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According to Rita Coolidge, she didn’t realize that something was amiss with “Layla” until she heard it later on the radio.
Eric Clapton took a lot of chances throughout his career post-Cream, but he felt that not every album had the greatest guitar ...
Pattie Boyd is one of the very few people in the world who can say she’s been married to not one but two rock icons. The model and photographer, who was famously married to George Harrison, only to ...
“Warner Brothers wanted another Layla. I thought, 'well, if you sit down and write a song in a formatted way, it's not so hard’”: The Grammy-winning hit that Eric Clapton wrote to order, with a little ...
Eric Clapton discussed his love for blues and admitted he wanted to be in bands with Freddie King or Buddy Guy, not a ...
Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Layla’ wasn’t just a rock masterpiece—it was a love letter born out of forbidden passion. Discover how a Persian love story inspired one of rock’s greatest songs ...
Few rock songs catch the wild stir of want like Layla, a song that keeps showing us the mess in Eric Clapton's heart. It came out in 1970, made by Derek and the Dominos, and it is more than just a ...
The charity mega-concert was an unforgettable day for Philadelphia. The author was there, and shares how it came to be.