When Clapton dissolved Cream, part of him wanted to go back to being a talented journeyman, playing alongside the likeminded. With Derek And The Dominos, he almost got his wish.

The Derek and the Dominos hit "Layla" is a rock classic and one of the crown jewels of Eric Clapton's career, but there may be more to the story than the world was previously led to believe.

Derek & The Dominos' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: The 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is a valiant attempt to compile a definitive version of Eric Clapton's finest work. The package of two CDs ...

Derek & The Dominos slide into the laid-back, but swinging groove of "It's Too Late" — showing they could bring the musicianship and impassioned singing that's on the album to their live ...

By spring of 1971, Derek and the Dominos began working on their second album, which was never completed. The combination of drugs, alcohol, money, egos, and heartbreak finally ignited.

The song in question is Derek & The Dominos' Layla, and the piano is a Baldwin grand that, for four decades, was used at Criteria Studios in Miami. The piano was built in the late 1920s.

Derek and the Dominos broke up in 1971 and never finished recording their second album. Gordon remained an in-demand drummer for many years, working with Joe Cocker ’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen ...

Derek and the Dominos, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: The 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition" (UMe). 5 stars. Various Artists, “Concert For George,” (Rhino Blu-ray edition) 5 stars.

Jim Gordon, one of the most in-demand session drummers of the 1960s and ’70s whose beats were heard on dozens of recordings including Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla” and the Beach Boys ...

The set was recorded at the Lockn’ Festival in August 2019, where the Tedeschi Trucks Band performed all of Derek and the Dominos’ lone studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

Derek & The Dominos' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: The 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is a valiant attempt to compile a definitive version of Eric Clapton's finest work. The package of two CDs ...