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 ...

Perhaps the most underrated aspect of Layla and Other Assorted Love ... which is all sad resignation. Clapton and Duane Allman get the last words, pouring all the narrator’s bottomless anguish ...

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 ...