Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek and the Dominos.Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek And The Dominos Derek and the Dominos were a blues-rock supergroup formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon, who had all played with Clapton in Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. Jan Reid Rodale Books 733 Third Avenue, 6th Fl, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10017 1594863695 $16.95 http://www.rodale.com (212) 808-1336 The second in the new "Rock of Ages" book series, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is the story of the one-shot recording of a rock super group, Derek and the Dominos, which, unlike many other super group attempts, has influenced countless guitar heroes. Of course, Derek was Eric Clapton and the Dominos consisted of keyboardist Bobby Whitlock Bobby Whitlock (born in 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a session musician, best known for being a member of Derek and the Dominos. Biography Raised in Arkansas and Millington, Tennessee, Whitlock began playing piano at many sessions at the legendary Stax Studios by the , bassist Carl Radle Carl Radle (born Carl Dean Radle, June 18 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma — died May 30 1980) was a bassist who toured and recorded with several of the most influential artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. and drummer Jim Gordon. The band came together and began to rehearse songs written predominately by Clapton and/or Whitlock. The songs were beginning to take shape, but at times, obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with the desire for the love of his best friends' wife, Clapton seemed to need that spark to get him back on track. That spark, as we know, came in the form of Duane Allman Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American lead guitarist and noted session musician. Allman is noted for both his slide guitar and improvisational skills. , who contributed, among other things, the memorable intro lick to the albums most successful song, "Layla." Jan Reid, who has also written on Country and Southern Rock music as well as for Texas Monthly, weaves the story from the formation of the band with the improbable love triangle between Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd and her husband, and Clapton's best friend, George Harrison and takes both up to their ultimate demises. Reid provides great insight and his research uncovering interviews with the main subjects those surrounding the project is terrific. |
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