos. In this song he was joined by Duane Allman, who played all that beautiful slide guitar.

[@sgrabtune3950]

Derek and the Dominos was an English-American blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by singer-guitarist Eric Clapton, keyboardist-singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. All four members had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, during and after Clapton's brief tenure with Blind Faith. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig. Another participant at their first session as a band was George Harrison, the recording for whose album All Things Must Pass marked the formation of Derek and the Dominos, they only lasted one year from 1970 to 1971 The band's only full-length release, was the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time. "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. Two versions have achieved chart success, the first in 1972 and the second 20 years later as an acoustic Unplugged performance by Clapton for the MTV series unplugged. 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.

[@Fuzzy_graymatter]

Derek is Eric. That's what was written on subway walls when they found out Eric Clapton was in the band Derek and the Dominos. At first Eric didn't want to stand out in the band but for "marketing reasons" the rest of the band insisted that Eric out himself as the lead guitarist/vocalist. Eric never wanted to be a frontman he just wanted to play the guitar.

[@davidjennings1771]

This is an incredible album BP, no bad cut's period! Derek is Eric and Layla is George Harrisons wife. They were friends and Eric played guitar on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" written by George and recorded by the Beatles on the White Album. It's their 9th Album. This is not a Cover!

[@rosemaryabbott1020]

This was Eric Clapton and Duane Allman with some other amazing musicians like Jim Gordon on drums and Bobby Whitlock on keyboards. This was recorded shortly after the break up of Cream. It’s about the heartbreak of Eric Clapton being in love with the wife of his best friend George Harrison. Her name is Patti Boyd Harrison and eventually she wound up marrying Eric Clapton. This album was originally released in 1970. The acoustic version that you are used to hearing came out in the 90s I believe. The entire album is fire from beginning to end and your ears would thank you explicitly for allowing them to hear it. This has my seal of approval. I was 15 years old when this album came out and I fell in love with Eric Clapton and his music from listening to it. The high pitched guitar is a collaboration between Duane Allman and Eric Clapton. You would do well to invest some time into the music of Duane “Skydog” Allman who did session work for King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Herbie Mann and Bozz Skaggs. He died at 24 years of age when an 18 wheeler truck crashed into his motorcycle in Macon, Georgia. He made a heck of a lot of great music in his way too short life.

[@randy8297]

Always one of the top songs on any list of best ever rock songs.

[@deborahpaley21]

absolutely

[@johndavids4780]

Just be yourself man. I am a 76 year old white guy. Hip Hop ain't my thing but I do appreciate the sense of "real" I get from you. To me 1971 was the best single year of music but maybe that is because I just got back to the world from a couple of years combat in Vietnam. What did I learn? Just be you. Some will like it. Some won't and that is okay. The ability to accept being disliked is a super power. Most people can't deal with it very well, But the most satisfied among us learned that along the way.

[@exeterpeg4809]

Thanks so much for your service, sir. I just graduated HS in 71 and remember it all so well!

[@janflewelling6277]

This song was an absolute phenomenon in its day. There was nothing like it instrumentally and the structure shifting from heavy electronic to romantic acoustic piano, but blending perfectly. It was long, but thanks to the rise of FM radio we had access to music that today would never have a chance. The energy and emotion of this original track is so legendary, that when Eric put out the acoustic version, I just couldn't connect. To this day, I can in my head acknowledge that the acoustic is well done, it just doesn't hit the heart like the Derek version. The original is the masterpiece. And BTW - that amazing guitar, surprisingly is not Eric. It's Duane Allman.

[@aaroncote6750]

It’s actually the original version when Clapton was with this group. Duane Altman from the Allman Brothers Band played the 2nd guitar then a slide guitar which is what made the high pitch sound. What sucks is that Duane played with his brother and multiple other bands but died in a motorcycle accident at 24 yo. So much talent and another who died too young.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 I'm so sorry BP for saying this lol.... I was laughing so hard when you were looking with your confused face and then said wow this cover of Eric Clapton's....😂😂 DEREK IS ERIC

[@Looneygotbanned63]

I promise you couldn't have laughed as hard as I have been.... I think I may have hurt myself, like strained a gut muscle laughing myself stupid... 😮🤪😆😂🫢🤭😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FishKungfu]

I personally love your raw, honest and spontaneous comments in real time as you discover this awesome music I grew up with. I like when you pause and look things up while your mind is on fire and you share that with us. Peace.

[@talltulip]

She is more widely known as Pattie Boyd. She inspired Harrison's songs "I Need You", "If I Needed Someone", "Something" and "For You Blue", and Clapton's songs "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Wonderful Tonight".

[@tons0ffun519]

Watching this reaction has me tickled to death knowing he hasn't made the connection that's Clapton. lol

[@michaelalfieri9703]

Can we acknowledge that fact that back in the day, album cover art was just that, art. What an album cover!

[@korybeavers6528]

this is about Patti Boyd, George Harrisons girl...and thats Duane Allman on the slide guitar makin that high pitched sound

[@richdiddens4059]

I believe she was a model and Boyd was her maiden and professional name.

[@margiemaxwell6888]

Patty was George's wife. Eric was obsessed in love with her and Layla was his secret name for Patty

[@swimlaps1]

Right - She had a part on The Beatles 1st movie, A Hard Day's Night. (saw it then at 6)

[@rbodee]

"Bell Bottom Blues" is a banger. The late great Duane Allman contributed with the slide guitar.

[@ZJoshuaZBarberZ]

The best version of this song period.

[@nicholasmaiale8497]

Do what you do. Thats why we are here with you!

[@lauraallen55]

George Harrison referred to himself and Eric Clapton as 'husbands-in-law' 😄 Yes, George and Eric remained good friends and played on one another's songs often. I was a little surprised that you didn't recognize the singer's voice hare as belonging to the voice you heard on the first version you heard of Layla. Miss Pattie Boyd had many songs written about her, by George, Eric, and others including a Rolling Stone. George and the other Beatles met Pattie when they did their first feature film A Hard Day's Night, which you should react to by the way. When George met her on the set, he said they'd be married someday. George cheated on Pattie and then Eric did the same.

[@dianefinn1450]

One of thee greatest songs of all time! Duane Allman is on the slide guitar

[@BooLarue]

Duane Allman

[@dianefinn1450]

@ typo - fixed it

[@marcianisenbaum6291]

The group debuted at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 14, 1970 where the announcer mispronounced their provisional name of Eric and the Dynamos to Derek and the Dominos, the band decided to take up the new name and undertook a summer tour of England.

[@steveullrich7737]

You're hearing the synergy of musical instruments and voice that enhance each other which one cannot get. The beautiful high pitch sound was Duane Allman's slide guitar.

[@doomhunter697]

Eric originally wrote this as a ballad like the end section, Duane Allman, who was sitting in on the recording, came up with the riff and tempo of the beginning. Eric and Duane were great guitarists who played even better when they played together.

[@j.a.osorio2005]

I grew up listening to the more modern live version by solo Clapton, but this beats everything. Straight up banger.

[@TeriKaiDesigns]

This is the original. The other is an acoustic. Layla was a name for his love for George Harrison’s wife at the time, Patti Boyd

[@bergy210]

I bought and still have this vinyl album. Ahhh, 1970 , a fun time in my life

[@daveking9393]

I'm so glad other people are laughing like I was not laughing at you of course laughing at the situation. I know you read your comments and I know you're learning all the time there's a ton to learn here on this journey. Thanks for sharing

[@denisetowe895]

This IS Eric Clapton in one of his other bands. Duane Allman played on this album with them. The other one version you listened to was from Clapton’s “Unplugged” album. Both great versions but this one has been on my playlist since it came out! I love the whole album but this is one of my fav songs period! ❤

[@stevengreen1369]

Derek and the Dominos IS Eric Clapton, this is the original!! This is also one of my favorite songs ever!

[@whaymeyeevil]

Reporter to Duane Allman: "who's playing what?" Duane: "I'm playing the Gibson, Eric's playing the Fender." Best response ever!!!

[@Show_time3]

This is one of the best songs of all time and the instrumental is just perfect…..after Goodfellas, I can’t unsee the dude and his wife in the pink Cadillac when the instrumental comes on but I still love this piece of music !!

[@charliemorris1942]

I love watching your spontaneous reactions and your comments. It makes me smile that you are experiencing the music of "my day". Keep up the good work.

[@Cap6302]

Skillful recorded in Muscle Shoals by Tom Dowd. He put Duane and Eric together. Pure artistry.

[@lesliebeacom4567]

"Layla" is my favorite song, and my favorite album. It is an all-time classic. Not a bad cut on the whole album. I remember EXACTLY where I was when I first heard the opening riff. It literally stopped me in my tracks. Who is THAT???!!! I said to myself? THIS IS NOT A COVER!!! Didn't you do any research before listening to this? That high pitched guitar you hear is Duane Allman sitting in. He really comes thru on the coda as well. He also plays on a number of other tracks on the album as well. Please review more of the other songs on the album. The whole album is a love song to Pattie.

[@marcgarcia288]

Dude, we can listen to the song any time we want. We're here for your reaction to songs that we love, so pause as much as you want. I'll just say that you should research the songs AFTER the reaction, but on the same video. I would have LOVED to see your reaction when you found out that this is actually Clapton singing and the other version you heard was a COVER of his own song!! Peace ✌🏾

[@markcox731]

Patti Boyd had a few songs written about her from George Harrison and Eric Clapton ... Eric Clapton- "Bell Bottom Blues" "Layla" "Wonderful Tonight" George Harrison- "Something In The Way"

[@marshajanulis6092]

You'd think with all the woman in the world but maybe it's more about access. Seems this happened numerous times; i know Rod Stewart and George Hamilton married same woman, think also Mac Davis and Glenn Campbell did as well.

[@personalcheeses8073]

@@marshajanulis6092 The circles we move in

[@jimmyaye4204]

If you were compiling a playlist of the greatest Classic Rock tracks of all time and "Layla" wasn't in the top 10 it wouldn't be much of a playlist. ❤

[@donnacorey5682]

This album is hands down my favorite album of all time. Every song on it is a masterpiece!!❤

[@dannymoore6886]

Slowhand and Skydog in the studio together is magic!

[@taributtery6086]

Don't change your style on these reactions. Those who don't like it, can choose to leave. The rest of us stay because we like what you do. I showed a couple to my sister (who doesn't do ANY social media) and she was drawn in by your genuineness. Stay real!!!

[@chassetterfield9559]

The 'top' guitar is Duane Allman, of the Allman Bros band, who you've touched upon. The 'outro', the 'coda' was originally going to be a piano piece only. ( perhaps a little 'padding' on the track, so they could fill the whole vinyl album time. Albums could be just as easily 'under', as over, and need compression in the 'cutting' process ). But when they decided to keep it, Duane added guitar over it.

[@richardfromtexas]

Yes! The original version.

[@annehayes-grillo6600]

I love your comparison of the instruments to a choir with a lead voice (slide guitar). It doesn't matter if you never played , your response to the music is what is important.

[@stevecastellarin698]

That high pitch you're hearing is Duane Allman's slide guitar work. What a phenomenal guitarist!!

[@donnasharpe3451]

What you heard Eric singing on MTV Unplugged was the acoustic version of this song.

[@deborahpaley21]

one of the most gorgeous and important songs of my boomer generation. just incredible, beautiful, majestic.

[@jameshunter7303]

"When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy”

[@hollycook5046]

Was looking for this comment

[@mariaakcelik8559]

DEREK = Duane Allman + Eric Clapton - Eric left London to Miami, he thought recording in London would be a failure. So he found Duane in Miami, they jammed for a couple of days together, and Duane said we are ready to record, and together they recorded the most amazing album. It's a one of a kind album. Other songs on the album - Bell Bottom Blues - Little Wing - etc. The famous bird chirp ending Layla is Duane's guitar.

[@stephenhuber1219]

Jim Gordon was the drummer and played on many hits including Nilsson's songs. When living with Rita Coolage he heard a piano piece and put it in Layla. Jim went crazy and killed his mother putting him in prison until he died in 2023

[@thomast596]

Rita Coolidge actually wrote the second part and was never given the credit.

[@7spadefish7]

I think Charlie Daniels said one time that “Layla” was the definitive song of the 60’s and “Freebird” was the definitive song of the 70’s.

[@FrankNardulli]

Layla is from 1970

[@Songbird-59]

Eric Clapton was in Derek and the Dominos. That's him.

[@lonnierichter6962]

A little fun fact, you mentioned the Beatles and Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr is brother-in-law to Joe Walsh of the Eagles. Both of their wives are sisters. Could you imagine that family jam session.

[@ellenbakker-w8x]

I've told you before. Don't worry about the people who criticize you. You're doing great. Keep it up and I'll keep watching. THANKS !!!!!

[@guyray1504]

This is another song written for the lady Pattie Boyd who was married to George Harrison of the Beatles and then married Eric Claton. Both artists wrote many songs for and about her. " You Look Wonderful Tonight" was also written for her and " Something " by George.

[@officialWWM]

What you are hearing in the vocal is called “real singing” recorded on tape with zero autotune 😂 it’s a strange concept for a lot of young people 😂😂

[@elizabethfranco1284]

Yes Eric Clapton was in Derik and the Dominoes when he wrote and recorded Layla

[@richdiddens4059]

Derek was Eric and the Dominoes had previously been Delaney and Bonnie's backing band. Eric first got to know them while D & B toured with and opened for Blind Faith. With all Blind Faith's internal dissension Eric began riding on D & B's bus. After Blind Faith broke up he became part of D & B's "...and Friends" tour where Duane and Gregg Allman and George Harrison sat in at various shows. When D & B broke up Eric took most of their backing band and they became the Dominoes except the horn section became The Stone's touring horns.

[@arroyo284]

As many have noted: the iconic slide guitar riff is by Duane Allman. Actually, my favorite section of the song is where it transitions into the piano playing.

[@daniaanne]

Mine too

[@d.kyrstede3556]

Rita Coolridge is playing the piano at the end of the song. She was Jim Gordon's girlfriend at the time. Jim Gordon is the co writer of the song alongEric Clpton.

[@DonnaKubiski]

No, Jim Gordon is playing the piano. It's true they were dating at the time, and he claimed the music as his. Rita later revealed that she wrote it but was never given credit for it.

[@debh-714]

It’s a response channel!!!! Keep doing what you’re doing!!!💞

[@Ceractucus]

Derek is Eric Clapton. He used Derek because the song is about Pattie Boyd a model. At the time he wrote this, she was married to Clayton’s friend George Harrison. George wrote the song Something about Pattie, and Eric wrote this song and Wonderful Tonight about her. Even John Lennon lusted after her I’ve heard. Her marriage to George ended after 11 years, then she married Eric for another 11 years.

[@allenporter6586]

This song has two of the greatest guitarists ever, Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, this is the original. The story behind this song is one of the most iconic in rock history ranking up with the stories behind, Hey Jude, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the whole Who's Next album and the whole Rumours album. All of them are part of the Rock Legendarium. Derek and the Dominos only put out this one album, but what an album. No we watch reactions to see reactions, if we just wanted to listen to the music we'd just look up the damn song and listen to it. We, or at least I, watch reactions to see others discover the wonderful music we grew up on. I remember my mom being so pleased to see me listen to Glenn Miller "In the Mood" for the first time when I was young and being into it.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

This is the original studio version.

[@tylercutler8616]

This is hands down the best version. He is shredding that guitar to pieces.

[@Chamomileable]

That "cutting" sound you're hearing is the slide guitar of Duane Allman. When playing slide, you don't press the strings down on the neck. Instead, you use a slide (usually made of metal, glass, or ceramic) to lightly touch the strings. This lets you play a note and then slide up or down to increase and decrease the pitch naturally the same way we naturally raise or lower the pitch of our voice. It's a style of playing that originated in blues but is also used in rock music, country music, and Hawaiian music, sometimes with a lap steel, dobro, resonator, or pedal steel guitar.

[@czkid54]

Duane Allman and Eric Clapton dual guitars.... epic

[@1955greenboy]

As others have said, Derek and the Dominos was a short-lived band (only one studio album) fronted by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman. I was in 10th grade when it came out, and even years later in college, EVERYONE owned it and played it all the time. And not just this song, but the whole album -- and it was a double album on vinyl, so it's quite long. THE WHOLE ALBUM IS THIS GOOD. You should check it out if you liked this song.

[@thomasord8636]

This is the original version, and this is Eric, he was part of this band. 🙂. You also, can check out Eric play the song with acoustic guitar on MTV unplugged. 😁

[@chaosandcreation4118]

Derek and the Dominoes was Clapton's band after Cream and Blind Faith. This album version has Duane Allman on second lead shortly before he died in a motorcycle accident. Great album, great live album classic songs from a short lived band. They do a Hendrix cover of Little Wing. The whole double album is ear candy.

[@damonbryan7232]

I love this song so much. I named my daughter after this song.

[@LindaEll]

What young people don’t know, is that when this album was released, no one knew who Derek and the Dominoes were. Layla was super popular before Clapton finally admitted he was in the band, along with Duane Allman.

[@laurenblainebamartistmgt]

There weren’t that many effects available in the 70s. And the production, this is a great example of what supremely talented musicians and an innovative producer can do together. Brilliant. Patty Boyd was her maiden name, by the way.

[@d.kyrstede3556]

"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. Two versions have achieved chart success, the first in 1972 and the second 20 years later as an acoustic Unplugged performance by Clapton. 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.

[@annephillips8494]

This was the first song I heard of EC as a kid.Been a fan ever since.The passion. Cream, his Solo career, he never fails.

[@deborahpaley21]

from this album is imho the best version of 'little wing' usually people say hendrix's version but i love this one.

[@elceenomoun8115]

Fun fact, Duane Allman came up with the 7 note opening riff. Its a sped up version of Albert King's As The Years Go Passing By.

[@laneykehel5057]

Bell Bottom Blues is another Derek and the Dominoes classic.

[@stevebengel1346]

And another song about Pattie Boyd

[@RoyWhite01]

Derek and the Dominoes is Eric Clapton’s band. Clapton wrote the song Layla. There is a story behind it and his unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend George Harrison.

[@celticfun01]

You should know that Eric Clapton was the only person to have been inducted into the R&R Hall of fame 3 times. Once with the Yardbirds, and once with Cream, and once alone

[@BrianLangley-r9q]

This is one of my favorite albums...ever...one thing people fail to mention is Tom Dowd was the producer...he produced MANY incredible albums..look into his catalog of accomplishments....a documentary of him called "the language of Music" is pretty awesome....thanks for reacting to this.

[@stevebengel1346]

Tom Dowd was one of the best producers ever 💯

[@delicatefleur]

You don't talk too much I love seeing you pick up on stuff that we all know. It's amazing to see that the artist can communicate their story just through the music. You definitely should do some albums. You've got the chops to find the concept.

[@kallsop2]

My neighbors know when I listen to this version. Think I first heard this in 1972 when I was 9 and was hooked on Clapton. Got to see him live in 1998.

[@BornInBoston61]

Clapton was in Derick and the Dominos

[@michaellockhart554]

Now you gotta do Bell Bottom Blues from the same album

[@bobelliott9426]

"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time.

[@TheGreatGig73]

This is in my top ten all-time favorite rock songs ever recorded. And pretty close to if not number 1