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Late Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks recalled the moment Duane Allman added five notes to Eric Clapton’s Derek and the Dominos song “Layla” during a late-night studio session and ...
Eric Clapton may be considered a guitar god, but he knew that there were many fantastic gods out in the wild to work with.
As Whitlock relates, Clapton and Allman’s friendship was as symbiotic ... and I was listening to Eric and Duane talking about ...
One of those hits that was credited to him as the writer is “Mean Old World,” which was covered by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman during the Derek and the Dominos sessions for the album Layla ...
“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 ...
He had also worked with Cream and The Allman Brothers Band — which is how he knew exactly what Eric Clapton and Duane Allman were capable of. Criteria Studios in Miami was the location for the ...
The 2005 Cream reunion was disappointingly short, only playing six dates in two cities, but it apparently inspired Eric ... Clapton has recruited Derek Trucks, current occupant of the Duane Allman ...
including Eric Clapton, who heard him wail at the end of Wilson Pickett’s cover of “Hey Jude” and just had to meet him. Clapton and Duane Allman met up and played together in the studio ...
The 1957 Les Paul that Duane Allman played on the Derek ... “Layla” was written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon. Allman and Clapton both played guitar on the song, with Clapton singing lead ...
but sparks a stinging riff and solo (with some help from Duane Allman) that take the song to a completely new place. Like "White Room' "see No. 5 on our list of the Top 10 Eric Clapton Songs ...