This rendition and the album cut show nothing more than admiration and professional respect. PERIOD. Musicians, even Legends, are fans 1st. They never lose it, either.
Why ? Did Clapton have to do this? He was doing just fine before Hendrix came around --This was at a time when guitarest tried so hard to be on top ..we all lost alot in these days and many more days
@MultiShades I don't think Clapton was competing, at least not at this point anymore. Eric and Jimi were really good friends, and by the time Eric was in the Dominos he'd had already grown tired of his "guitar god" image and was trying to shed it. This cover was more like an ode or tribute to Jimi's great song.
I think the best power trios in the 1960s-70s have to be the Hendrix Experience, Cream, and Rory Gallagher's band. After those are Robin Trower's band, ELP,
Bobby Whitlock lives here in Austin and plays the Saxon Pub on Sunday nights with his wife. He plays his more recent original music but plays a lot of Domino songs.
This is a great version - thanks! My all time favorite Derek & Dominos Live album.
Jim Gordon thankfully wrote the outro to layla before killing his mother and going to jail. Go figure, he had beautiful music in his head and killed his mother. IF I HAD A HAMMER I'D HAMMER IN THE MORNING. They called him "HAMMERING JIM" or was that Rodger Hodgeson from Supertramp, Hmmmm?
Brother this is amazing. Thank you for making it stuff like this is above music. It's more like the air is a canvas and Clapton and the boy's paint this amazing picture you see with your eye's. Same thing with Duane and the brothers. I miss Dicky so much when I see them now and the thing Dicky an bud Derrick have is so amazing. I love Warren Haynes he is awesome but it's just not the same. I am young I never got to see Duane play but I feel him in everything I hear.
I don't think the people at this concert had any idea that Rock would never surpass the apex it reached during this era. So many brilliant musicians, so many timeless songs were made between '65-'72. Thank God for oldies stations and iTunes.
Clapton's version is way to sweet and structured.. The beauty of the original Little Wing is Hendrix's seemingly off handed and precarious execution of it.
Oh Eric wish I was Hendrix also but I am not so I live and still play the best I can but true I can never be Hendrix, Try to sound alike --ride a bike.......
Wilson to correct your description above, Jim Gordon developed schizophrenia in his adult life. He began to hear his mother's voice (among others). Although he did attack his mother with a hammer, he killed his mother by stabbing her. Although an insanity defense was entered, it was thrown out and he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He was not institutionalized.
Little Wing is such a classic and Derek and the Dominos played it well. One of my favorite renditions. The musicians of that era were so great. Even guys like Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock and Jim Gordon all played with the greats of the time but not many people know who they are.
Nice job McPhert. I carried the Layla album around for months, turning people on to it, it was all I wanted to hear at the time.
Even still, I hear a couple notes put together a certain way and for a fraction of a second I revisit that Layla era with all its complexity and wonder and hope. I dream about my heros that paid dearly for glimpsing the future alittle to soon. The planet is hard pressed to hold those that are passing through swaddled in stardust and Layla the album speaks to this,
The photo used in this video at 1:27 is my photo. I took it the night this song was recorded! it was at the fillmore east. My step son posted it on Eric's un-official web site,which is run by an English chap named Garith. A lot of people use the photo. That was a GREAT show. Eric kept spraying his vocal cords with something between songs, I guess he knew they were recording the show, & he wanted to keep his voice in shape.After all he had just staryed singing lead at this point in time!
This is a great video.Thank you.This was my first concert I ever saw! I was 16 . Saw them at Suffolk Com.College,L.I.,N.Y. We sat a few feet away from them.They were great! So happy that I had the experience. Eric had a red bandanna on his head & played the guitar so fast,his hand looked like it was blurry! Again,Thanks.
If anybody loves this song check out Concrete Blondes studio version of this song. I might put it above Stevie Rays instrumental version.Maybe.You will not be dissapointed
twins were the small gig staples for both those guys, but on larger gigs when we opened for them a number of times around the country they would use our marshalls, vox, and showman stacks, because it was easier than carrying thier gear in and out all over the countryside. So it is likely they did the same in every town they played. I still have my tele they both used on several gigs also.
I saw Derek and the Dominos in November, 1970 at the Auditorium Theatre. They were phenomenal. The second opening act was Elton John. Not a bad concert for $15.00. Clapton played some awesome guitar. Maybe not as good as Jimi, but a close second.
@bluzpowered idk man i mean, better than SRV? I think credit needs to go where credit is due, my boy Stevie kills this song, indeed u did bump your head.
@skipsassy1 They nearly came to blows though, Gordon was such an ass. Eric finally said he'd never play with him again after he said "do you want me to tune that for you?" when they were waiting for Eric. This was after theyd waited like hours for Jim to tune his new huge bongo set. It was the last straw. They never spoke again. Too bad they never kill themselves? What do you mean? They were one of the greatest combos ever.
Duane was on the studio version, but not this live one. I note Eric appears to be using a couple of Fender Twin Reverbs in the Dominos' image 4.32 although he also probably used others for larger gigs.
@obscurebandfan wow you are a player for sure --I really like the Marshall thought--thank you --oh thank you so much,,yet it is called trebell.........
@wilsonmcphert Wow---these guys were louder than Hendrix and the Stones live? That seems so odd considering in the studio in this time period EC reportedly played through a Fender Tweed propped up on a chair, and also since he had turned his back on the bone-cunching proto metal of Cream. Thanks for the upload and the recollection of memories!
@obscurebandfan Pictures and videos that I've seen of Eric during this time have showed silverface Fender Deluxe Reverbs, Princeton Reverbs, and I think one time with a few Champs.
great version- only thing is at the end the keyboard stops playing and it turns into a trio- what happened? who knows- love this-keyboard stops around the 3:50 time.
I was given this double lp as a gift and at the time I was pissed.I had wanted rock like Zep or Sabb instead. Later realized how great of an lp it was. Clapton really could do no wrong.Thanks for the memories.
I like Beethoven’s piano sonatas and Wim Mertens; should I try to rank them alongside Duane Allman? I never heard a guitar like Duane’s. Above all, I love the mistakes more as time goes on – 200 takes on the videos with half-naked women gyrating or 5 pretty boys doing the thing with their imitation of American negro “attitude” Sincere thanks to all the people who made the postings.
@PilotDoofy Because people have these things called "opinions" that allow them to think for themselves. A person could think this is better than Hendrix because they have listened to both and formed an "opinion". Personally, I like this version more than any other...my opinion.
@PilotDoofy imho little wing was unfinished by jimi hendrix. clapton, srv and the corrs to name a few have picked it up and in some cases improved on it. personally i think srv's instrumental version really is better than the original.
Whitlock told that a roadie unplugged his hammond by mistake, and that it takes a while for it to get going, thats why in the next song the you get that pitching sound
Eric Clapton once said that Jim Gordon was the best drummer he'd ever worked with and he co-wrote Layla with Eric. He had schizophrenia, and was hearing voices. He murdered his mother by clubbing her over the head with a hammer and stabbing her in the chest with a butcher knife. Been in San Luis Obispo prison ever since...a sad story.
clapton and hendrix would frequently jam together and had a lot of respect for each other. clapton was gonna give hendrix a new left-handed strat that he'd found in a store on the night that jimi died. thats just sad. this was a great tribute
If Jimi had just died, the incredible emotion and bravura playing here on Little Wing was a tribute to him. Just think of what those of us who aren't musicians felt and still feel for Jimi Hendrix, I can remember exactly where I was when I heard he was dead, and you know these fellow musicians feel his loss profoundly.
Nice Photos ! The photo at 1:25 of this song is MY PHOTO.
IT WAS TAKEN THE NIGHT THIS SONG WAS RECORDED, AT FILMORE EAST.THAT WAS A GREAT SHOW> REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY> I RECORDED THAT SHOW, & I JUST SOLD THE FOLMORE BOOKLET ON EBAY FROM THAT SHOW.
just think, he coulda been playing on "theme for an imaginary western" & "ticket to a waterfall." instead, he tossed his tone & playing out the window & went for safe music & tedious, lacklustre playing...
@badmuddy I know what you mean but I think in the long-term he did the right thing for his career in jumping off the virtuoso merry-go-round when he did. He'd have petered out soon anyway at that rate of intensity, especially on smack. I agree with you though about his playing, the Layla album was a brief high spot after Cream. I remember the disappointment (well, shock) of hearing 'Willie and the Hand Jive' on the radio. I notice he doesn't finish concerts with that one.
These were the days --best rock --everyone looking at the next --what a wonderful world ........for those that cared who was better Hendrix -Clapton -or just the guitar you had in yor room that never got played--plaied --can't spell but can for sure play ..
We know that drummer Jim Gordon murdered his mother in 1993 and was diagnosed as a schitzophrenic in 1994 when he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. So why`s he still in prison 28 years later ? Anyone know ?
@liberalinthedesertaz the original 16 year sentence would have taken into account the brutality of the act. This doesnt explain why he has been kept in for a further 8+ years on top of the original sentence unless he`s since been found to be unstable I guess
I do love the version of this on the Layla album. But geez - once the organ goes out - and it's just the three of them - it sounds awful thin and empty - especially if you compare it that other trio Clapton was in - called Cream. There is another live version of this song taken from another night - you can find it at Wolfgangs Vaulit - where the organ makes it to the end - it's better - but the studio version is still far better - and one of Clapton's best performances - also Duane's - hmmmm..
@VIDJACK i disagree i like this better. the organ does die and i think it wouldve been better if it didnt but i dont think it sounds empty. it just seems like it cuz ur so used to it (or at least i was at first) and at the beginning it was really powerful. but claptons emotion in his singing and guitar playing is sooooo good i just love it. his solos and improv before and after the song are beautiful. so raw. my personal fav of little wing.
I have this on a flexi-disk from a magazine in the early '80s. Remarkable for another reason...Bobby's organ lost power (yes I know...) at about 3:50...from there on they were a power trio, with Bobby on backup vocals. EC carried on and reached new heights.
I had this on an album back in the late 70's, think it was Eric, Townsend,Beck and someone else,possibly Blackmore, and was billed as all of them playing 'together onstage'....but they weren't really. Somebody stole the thing at a party one night and I never saw another copy of it again.
I saw them at the Santa Monica civic in 1970, unfortunately EC was pretty high,Delaney Bramlett played most of the lead and the sound was muddy. Nothing like this! Thanks for posting.
OMG, OMFG,...I had no idea this existed,...little wing is like my fav song ever,...srv's version is my fav. so far,...lets see how this one adds up to it!!!!!!,....HAPPY, HAPPY,...JOY, JOY,....HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY AGAINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never heard this version of Little Wing, it's excellent!!! Jimi's is the original and the greatest, srv's instrumental is phenominal, but this is an awesome blues rendition full of heart, pain and longing. and I'm not just saying that because Clapton rocks
I think that jim gordon is still in prison for killing his mother with a hatchet. He has also been advised that he has some real mental problems due to preexisting problems and extensive hard drug use.
wow, this is very cool! I'm a GWU student, and go by Lisner auditorium all the time. I did not realize Clapton played there. Thanks for sharing! PS _ I was 14 in 1970 ;)
@MultiShades You should check out the version he does on his "Clapton and friends in concert" ...Sheryl Crow is there and I thought she would wet her pants she got so excited...
outstanding ! many thans for the post: where did you get it ? on a CD ? which one ? or is it a own recording ?
I saw EC on tour with steevie Winwood in Paris lat may used to play this song but that night : they played "Voodoo chile " instead. Eric is still the best !
The only piece of film I've come across of the Dominoes seems to be from the Johnny Cash show....extraordinary really, no one seems to have filmed this amazing band live.
@clean3 i think Clapton was a little camera shy in those days. he's in the Rolling Stones Rock 'n Roll Circus from 1968 and doesn't look all that comfortable. ironic considering how well his stuff holds up.
bobby whitlock didn't just play keyboards in this band he sang the hell out of the songs! underated.
timeno62 4 days ago
It would have sounded so much better with Duane.....but, hey, can't have everything....
CoastGuardIDC 6 days ago
clapton at his peak
bruncen 1 week ago
Fabulous!!!!
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This rendition and the album cut show nothing more than admiration and professional respect. PERIOD. Musicians, even Legends, are fans 1st. They never lose it, either.
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jimsmithctc 1 month ago
Why ? Did Clapton have to do this? He was doing just fine before Hendrix came around --This was at a time when guitarest tried so hard to be on top ..we all lost alot in these days and many more days
MultiShades 1 month ago
@MultiShades I don't think Clapton was competing, at least not at this point anymore. Eric and Jimi were really good friends, and by the time Eric was in the Dominos he'd had already grown tired of his "guitar god" image and was trying to shed it. This cover was more like an ode or tribute to Jimi's great song.
shutterbugblues 1 month ago
I think the best power trios in the 1960s-70s have to be the Hendrix Experience, Cream, and Rory Gallagher's band. After those are Robin Trower's band, ELP,
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The Vocals are just awesome, it's like they were reading each others minds !
And musically perfect !
TheFishMiester 1 month ago 3
Bobby Whitlock lives here in Austin and plays the Saxon Pub on Sunday nights with his wife. He plays his more recent original music but plays a lot of Domino songs.
This is a great version - thanks! My all time favorite Derek & Dominos Live album.
secretmole 1 month ago
Hey brother .... that's a really great post.
Good Job !!!
TULLYNOL 1 month ago
Jim Gordon thankfully wrote the outro to layla before killing his mother and going to jail. Go figure, he had beautiful music in his head and killed his mother. IF I HAD A HAMMER I'D HAMMER IN THE MORNING. They called him "HAMMERING JIM" or was that Rodger Hodgeson from Supertramp, Hmmmm?
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frieken makes you wanna cry its so damn good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Listening folks. its timeless !
picisa 2 months ago
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picisa 2 months ago
yes, Eric and Duane are using G-U-I-T-A-R amps. You're welcome.
jokerman1964 2 months ago
Clapton isn't capable (or wasn't capable of) that Curtis Mayfield type r n b rhythm guitar with all those fills, hammers, and pulls.
stevieVantanna 2 months ago
Brother this is amazing. Thank you for making it stuff like this is above music. It's more like the air is a canvas and Clapton and the boy's paint this amazing picture you see with your eye's. Same thing with Duane and the brothers. I miss Dicky so much when I see them now and the thing Dicky an bud Derrick have is so amazing. I love Warren Haynes he is awesome but it's just not the same. I am young I never got to see Duane play but I feel him in everything I hear.
gildenkmusic 2 months ago
To me this is so cluttered, too much organ going on for one thing, and that terrible strained singing. Everone trying to do too much.
Had to swap over to Jimi to clear my head.
CaseysBrother 2 months ago
This version is so sublime...almost makes me wanna cry!
lago4 2 months ago
Bobby Whitlock - that great voice in all Claptons early tunes-had a great albumn in the 70's-a really great voice.
cushinb 3 months ago
@cushinb very gospel like agree
if6wer966 2 months ago
must be some idiot rapper douchebag who keeps clicking the dislike on every MUSIC video.
rimmyou69 3 months ago
@rimmyou69 Shut your stupid mouth.
Boberto96 2 months ago
I don't think the people at this concert had any idea that Rock would never surpass the apex it reached during this era. So many brilliant musicians, so many timeless songs were made between '65-'72. Thank God for oldies stations and iTunes.
teddysalad65 3 months ago
Clapton's version is way to sweet and structured.. The beauty of the original Little Wing is Hendrix's seemingly off handed and precarious execution of it.
DONDIVA1969 3 months ago 3
Oh Eric wish I was Hendrix also but I am not so I live and still play the best I can but true I can never be Hendrix, Try to sound alike --ride a bike.......
MultiShades 3 months ago
Wilson to correct your description above, Jim Gordon developed schizophrenia in his adult life. He began to hear his mother's voice (among others). Although he did attack his mother with a hammer, he killed his mother by stabbing her. Although an insanity defense was entered, it was thrown out and he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He was not institutionalized.
originalchowdahead 3 months ago
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Thanks. Now updated.
wilsonmcphert 3 months ago
@originalchowdahead ...hope that bastard stays locked up.....let him hear voices while imprisoned....
CoastGuardIDC 1 week ago
Little Wing is such a classic and Derek and the Dominos played it well. One of my favorite renditions. The musicians of that era were so great. Even guys like Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock and Jim Gordon all played with the greats of the time but not many people know who they are.
originalchowdahead 3 months ago
@originalchowdahead Yes all of them on the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour! Carl Radle was specially talented but it's a pity how his life ended.
raponte1955 3 months ago
Nice job McPhert. I carried the Layla album around for months, turning people on to it, it was all I wanted to hear at the time.
Even still, I hear a couple notes put together a certain way and for a fraction of a second I revisit that Layla era with all its complexity and wonder and hope. I dream about my heros that paid dearly for glimpsing the future alittle to soon. The planet is hard pressed to hold those that are passing through swaddled in stardust and Layla the album speaks to this,
bobofky 3 months ago
The photo used in this video at 1:27 is my photo. I took it the night this song was recorded! it was at the fillmore east. My step son posted it on Eric's un-official web site,which is run by an English chap named Garith. A lot of people use the photo. That was a GREAT show. Eric kept spraying his vocal cords with something between songs, I guess he knew they were recording the show, & he wanted to keep his voice in shape.After all he had just staryed singing lead at this point in time!
peteypool 4 months ago
Drummer Jim Gordon: ""Eric,may I borrow you're axe,my Mother is here again".
"Eric:"I'm using it now Jim boy"
RasMajnouni 4 months ago
One of my favorite songs by my favorite player, recorded on my birthday!! Dope.
toadfrogblues 4 months ago
you were so lucky being at this live..!!! great song, great band, great artists!!!
fosil21 4 months ago
great live track..so "naked"..Anyway still prefer the D and the D studio version.Duan ruled too..
midisun70 4 months ago
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Greatest song ever recorded!!!!
MrGeltabs 4 months ago in playlist Derek & the Dominos 1970 Layla
This is a great video.Thank you.This was my first concert I ever saw! I was 16 . Saw them at Suffolk Com.College,L.I.,N.Y. We sat a few feet away from them.They were great! So happy that I had the experience. Eric had a red bandanna on his head & played the guitar so fast,his hand looked like it was blurry! Again,Thanks.
MsBoomer1954 4 months ago
Perfect! Brought me to tears.
gskitten 5 months ago
VeryCoooool!!!!
kamekinngu2sei 5 months ago
If anybody loves this song check out Concrete Blondes studio version of this song. I might put it above Stevie Rays instrumental version.Maybe.You will not be dissapointed
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1AirStreamDriver1 6 months ago
twins were the small gig staples for both those guys, but on larger gigs when we opened for them a number of times around the country they would use our marshalls, vox, and showman stacks, because it was easier than carrying thier gear in and out all over the countryside. So it is likely they did the same in every town they played. I still have my tele they both used on several gigs also.
fenderman1947 7 months ago
i think this is a great tribute. hendrix and clapton. good music.
telecasterman081095 7 months ago
I saw Derek and the Dominos in November, 1970 at the Auditorium Theatre. They were phenomenal. The second opening act was Elton John. Not a bad concert for $15.00. Clapton played some awesome guitar. Maybe not as good as Jimi, but a close second.
johnthehulk1 7 months ago
Eric's version of Little Wing is the best, no doubt. Jimi & SRV would agree, RIP. Humble Eric would not.
bluzpowered 7 months ago 12
@bluzpowered you BUMPED your head!!! Sloppy, and it SUCKS compared to Jimi and SRV!!!....
TheArizonaMark 3 months ago
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@bluzpowered Dead men tell no tales. We wouldnt know....
joshua9312 3 months ago
@bluzpowered idk man i mean, better than SRV? I think credit needs to go where credit is due, my boy Stevie kills this song, indeed u did bump your head.
jesch1689 2 months ago
Thanks for sharing this. And I agree with mcluca91.
CusterRocks 7 months ago
Beautiful, Sweetness, so great, NICE! 1000***** thumbs up! Oh yea!
michaeljminton 7 months ago
Good thing Jim Gordon didn't kill Clapton.....too bad they never kill themselves instead.
skipsassy1 7 months ago
@skipsassy1 They nearly came to blows though, Gordon was such an ass. Eric finally said he'd never play with him again after he said "do you want me to tune that for you?" when they were waiting for Eric. This was after theyd waited like hours for Jim to tune his new huge bongo set. It was the last straw. They never spoke again. Too bad they never kill themselves? What do you mean? They were one of the greatest combos ever.
09jackstraw 6 months ago
Anyone know what amps Eric and Duane are using here?
obscurebandfan 7 months ago
@obscurebandfan
Duane was on the studio version, but not this live one. I note Eric appears to be using a couple of Fender Twin Reverbs in the Dominos' image 4.32 although he also probably used others for larger gigs.
wilsonmcphert 7 months ago 2
@wilsonmcphert It doesn't sound bright enough to be a Fender, I think he's using a Marshall in this recording but with Fender cabs, intresting sound.
obscurebandfan 7 months ago
@obscurebandfan wow you are a player for sure --I really like the Marshall thought--thank you --oh thank you so much,,yet it is called trebell.........
multishades1 7 months ago
@wilsonmcphert Wow---these guys were louder than Hendrix and the Stones live? That seems so odd considering in the studio in this time period EC reportedly played through a Fender Tweed propped up on a chair, and also since he had turned his back on the bone-cunching proto metal of Cream. Thanks for the upload and the recollection of memories!
PetraeKo 5 months ago
@wilsonmcphert Try A Leslie 125 just like Jimi used in the song
TheArizonaMark 3 months ago
@obscurebandfan Pictures and videos that I've seen of Eric during this time have showed silverface Fender Deluxe Reverbs, Princeton Reverbs, and I think one time with a few Champs.
slpplexi1969 6 months ago
@obscurebandfan a LESLIE Dude.....just like Jimi did on this song....a Leslie Model 125 probably
TheArizonaMark 3 months ago
@obscurebandfan Don't know here. But Layla album was recorded with eric using a mic'd fender champ.
Yearst 2 months ago
Beautiful...
agublizzard 7 months ago
Wonderful version...x)
shahriarTAVAKOLY 7 months ago
Somebody ought to write a film screenplay about Jim Gordon. What a magnificent talent and such a sad outcome.
Katmido302 7 months ago
great version- only thing is at the end the keyboard stops playing and it turns into a trio- what happened? who knows- love this-keyboard stops around the 3:50 time.
mrsullyrox 7 months ago
Thank you for very pure hearted comment about them with that Age.
Now I remember that Age in 1970's.(When I was a student of art school into Tokyo)
I saw Mr ECs stage only 2 times into Japan.
I enviable your childhood, What a wonderful parents you have!!
And sorry use my poor English but I'm one of Rock fan Japanese.
FutiKuti2011 7 months ago
@FutiKuti2011 Great music has no boundaries.
doctorcastille 7 months ago
@doctorcastille Thank you Doctor ! I'm so glad,and I believe it !
FutiKuti2011 7 months ago
Great drummer, Jim Gordon!
Muso57 8 months ago
I was given this double lp as a gift and at the time I was pissed.I had wanted rock like Zep or Sabb instead. Later realized how great of an lp it was. Clapton really could do no wrong.Thanks for the memories.
glennw53 8 months ago
What childish nonsense: the ten best guitarists!
I like Beethoven’s piano sonatas and Wim Mertens; should I try to rank them alongside Duane Allman? I never heard a guitar like Duane’s. Above all, I love the mistakes more as time goes on – 200 takes on the videos with half-naked women gyrating or 5 pretty boys doing the thing with their imitation of American negro “attitude” Sincere thanks to all the people who made the postings.
bacfrere 8 months ago
stop it no one can do little wing other than Hendrix,,I love Clapton and any others that try this ,,,,fools for sure --Jimi is the wing..........
MultiShades 8 months ago
we may have crossed paths and never knew it. I also was hitting all festivals and concerts with many others during years.69-72
IAMPOPS58 9 months ago
Thanks for sharing this awesome live performance...a great cover of an amazing song.
makissoflife 9 months ago
You ain't heard nothing till you've seen Clapton live. Saw him with Mark Knoffler in 1988 - in the presence of the lord !!
thudar9 9 months ago
how can someone say this is better than hendrix?
PilotDoofy 9 months ago 3
@PilotDoofy Because people have these things called "opinions" that allow them to think for themselves. A person could think this is better than Hendrix because they have listened to both and formed an "opinion". Personally, I like this version more than any other...my opinion.
rmcd 9 months ago 3
@PilotDoofy it's done by opening the mouth and speak .. easy :)
bouwmr 8 months ago
@PilotDoofy imho little wing was unfinished by jimi hendrix. clapton, srv and the corrs to name a few have picked it up and in some cases improved on it. personally i think srv's instrumental version really is better than the original.
bouwmr 8 months ago
oh yeah....
claptongroupie 9 months ago
I wonder if Clapton has had any contact with Jim Gordon over the years.
305bigdad 9 months ago
@305bigdad Is Gordon still in jail? Alive??
azcrim 8 months ago
@azcrim - Still alive, still incarcerated, still psych impaired, last I read.
57188 8 months ago
Awesome. Thank you.
confederate76 9 months ago
Whitlock told that a roadie unplugged his hammond by mistake, and that it takes a while for it to get going, thats why in the next song the you get that pitching sound
therealnotpalc 10 months ago
What happened to Booby Whitlock? We know Jim Gordon is locked away getting help! Carl Raddle is dead so it Duane!!
johnnyw12 10 months ago
Eric Clapton once said that Jim Gordon was the best drummer he'd ever worked with and he co-wrote Layla with Eric. He had schizophrenia, and was hearing voices. He murdered his mother by clubbing her over the head with a hammer and stabbing her in the chest with a butcher knife. Been in San Luis Obispo prison ever since...a sad story.
lanes58 10 months ago
@lanes58
Sad story, great drummer. Truly a musician among just the regular "drummer"
PositivelyBored 9 months ago
clapton and hendrix would frequently jam together and had a lot of respect for each other. clapton was gonna give hendrix a new left-handed strat that he'd found in a store on the night that jimi died. thats just sad. this was a great tribute
telecasterman081095 10 months ago
Much better than Jimmy, more class behind it !
TheFishMiester 10 months ago
If Jimi had just died, the incredible emotion and bravura playing here on Little Wing was a tribute to him. Just think of what those of us who aren't musicians felt and still feel for Jimi Hendrix, I can remember exactly where I was when I heard he was dead, and you know these fellow musicians feel his loss profoundly.
gividen51 10 months ago
@gividen51 He was saddened I am sure. He also was hit hard when SRV died.
liberalinthedesertaz 10 months ago
This is the GOD of rock calling thunder down on us.
Rugbytim1 10 months ago
I WORSHIP AT THE MUSICAL ALTAR OF GOD! IN A POST-IRONIC WAY BUT I'M STILL WORSHIPING.
skener78 10 months ago
故ジミヘンと我がｸﾗﾌﾟﾄﾝが､LITTLE WINGで#prayforjapan 1970ﾄﾞﾐﾉｽﾗｲヴだ!よく聞け災い神~~了解
blackandtanful 10 months ago
Never thought I'd like this more than SRV or Hendrix, but I do. Unbelievable.
azradioguy 10 months ago
Nice Photos ! The photo at 1:25 of this song is MY PHOTO.
IT WAS TAKEN THE NIGHT THIS SONG WAS RECORDED, AT FILMORE EAST.THAT WAS A GREAT SHOW> REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY> I RECORDED THAT SHOW, & I JUST SOLD THE FOLMORE BOOKLET ON EBAY FROM THAT SHOW.
peteypool 10 months ago
Loved the Filmore--what days they were
Nobjan 10 months ago
I agree. This vesion is better tahn Hendrix vesion.......
lcvosorio 10 months ago 2
@lcvosorio I agree too :-)
claptongroupie 10 months ago
just think, he coulda been playing on "theme for an imaginary western" & "ticket to a waterfall." instead, he tossed his tone & playing out the window & went for safe music & tedious, lacklustre playing...
badmuddy 10 months ago
@badmuddy I know what you mean but I think in the long-term he did the right thing for his career in jumping off the virtuoso merry-go-round when he did. He'd have petered out soon anyway at that rate of intensity, especially on smack. I agree with you though about his playing, the Layla album was a brief high spot after Cream. I remember the disappointment (well, shock) of hearing 'Willie and the Hand Jive' on the radio. I notice he doesn't finish concerts with that one.
sludgefingers 10 months ago
These were the days --best rock --everyone looking at the next --what a wonderful world ........for those that cared who was better Hendrix -Clapton -or just the guitar you had in yor room that never got played--plaied --can't spell but can for sure play ..
MultiShades 11 months ago
how many people have improved on Jimi's songs?... Not many, I say.
SeattleLA 11 months ago
Though Duane's lead guitar rules the studio version, this version is makes me wish that this band continued for a while longer.
angelangel3000 11 months ago
We know that drummer Jim Gordon murdered his mother in 1993 and was diagnosed as a schitzophrenic in 1994 when he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. So why`s he still in prison 28 years later ? Anyone know ?
45rpmSINGLES 11 months ago
@45rpmSINGLES 1994 + 16 = 2010. 28 years later would be 2022.
But yea, good question. Poor guy. Brilliant drummer.
videotater 11 months ago
@videotater I should have typed 1983 he murdered his mother & sentenced in 1984 , not 1993/94 so still in prison after 28 years .
45rpmSINGLES 11 months ago
@45rpmSINGLES He died didn't he?
nintendonut100 11 months ago
@45rpmSINGLES It was sixteen years of prison until the possibility of parole. He has been denied parole twice.
oman9978 10 months ago
@45rpmSINGLES probably cause he murdered her violently and is a danger to himself or others. It's sad but it was a brutal killing.
liberalinthedesertaz 10 months ago
@liberalinthedesertaz the original 16 year sentence would have taken into account the brutality of the act. This doesnt explain why he has been kept in for a further 8+ years on top of the original sentence unless he`s since been found to be unstable I guess
45rpmSINGLES 10 months ago
@45rpmSINGLES no, it was 16 years to life in prison. He has been denied parole twice. (at least thats what it says on wikipedia)
liberalinthedesertaz 10 months ago
Back in the 70's again! I go to sleep content
reveresbest 11 months ago
I`˙ll marry a guy who plays this song to me! :)
Molekulica 11 months ago 20
@Molekulica that supposed to be some kind of a prize?
Abernis 8 months ago
@Abernis A prize for me, not for him!
Molekulica 8 months ago
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Abernis 8 months ago
@Molekulica I'm out.
Bluesdirections 5 months ago
@Molekulica it just so happens that i was just jamming along to this song ;) lol
NANDO218 5 months ago
Duane Allman...that is who makes this song...duane allman
bweisify 11 months ago 2
@bweisify he is not on this version.that is fact.
RockNRollOverDose 11 months ago
I do love the version of this on the Layla album. But geez - once the organ goes out - and it's just the three of them - it sounds awful thin and empty - especially if you compare it that other trio Clapton was in - called Cream. There is another live version of this song taken from another night - you can find it at Wolfgangs Vaulit - where the organ makes it to the end - it's better - but the studio version is still far better - and one of Clapton's best performances - also Duane's - hmmmm..
VIDJACK 1 year ago
@VIDJACK i disagree i like this better. the organ does die and i think it wouldve been better if it didnt but i dont think it sounds empty. it just seems like it cuz ur so used to it (or at least i was at first) and at the beginning it was really powerful. but claptons emotion in his singing and guitar playing is sooooo good i just love it. his solos and improv before and after the song are beautiful. so raw. my personal fav of little wing.
jumpmanJB23 1 year ago 5
is the drummer jim gordon.if so what a sad story
m1vgp21 1 year ago
this is the best version of little wing....maybe better than hendrix's version itself
mcluca91 1 year ago 34
@mcluca91 I've been saying that for decades!
wayheavy 1 year ago
Fuck no.
sshthamesnat123 11 months ago
@mcluca91
Oh to be that young again... and to hear this magic song...
mar111a 11 months ago
@mcluca91 It is fantastic, but probably not the best of all versions. Just better than most (not all) of the several Hendrix performances available.
PepeMoreno49 8 months ago
@mcluca91 Easy now champ
bronenalladin 8 months ago
@mcluca91
no
thrilleroffunk 7 months ago
@mcluca91 I agree only if 6 turns out to be 9 cv
zappadead13 6 months ago
Ficou ótimo wilsonmcphert! Obrigada!
simonetiful 1 year ago
thank you wilsonmcphert, love this band, nice work!
rikvee 1 year ago
Maybe the best rock and roll band ever.
SKYDOG!
rayjmama 1 year ago
0 dislikes! the prove that Clapton IS God
heavymethal 1 year ago
I have this on a flexi-disk from a magazine in the early '80s. Remarkable for another reason...Bobby's organ lost power (yes I know...) at about 3:50...from there on they were a power trio, with Bobby on backup vocals. EC carried on and reached new heights.
JeffW77 1 year ago
I had this on an album back in the late 70's, think it was Eric, Townsend,Beck and someone else,possibly Blackmore, and was billed as all of them playing 'together onstage'....but they weren't really. Somebody stole the thing at a party one night and I never saw another copy of it again.
larjanus 1 year ago
sweet!
ziggy107 1 year ago
is this recording available anywhere besides "illegal download"?
RockYouVideos 1 year ago
@RockYouVideos Good question, if you find it, please tell us where...
fawks667 1 year ago
I saw them at the Santa Monica civic in 1970, unfortunately EC was pretty high,Delaney Bramlett played most of the lead and the sound was muddy. Nothing like this! Thanks for posting.
2327sunbear 1 year ago
W/O a doubt the best single note lead player to ever pick up the electric guitar! EC!!
univibe23 1 year ago
this is a great version... but if Duane was playing on this with them it would have been a higher plain....
dannydny 1 year ago
@dannydny I agree. This is a great version, but that studio recording with Duane is sublime. So full of yearning.
written12 9 months ago
I cannot thank you enough for posting this. And you were very lucky to have caught them live.
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
E C is God
skbricker 1 year ago
thank you for posting this brilliand version
lenalennonist 1 year ago
WOW!! Where is the Epic button!
warflynn 1 year ago
Eric's tribute to Your's Truly..
164jord 1 year ago
best version
whackyronu 1 year ago
Some deaf people out there.
themanfromutopia1 1 year ago
It's the Fillmore version. It's on a released album.
EricBonamassa355 1 year ago
OMG, OMFG,...I had no idea this existed,...little wing is like my fav song ever,...srv's version is my fav. so far,...lets see how this one adds up to it!!!!!!,....HAPPY, HAPPY,...JOY, JOY,....HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY AGAINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigdaddystratman 1 year ago
I love all the versions of this song-each is a different vibe! This is my bag <3
LadyLakeMusic 1 year ago
I have never heard this version of Little Wing, it's excellent!!! Jimi's is the original and the greatest, srv's instrumental is phenominal, but this is an awesome blues rendition full of heart, pain and longing. and I'm not just saying that because Clapton rocks
afoolonahill 1 year ago
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? What a joke. Al Frankobiatch is there, but not Leon Russell. Means nothing.
radarman818 1 year ago
I think that jim gordon is still in prison for killing his mother with a hatchet. He has also been advised that he has some real mental problems due to preexisting problems and extensive hard drug use.
sadmark07 1 year ago
@sadmark07 I thought it was a hammer carl radle died from a brain tumor
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
This song is so good
whackyronu 1 year ago
THESE GUYS BELONG IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. PERIOD.
OutragedPatriot 1 year ago 2
wow, this is very cool! I'm a GWU student, and go by Lisner auditorium all the time. I did not realize Clapton played there. Thanks for sharing! PS _ I was 14 in 1970 ;)
HistoryRocksMuse 1 year ago
what a great album that is
nudgler 1 year ago
Such a great band. I got to see them at Santa Monica Civic. Jim Gordon a great drummer.
clarkewi 1 year ago
I didn't even know Eric ever did this --A Hendrix thing --must have never made it till just now -for me anyways
MultiShades 1 year ago
@MultiShades You should check out the version he does on his "Clapton and friends in concert" ...Sheryl Crow is there and I thought she would wet her pants she got so excited...
claptongroupie 1 year ago
@claptongroupie I will -but Sheryl Crow has to be there?
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MrLEOJA 1 year ago
What a great performance. Just beautiful.
rosesredvioletsblue 1 year ago
outstanding ! many thans for the post: where did you get it ? on a CD ? which one ? or is it a own recording ?
I saw EC on tour with steevie Winwood in Paris lat may used to play this song but that night : they played "Voodoo chile " instead. Eric is still the best !
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rockradiotropical 1 year ago
What a difference without Duane Allman
patricktregan 1 year ago
The only piece of film I've come across of the Dominoes seems to be from the Johnny Cash show....extraordinary really, no one seems to have filmed this amazing band live.
clean3 1 year ago
@clean3 i think Clapton was a little camera shy in those days. he's in the Rolling Stones Rock 'n Roll Circus from 1968 and doesn't look all that comfortable. ironic considering how well his stuff holds up.
jasonwheel 1 year ago
@jasonwheel Cream was filmed quite often.
clean3 1 year ago