For the past six years, Eric Clapton has been disappointing fans by playing a stripped-down rendition of “Layla” on the acoustic guitar at this concerts as opposed to the original, electric one. He ...
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George Harrison helped inspire Eric Clapton's iconic track "Layla" in multiple ways (not just because he was married to Clapton's muse).
It was a love triangle for the ages. Sixties supermodel Pattie Boyd was famously at the center of a rift between guitar-riffing gods George Harrison and Eric Clapton. In fact, Clapton tried to woo ...
There are co-written songs, and then there is Eric Clapton’s “Layla”, which might be one of the most star-studded collaborations of rock ‘n’ roll history. From the song’s literary and literal ...
Opening Shot: In the original opening for his episode of MTV Unplugged, which first aired in August 1992, a small audience is gathered at Bray Studios outside London for the performance by Eric ...
As George Harrison’s marriage to Pattie Boyd grew chillier, Eric Clapton’s feelings for her heated up. Harrison and Clapton were friends, but this did little to stop Clapton from pursuing his wife.