Biography (Derek and the Dominos)

Derek and the Dominos was a music group formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton along with Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon, who had all played with him in Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. Duane Allman from The Allman Brothers Band joined the group early in the recording of their first album. They were a blues-rock band that demonstrated virtuosity at its finest, showing some of Eric "Slowhand" Clapton's finest work.

The group debuted at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 14, 1970 where the announcer mispronounced their provisional name of Eric and the Dynamos to Derek and the Dominos, the band decided to take up the new name and undertook a summer tour of England. From late August to early October, working at Criteria Studios in Miami with legendary Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd, the band recorded Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, a brilliant...

Album Records (Derek and the Dominos)

Layla Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Have You Ever Loved A Woman Little Wing Key to the Highway Bell Bottom Blues Tell the Truth Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad I Looked Away Keep on Growing Anyday I Am Yours Thorn Tree in the Garden Got to Get Better in a Little While Bottle of Red Wine It's Too Late Blues Power Roll It Over Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? Let It Rain

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