In the world of rock music, 1970 was a year of disasters. From the Beatles’ breakup to the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, it felt that year as if the very pillars of rock music were being ...

Two legendary albums recorded in the same year using the same musicians, but released by completely different artists... Such an abundance of musical riches could have happened only in the early 1970s ...

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 ...

The idea that Eric Clapton may never be able to subject us to the perpetual wankage of “Layla,” the corny, down-home vibe of “Lay Down, Sally” or the reggae-goes-disco version of “I Shot the Sheriff” ...

In 1970, Eric Clapton wrote his secret love, Pattie Boyd, one of the most famous classic rock love songs, “Layla.” Before he showed his tune to the object of his affection, Clapton sent Boyd, the wife ...

It's one of the most famous, and possibly infamous, rock songs of all time, a yearning scorcher Eric Clapton wrote about his mad love for Pattie Boyd, who was then the wife of his close friend George ...