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Rock-n-Roll Oldies: Derek and the Dominos - 1970
Reaganite Republican ^
| February 11, 2011
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 02/11/2011 9:21:48 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
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Eric Clapton with Pattie Boyd |
Derek and the Dominos were a blues-rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton along with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. The band released only one studio album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, featuring major contributions from guitarist Duane Allman working with the band as a session musician.
The album went on to receive critical acclaim, but initially faltered in sales and in radio airplay. Although released in 1970 it was not until March 1972 that the album's single 'Layla' (a tale of then-unrequited love inspired by Clapton's relationship with his friend George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd Harrison) would make the top ten in both the US and the UK.
This sole album produced as Derek and the Dominos -hailed by critics and fans alike for songs such as 'Bell Bottom Blues', 'Layla', and 'Wonderful Tonight'- is widely considered to be the defining achievement of Clapton's career.
Assuming the fictional identity of "Derek" was simply something the ever-complex Clapton utilized in order to express himself: he later remarked that he had trouble facing the fact that he was trying to steal another man's wife, but needed an outlet for his feelings. fwiw, Eric Clapton in fact later married (1979) -and divorced (1989)- "Layla" aka English model and photographer Patty Boyd.
And the classic 'Bell Bottom Blues' was written to Pattie Boyd Harrison as well, as she had requested Clapton pick her up a pair on a tour of the States, and the lyrics tell the tale...
Derek and the Dominos: Bell Bottom Blues - 1971
Plus a real gem, a live 1970 TV appearance on
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: clapton; cream; oldies; rock
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To: Frantzie
The mere thought of someone putting six bullets into John Lennon, while Yoko was just standing there?
I stolen that from someone smarter than me.
Now I'll log off to listen to the Travelling Wilburys.
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posted on
02/11/2011 10:51:29 AM PST
by
investigateworld
(Free Traders don't need guns 'cause they know The Peoples Republic of China are their friends)
To: Reaganite Republican
“Do ya wanna see me crawl across the floor...?”
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posted on
02/11/2011 10:57:31 AM PST
by
cardinal4
(Kagan and Sotomayor-Hope and Change)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Well Chapman could have been a hero..... Forget I said that.
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posted on
02/11/2011 10:57:42 AM PST
by
Frantzie
(HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
To: Beowulf9
I sort of doubt if they are friends it would be hard to stay friends with a man who fathered not one but two kids while he was married to you! Both is daughter Ruby and son Conner were born while he was married to Patti.
To: Beowulf9
I sort of doubt if they are friends it would be hard to stay friends with a man who fathered not one but two kids while he was married to you! Bothh is daughter Ruby and son Conner( 2 different Mom’s) were born while he was married to Patti.
To: Frantzie
Best Stones song I bet no one here ever heard of:
“Stop Breaking Down” (Exile on Main Street)
Listen to it cranked for best effect.
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Also, the end of Hey Jude is not “tedious’ It is 5 minutes of The Beatles COOKING!
Also listen to that cranked. And Hey Bulldog. And Oh Darling. And “while My guitar Gently Weeps”
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posted on
02/11/2011 11:01:32 AM PST
by
Mr. K
("Diversity is an obstacle to be overcome, not a goal to be achieved" -Ann Coulter)
To: Frantzie
Nope, not the same person.
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posted on
02/11/2011 11:02:48 AM PST
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: Reaganite Republican
As a young teen at the time, the only song of Derek and the Dominos I listened to at the time was “Cinnamon”.
I haven’t heard it in years.
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posted on
02/11/2011 11:15:04 AM PST
by
I still care
(I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
To: I still care
Hmmm. I just looked it up, but it says it’s by Tommy Roe.
I’m usually not wrong on these things, but I am -ahem- much older than I used to be.
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posted on
02/11/2011 11:21:20 AM PST
by
I still care
(I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Its one of only a handful of covers I prefer to the original. Agreed - although Hendrix's original is still pretty incredible. It is a marvel of re-imagined blues guitar conventions using not only an unusual technique but very subtle chords as well. The same goes, I think for Voodoo Chile. SRV's version sometimes sounds more like Hendrix than Hendrix. In any event, both died far too young. As did Frank Zappa, for that matter. ;-)
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02/11/2011 11:57:48 AM PST
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: andy58-in-nh
Have you ever heard Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of Little Wing? Get on Youtube and find The Corrs' version of Little Wing.
"So damned beautiful" goes for this one as well-- beautiful, talented Irish ladies making beautiful music! It is not to be missed.
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posted on
02/11/2011 12:14:26 PM PST
by
Max in Utah
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: Max in Utah
I have seen it - very nice indeed, and the girls are not hard to look at, either. ;-)
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02/11/2011 12:20:09 PM PST
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andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(love your screen name LOL - FZ)
J Cale and Clapton released a joint album a year or two ago. It’s OK, but the sound is a little too highly produced for my taste.
To: SnuffaBolshevik
The live version of "Let it Rain" from the Rainbow is real good but I prefer the studio version. I recall cover bands trying to play this song and doing fine with it until they came towards the end. Then it was epic fail time.
The stellar piano playing at the end of the song also makes it outstanding.
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posted on
02/11/2011 12:59:59 PM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: andy58-in-nh
Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire still sound amazingly good to my ears... Great stuff. I still have the vinyl versions of those albums that I "borrowed" from my sister and forgot to return. I'll have to look but I think I also have a Yardbirds album and that Blind Faith album with the great guitar work on Had to Cry Today.
I'm glad she doesn't miss them.
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:08:01 PM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: chris_bdba
“hard to stay friends with a man who fathered not one but two kids while he was married to you...”
Ok, kind of a dealbreaker. I’ll give you that.
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posted on
02/11/2011 1:59:34 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Mr. K
Best Stones song I bet no one here ever heard of:
Stop Breaking Down (Exile on Main Street)
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Oh please. There are more than a few freepers who know their stones pretty darn well. For myself, I was in the record store the day they released the expanded version of Exile, and a week does not go by that I don’t give it a partial listen.
And stop breaking down is a cover of a Robert Johnson song.
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posted on
02/11/2011 2:08:24 PM PST
by
dmz
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/11/2011 2:10:37 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: rhoda_penmark
Frank and I share a last initial, but not a first. :)
You must be referring to The Road to Escondido. I've heard a couple tracks from it; it was okay but it didn't really knock my socks off.
To: rhoda_penmark
Frank and I share a last initial, but not a first. :)
You must be referring to The Road to Escondido. I've heard a couple tracks from it; it was okay but it didn't really knock my socks off.
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