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 ...

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Time spent working on Harrison's ‘All Things Must Pass’ album showed Clapton and bandmate Bobby Whitlock all they needed to know ...

“He drove a huge old Caddy with ‘Domino’ on the license plate,” Jason Isbell said of Bobby Whitlock, in a 2012 piece Isbell penned for Lone Star Music Magazine. Isbell wrote that as part of an ...

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.

Two legendary albums recorded in the same year using the same musicians, but released by completely different artists... Such an abundance of musical riches could have happened only in the early 1970s ...