Derek & Dominos - Layla
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Free Music Review: Eric Clapton and Duane Allman-World's greatest guitar duo!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is simply a wonderful album.EVERY SINGLE track is good.Eric and Duane playing together is wonderful.They both brought out the best in each other.For those wondering who plays what on the album,here's the tracks Duane played on:Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (slide)
I Am Yours (slide)
Anyday (slide)
Key To The Highway (slide)
Tell The Truth (slide)
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (lead)
Have You Ever Loved A Woman (slide)
Little Wing
It's Too Late
Layla (lead and slide)
Thorn Tree In The Garden (slide)
For those who thought that Duane simply played all the slide parts and Eric all the leads,that is incorrect.On nearly every number that Duane played slide,Eric also plays slide.Also,that is Duane playing the famous 12 note intro on "Layla",not Eric.
For those wishing for a Derek&The Dominos reunion,it is impossible.Duane Allman died in 1971,Carl Radle died in the late 1970s,and Jim Gordon is serving a life sentence in prision for killing his mother in the early 1980s.The only remaining members of D&D that aren't dead or incarcerated are Clapton and Bobby Whitlock.
Other suggested albums-Derek&The Dominos Live At The Fillmore (less Duane);George Harrison's All Things Must Pass,which features D&D as George's backup band.
If you are an Eric Clapton or Duane Allman fan do not own Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,you need to buy this album.It is both these artists' at their best as musicians.IMO this album is amoung the most over looked in music history.
Free Music Review: Classic Rock Must Own
Hit: 5 Stars
Clapton and Duane Allman unite with Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon and Carl Radle for one of the most memorable releases in music history. The tone of this disk is inspired by Clapton's burgeoning love affair with Patty Boyd Harrison, the wife of his best friend, Beatle George Harrison. "I Looked Away" is a poppy ballad that features Clapton's vocal trades with the soulful sound of Bobby Whitlock, in classic call and reply style. "Bell Bottom Blues" is a soulful love song we all know well. "Keep On Growing" changes the mood to a happier tone, and is dominated by the stunning vocal interplay between Clapton and Whitlock that is prevalent on almost every song. Covers of classic tunes are sprinkled through out, as the Dominos tear through "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out", "Key To the Highway" and a sped up take on the Hendrix classic "Little Wing". Duane Allman's slide guitar serves as counterpoint to Clapton's bluesy playing throughout the disk. "It's Too Late" is another perfect example of traditional call and reply blues singing, as Whitlock responds to Clapton's sorrow laden cries of "She's Gone" in the chorus. The title song need no discussion, other than the fact that the tender piano part at the end was written by Jim Gordon, who is currently doing time for murdering his mother. The short but tender Bobby Whitlock ballad "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is the perfect ending to a wonderful release. Tom Dowd clicks perfectly in the studio with these top musicians to produce a memorable release that is a must have.Free Music Review: Never Gets Old
Hit: 5 Stars
The opus of this CD is of course "Layla." It is one of the quintessential rock anthems of our time, and the 'unplugged' version of recent years only makes both versions all the more relevant. The surprise for people who are unprepared for this CD is just how painfully bluesy it gets. It very rarely leaves the hard driving aspects of guitar rock, but it also very rarely strays far from the debt it owes to the blues. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" are remarkably mournful. "Little Wing" is far more grassroots than is the flair of Jimi Hendrix's version, and the whole feel to the CD relies on a heavy blues bass overlaid with a blues guitar. Hendrix and Allman play off of each to tremendous effect, and all of the tracks leave me in a blissful stagger. My only complaint is the painful (to me) "Thorn Tree in the Garden," but as others whose opinions I respect admire this track I will defer. I had no idea what to expect beyond "Layla" when I bought this CD. I was pleased to discover that virtually the entire CD has become a favourite.On a related note, I keep reading criticisms that "Layla" and "Stairway to Heaven" and other classic tunes are overplayed, with people withholding stars as a result. The reason "Layla" is 'overplayed' is because people keep wanting to hear it. Overplaying a song is a compliment; I'm not sure how it has come to be interpreted as meaning that the song sucks.
Free Music Review: Absolutely in the top 5 greatest rock albums ever
Hit: 5 Stars
The other reviewers gave some very good details and history of the album. I am 54 years old and I live and die for this album. My first love, my wife (and mother of 4 beautiful children who all love this record today) and I were dating in 1971, cruising on 35 cent per gallon gas in my '67 GTO to the beach (Jones Beach, L.I., NY). I can't add anything else, other than we were fanatical Allman Bros and Grateful Dead Fans at the time. This album is the best. Check out "Why Does Love Have to Be so Sad?". Duane Allman gives a fantastic straight lead guitar solo (NOT slide). You know it's Duane (if you're an Allman Bros fan), although the credits don't say so. He was harnessed mainly for his slide guitar prowess, although in this song, he really shows what a great guitarist he was. The original legend was that Eric Clapton saw the Allman Bros. playing at the Fillmore East in NYC in circa 1970 and went back stage to ask Duane if he would contribute to the Layla effort. Actually, Eric saw the Allman Bros. in Florida and went back stage and the rest is history. Derek and the Dominos was born! It doesn't get any better than this. "Any Day" is a guitar virtuoso classic too. PLEASE, listen to this album. Listen to the Allman Bros too. And by the way, check out Derek Trucks on slide guitar with the Allman Bros.. He is now, where Duane would have been had he not met his sad, untimely death in '71. Another album you will want to look out for is Clapton's Chicago Guitarfest. Derek is on that one too.Free Music Review: A Guitar Riff of a Rock Anthem
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember going into one of my favourite record stores way back when they used to hand out the radio stations "Top 40" record charts. Glancing at it I saw a new entry by a group called "Derek and the Dominos". It made me think of the many groups from the 50's and 60's with names like "Blank and the Blanks". Like most people , the first time that I heard the opening riffs on "Layla" I was instantly hooked. It took a few more years to figure out most of the words and their actual meaning. And the rest as they say is history. There are other decent tunes on the album, my favourite being "Bell Bottom Blues" but all (unfortunately) fade in comparison with the title cut. Not bad for three guys named Jim Gordon, Bobby Whitlock, and Carl Radle who originally were with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. They were brought on board by Delaney Bramlett. Eric Clapton even played with Friends for a short while. Its too bad that this was another one of a Clapton connected project that ended even before it had begun.We've had a Cream reunion that nobody thought would ever happen. Here's hoping. And oh, thank you Delaney. Some trivia for you. Recently I was at a shop and was going through boxes of old 45's. I found a copy of "Layla" from 1977 on Epic by the "Valverde Brothers". It was a cross between the "Chipmunks" doing disco and those infamous one drum beat of the "Stars On" albums. I never knew of anyone else covering "Layla" and I still wish I hadn't. Just terrible.