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Did Eric Clapton Rip off Rita Coolidge for ‘Layla’?
Far Out Magazine ^
| Sat 6 September 2025
| Lauren Hunter
Posted on 09/06/2025 6:35:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I don't see why not. Whatever floats your boat.
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:39:55 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:45:45 PM PDT
by
Ge0ffrey
To: nickcarraway
it’s what cemented Eric Clapton well and truly as a guitar-playing god
Clapton is very good, but that guitar work was Duane Allman
To: nickcarraway
Long told story. Ya.
There are two guitars on that great coda. I recommend listening
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:46:40 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: Larry Lucido
I’ve seen Clapton play it (1974). It’s him.
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:50:36 PM PDT
by
sauropod
To: nickcarraway
There are no hits more colossal than Layla? It’s a good song, but I can think of a hundred better, given time.
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:51:54 PM PDT
by
FLNittany
To: sauropod
On the record, Layla and Other Love Songs, on the recording everyone knows, there are two guitars.
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:52:20 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: Larry Lucido
> Clapton is very good, but that guitar work was Duane Allman
The slide guitar is Duayne, I believe all the other guitars are Clapton. Duane played a lot of slide on the Layla album.
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:52:27 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
To: Larry Lucido
Yeah, Dwayne Allman did a lot of the slide work on that song.
It is a masterpiece up there with stairway to Heaven as far as I’m concerned and it belongs to Eric Clapton, Derrick and the dominoes
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:52:57 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.,)
To: stanne
He definitely stole it. Everyone knew it. I'm not sure.
Nice boyfriend, stealing her song. He's dead now, she should get his royalty. He spent time in jail for killing his mother.
It happens. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing was written by Ray Parker Jr., but the record company stole it, and assigned the rights to Leo Sayer and some other guy.
To: sauropod
I've seen someone play Beethoven. Does that mean they wrote, Fur Elise.
To: FLNittany
Well you have to admit, there are no better songs to kill accomplices to.
To: nickcarraway
Who are you talking about?
Ooy
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:57:11 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: nickcarraway
“ Well you have to admit, there are no better songs to kill accomplices to.”
What are you blathering about
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:59:27 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: wardaddy; Mr. Mojo
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posted on
09/06/2025 6:59:48 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
To: nickcarraway
Rita Coolidge had written those piano lines, Jim Gordon (the drummer) heard it and used it for Layla, (it was Jim Gordon on piano).
Jim Gordon died in prison a few years ago - was serving a life sentence for killing his mother with a hammer.
So, stealing a song was small potatoes for Jimmy....
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posted on
09/06/2025 7:01:56 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: nickcarraway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVpT8Dmkndk
Near the end of this piece (7 1/2 minutes or so), it is stated that according to Bobby Whitlock (keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos) it was actually Rita’s sister who recorded the song.
To: FLNittany
At least 100 and many of them from Clapton. I think its a footnote.
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posted on
09/06/2025 7:07:26 PM PDT
by
anton
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/06/2025 7:07:56 PM PDT
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dznutz
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