Jesus man. What could have been...

Man, thats a beautiful comment.

Absolutely, it’s usually bittersweet

Music is emotional and it roots you in a time and place .......& a girl - sometimes ! Takes you right back to that time and emotion.

Great True Story And Thanks for your service I did 20 years US Navy caught Desert Storm in 90 Yes Layal is POWERFULLY Emotionally Awesome I have been practicing and studying and playing Blues guitar since I was in Junior High school maybe before I'm 64 years young still practicing and studying and playing Blues guitar in bars and parties since I retired from the US Navy Eric Clapton is just one of my favorite Guitarists to try to emulate and learn something from Yes Brother Vietnam Vet This Blues Rock Anthem will stand the test of time Its one of the Greatest Guitar Songs and Duane Allman's Slide guitar Les Paul is Outstanding and Eric Clapton Soulful Stratocaster is one of the most Amazing Awesome Gorgeous Playing

It's not that beautiful when you think of the situation surrounding it. That's kinda ugly. The song itself is great and masterfully pieced together.

@@matthatter2849 There was no adultery. They didn't get together before long after the divorce.

@@matthatter2849 not really mate....

@@matthatter2849 Judge not... A is wrong. But not for MattH or me or ? to judge.

It held the record for the longest ever recorded song, of all time until the song "Stairway to Heaven."

Duane's guitar solo brings this song up to another level.

Me too, it’s my absolute favorite song, when i hear the first chords it gives me goosebumps. Best rock song, EVER! 💕💕💕💕

If you’ve ever loved a woman….

… and Jim Gordon 13/03/23

yeah that was pretty touching actually. It's heart warming to know that well into our years, one's passion can stay just a fresh as the beginning it's discovered.

Completely agree. Mine too. I am SO glad it exists. My favourite song. Has got me through a lot and continues to do so.

Have you seen the entire documentary?

Me too.

@Twila Maybe you can find it to take out from your local Library

George Orwell .... Precisely... astute

Exactly

It seems people. Put me in the has been categories.THIS MUSIC WILL ALWAYS INSPIRE ME TO BE THE BEST MUSICIAN I CAN.AND TO SHARE WITH. ANY ONE WHO PLAY FROM THE HEART Philip Haushalter

George...is it really you?

Same! 😎🤠

Finally someone mentions Bobby!

He co-wrote most of the songs on the album with Eric.

Right and along the same lines no mention of Jim Gordon playing drums or writing/playing the piano part. He mentions the "bass part" but no mention of Carl Radle. Kinda strange given how respected the rest of the band was. Eric and Duane hardly need mention since everyone already knows!

@@jaypaget8068 Rita Coolidge wrote the entire piano part and got no credit, no mention

I don't think it's anyone's fault really, it's just because you're basically standing in the shadow of god. No matter how brightly you shine you'll always be outshone be that other guy. George had the same problem, to a lesser extent, in the Beatles. And honestly I'm not sure it really matters. Sure you want them to get more recognition, but the people who can actually appreciate the artistry will know and in the end those are the only people that really matter, because just like the artistry any sense of recognition will get lost on anyone else.

Ol

Great recommendation- I’ll find it!

What a wonderful post you've written about your friend, the late Tom Dowd. I've listened to Layla in awe ever since I first heard it way back when....To read about how it came together and now your comments here, makes the song all the more personal to me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings, and to Tom Dowd and the great musicians he worked with for such beautiful, impeccable artistry.

thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing this. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

Wayne, thank you for the heartfelt post. Very moving and grateful tribute to the great Mr. Dowd. The music world was forever changed and made better for millions by his passion and hard work.

Man you were blessed , I bet you've heard some great stories bout skynyrd and allmans

This is a ballad like no other. One of the best songs ever recorded by the best musicians of all time

I owe Duane Allman a LOT - and my opinion doesn't detract from either of these geniuses...What could I possibly say that would diminish their impact? Nothing. That said - My OPINION about the end of Layla (just before the piano coda) is that it is beyond noisy. Tom Dowd has more talent than I'll ever have, but he's not perfect. Who do you turn down in the mix? The guy paying you or the guy who the guy paying you loves and invited over? So, you get dueling guitars. The flat and sharp notes are still audible to me and I have to skip that minute or so of music...One of the two should have taken the "lead" and either bowed out in the session or bowed out in the mix. My surprise is that they listened back to that section and said - yep, that's great. Such a great song, such a great ending...but that part has never agreed with me. It's my opinion, so it's not some grand statement. I play guitar (25 years), slide and steel guitar in many tunings - E, G, A, D, C6...etc. So, I'm not just a critic, I actually play and my opinion is informed by that...just BTW in case someone says I have no idea what I'm talking about... : ) I'm sure I'll still get that! Take care all. Off now to revisit Tulsa Time, Motherless Child, and Idlewild South...!!!

Originally they had it at the beginning of the song.

I understand your point... However I like the solo I can't help myself! :D

I couldn't agree more! Your point about sharps and flats reminds me of something I heard about the Beatles' recording sessions. There were times they DELIBERATELY placed slight sharps and flats into their mixes-- especially vocal harmonies-- to give it that vibrating resonance you hear between John and Paul in the early recordings especially. Even as late as Abbey Road, during the "1-2-3-4-5-6-7- all good children go to heaven" part John goes slightly flat to give the multiple harmonic sound a greater richness. But back to Layla, the slight sharps and flats make the guitars sound like they're talking to us. Love this clip

Wow! I did not know that.

There’s a great video on Tom Dowd. Amazing how he worked on the Manhattan Project in WWII and ends up as a music engineer for Atlantic Records. What a genius.

@@mauriceclemens3286 wow! This guy like forest gump

You type well for a baby

Weird name for a guy.

Me too!

I agree-it's one of the finest rock albums ever made, yet many who like Clapton are not really aware of it. This is what the promise of raw, melodic rock from the heart led to. None better.

I agree with that. I would even venture out and make the claim that it is a close to being a concept album.

Yes

Duane really brought out the best in Eric. It is, in my opinion, far and away the greatest album Clapton ever made.

Francis Higgins I think the song is too “busy” too much going on in the background. It used to be one of my favs, but over the years I think it’s too much mixed in. Would love to hear it scaled back some

Tom dowd vastly overrated as producer. He had two giants over there

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 Silly

Thanks, that was great.

Donald Dawkins i also remember my ·first time of hearing Layla, in a record shop, in 1981, being 14, and being blown away, of course What power!

Donald Dawkins I have to agree. I was in Oklahoma, and of course was exposed to every type of music, and then when I heard this. I thought this is all of it in one. I went to see The Allman Brothers, right after Duane was killed, and Dickie Betts, took his place.

It must have been amazing, to have seen the Dominoes live, in a good night...it is a pitty there is not good bottleg...Eric,s strato sounded better than ever, and his playing at the "Fillmore cd" is top of the top, as far as i am concerned...However. I have heard these gigs werre not particularly good..Can it be true??? As i dont have any other reference... Hard to imagine Eric playing better than in "Blues Power2 or "Let it raaaaiiin"

I agree beautiful

Very well said. Duane's slide guitar really lifts this song into another level.

6, actually!

Mine too

That is a legitimately awesome story

Very cool.

Frank Swiech I guess Jim Gordon who wrote piano part ia still in prison?

He supposedly stole it from rita coolidge and it was played on her sisters record. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b696g6-U3K6zlac.html

Mike Mcdonnell He's in medical confinement with no chance of release as he requires constant treatment and supervision. Gordon believes that his mother is still alive...damn, mental illness is awful. 😥

+Mike Austin thank you very much

This is the first time I have seen, heard ,ect. this. Amazing ! I will look up this movie and hope it still can be seen.

I was at the premiere in the Regal theater on Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach.

thanks!

Yes...great documentary

Perry Stone

I 💕 you all

Four Part Harmony same here! Makes the song even better imo!

People who didn't know that Duane played on Layla aren't Allman dans.

He also plays on Boz Scagg's version of Loan Me Dime recorded at Muscle Shoals Studios. One of the longest and best phrased Blues guitar playing I've ever heard. Derek (an amazing player in his own style) may be more accurate as someone above stated but Duane had a way to lift the level of anything he played on. It was always about the "whole" tune not just about him. He made it more than the sum of the parts. Beauty where there was none I always say.

Four Part Harmony dude me lol i’m just finding this out today

I am one of those that had no idea Duane Allman was on this song. Love the song, love Clapton, love Duane. Very very cool.

Alan Parsons is still my favorite.

Eddie Kramer is the only engineer who could possibly rival Dowd.

Glyn and Andy John's were really incredible however it's all very subjective...Kramer is incredible 👏

Wow, sir/s, you're lucky!!

Four Part Harmony Wayne perkins

Wayne Perkins

I like bands as a whole,every musician performing together creates the vibe,not just the guitarist. Gees,guitarists are such control freaks lol,god bless their cotton socks. :-)

Btw as a drummer,my fsv guitarist is John McLaughlin,magnificent technique but also feel and tone especially the Mahavishnu Orchestra stuff.

Four Part Harmony there is always a mystic respect between musicians,one does'nt talk about it but it is there:)

Beautiful. Of course, the guy who played it killed his mom... but still... beautiful

Billy Powell talked about that same piano when he first got to muscle shoals to record.....he couldn't believe where his craft had landed him! One of those fucking pinch me moments.....

Don't Irk Kirk I feel sad just finding out about his mental illness and how tragic things turned out.. I’m a big fan of Traffic and Derek and the Dominos..

Played by Jim Gordon the drummer

It was written by Rita Coolidge, who never got credit for it!

😮😮😮

He's laughing at Duane's little bird sound. It was one of his trademarks.

Mee too bro I came across this video and it reminded me of meeting him in my mid teens at an ABB show at freedom weekend aloft in SC .He was an amazing and humble guy. He gave me his business card, told me to call him, treated me like we knew each other from birth, and squared me up to play with D.T. twice! 😊 RIP Tom. 🙌

@@jefflancaster4423What year was that?

Right. The edited 7" version came out in March 1971, but it only went to number 51. Then, a re-release in 1972 (as you said) of the song on both Eric Clapton's The History of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman's An Anthology, un-edited, saw it go up to number ten here. In Clapton's native U.K., the album never charted, perhaps, since his real name only appeared on the back cover. Meanwhile, the single (using the full-length cut) reached number seven in 1972 due to its inclusion on the aforementioned The History of Eric Clapton, and would return to the U.K. top ten a decade later, doing even better the second time around making number four.

You are correct Roberto. "Why Does Love........." is THE tour de force on that album.

I agree, and it's Duane on his Gibson playing lead. Had he lived, he might have been even greater than Hendrix. Another song I love on the Layla album is I Am Yours. Duane's slide is so good it makes me cry,