Posted on 09/06/2025 6:35:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Also, supposedly he was schizophrenic.
Clapton ripped off so many artists from Jimmy Cliff to JJ Cale. And Layla sucks, 4-5 minutes of wasted radio time, it sounds like two separate songs pasted together to glom air play.
So, by consequence, Eric Clapton is an asshole.
No surprise here.
Yeah, Duane Allman.
My paternal uncle was an aspiring songwriter in the 1940s. One of his songs was stolen by Tex Ritter and became a big hit. My uncle turned to alcohol and ended up leaving his wife and kids for a couple of yrs until he came to his senses. Those royalties would have changed his life for the better, which is why the theft was so painful, especially when Tex was already established in the music scene.
Well the good news is now with AI, anybody can write a song.
People asked Duane which guitar he played; how could they tell which was which.
He said his was the Gibson
They said- C’mon
He said his was the one that sounded sparkly.
I prefer Billy Ward & His Dominoes over Derek & the Dominoes.
I don’t hear much similarity between the songs. Maybe I’m listening to the wrong part, or maybe it’s really subtle.
Oh no. It’s a brutal business. I know a bunch of songs I heard where outright stolen in the 50s and 60s.
Yes, I see that now. Thanks!
Ha. I did not know that.
Quite possibly THE single most recognizable guitar opening riff ever…
…other than Smoke on the Water…
Rita Coolidge was married to drummer Jim Gordon (Jump Into the Fire) who was later convicted of murdering his mother. He died in prison in 2023.
From the Tom Dowd bio pic. He has the tracks of Duane And Eric isolated on the multitrack.
Summer of ‘72. Yep. Goodfellas. Long Island. I’m riding out to Fire Island Beach in. 1971 avocado Torino with my Irish American Catholic school summer boyfriend listening to long version 5 minute Layla on WPLR of WNEW and these non fictional goodfellas are a few miles away shooting each other.
Yep. Eric and Duane band the Dominoes never knew. But they’d get it if they did know.
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