Words: Nigel Williamson By the time “Layla” eventually became a hit in December 1972, two years after its first release, Eric Clapton was past caring. He’d formed Derek And The Dominos with ...

And coming out of the tightness of the main sections, Clapton’s high-wire guitar work packs even more punch than it otherwise might have. Perhaps the most underrated aspect of Layla and Other ...

Rita Coolidge claims that she wrote the part with her then boyfriend Jim Gordon, but her contribution was never officially acknowledged ...

serving as the creative inspiration behind hits including the Beatles' "Something," and Clapton's "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight." In one of the auctioned letters, Clapton addresses a letter to Boyd - ...

When George Harrison made his solo debut, a cast of famous friends came to help him, including Eric Clapton who secretly sings on one song.

In his memoir, 'Who Am I?', Pete Townshend of The Who explained how he had been asked to help Eric Clapton romance Pattie ...

Boyd was a muse to both men in the 1960s and 70s, inspiring Harrison's classic song Something and Clapton's hits Wonderful Tonight and Layla. Initially married to the Beatle, she was pursued by ...

Since brothers Howard and Ron Albert transformed their Criteria Studios in Miami from a one-room recording booth into a ...

Vinyl Monday host Abigail Devoe as the enigmatic face on Eric Clapton's classic Layla album cover. Vinyl Monday host Abigail Devo ...