"Layla" wasn't the only Derek and the Dominos song to be directly inspired by Boyd. As Clapton explained in his autobiography ...

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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 ...

Eric Clapton needed a new path after he decided Cream was no longer going to be his way forward. Derek and the Dominos, an all-star collection of players that cohered like a band that had been ...