Fun with isolated tracks: Listen to Eric Clapton and Duane Allman play on “Layla”

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Whenever there’s a survey on the greatest guitar riffs of all time, “Layla” from Derek and the Dominos one-and-only album (Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs from 1970) is always mentioned.

“Derek” is actually Eric Clapton. He brought in buddy Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers to supply additional riffage. Now we have these isolated tracks which highly both the vocals and the guitar bits.

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