Drugs, dissolution and heartbreak destroyed this act.....But mostly drugs.....Eric Clapton vanished from the music scene for almost 3 years after this.....He was only 25 at the time of this show.....Glad he came out of it (heroin) alive.....I have seen him 3 times over the past 30 years.....Outstanding each time !!!
Besides his brilliance on guitar, this proves Eric's vocal capacity. He has so much to give emotionally... to bad Duane Allman never really got to perform live with Derek and the Dominos.
"I can honestly say that he was the best session drummer in the world and he made one hell of a mark as a live one as well. He raised the bar so high that no one will reach it" Bobby Whitlock A Rock~n~Roll Autobiography
@LaylaGordon Hey LaylaGordon: I know Bobby ... haven't seen him in years though. Him and I have something in common, his ex and my ex are married now...hahaha
You are so right Karma does bite, he's no longer hitting me but he's hitting her, and
so they both deserve each other!!!! Stupid to be a punching bag for anyone!!!!!
I also wish for more video of Derek and the Dominos,,yet I wonder --They sure went to very big things --and Clapton was GOD-- and I wonder --life is strange and people that want a lot don't always be the same -and I wonder even more --look at Clapton today He is for sure around -yet nothing is of his young days with the Dominos -life is strange for sure --when the six string is at hand .
@ Layla Gordon-- I heard he had a stroke a while back. They try to keep it quiet but if you listen to him talk you can tell. Plus the way he face kinda droops is another tale tale sign. Karma
Good song, Eric...Delaney Bramlett taught you well.. Taught you to use your voice the best you could with what God gave you....Jim Gordon, you are so missed....Carl, you are missed also. Bobby Whitlock, you are a vindictive S.O.B. with nothing but hatred in your heart. Delaney brought you up from the south and gave you your big chance... ... and you still find time to dis him. Bobby, you and CoCo are a sad excuse for humans. Plus, you sing like you have cotton in your mouth.
@metart93 I know-right?? I guess they didn't have "stylists" back then. If I was his stylist I would have offered him a hat---all joking aside-they were amazing
now we have twats like gary moore the big bules man who gets so piss up at giggs they have to put a backing tape on so he can just stand there looking like the twat he is . GARY MOORE THE BIGGEST TWAT IN MUSIC
EC is my all time fave...I would like to add that the pain and emotion exuded from the Layla album can only be truly be felt by being hopelessly in love with another man's woman. I've been playing these tunes all weekend. `nuff said
Awesome post, thanks so much! I got a lot of airplay from this album as a kid in the 70's! Nice to see them live thanks to you, Johnny Cash, and Youtube!
@gnuf70 It wasn't from too many trips. He developed schizophrenia and had auditory hallucinations which convinced him to kill her. He is still in prison. Tragic. Jim Gordon's style of drumming fit Layla perfectly and he was one of Clapton's personal favorite drummers.
@FatMaro They kind of did...you have to search hard to find it...Substance Vol. 2. Unfortunately...as it was never released...most of the trax are instrumentals. Drugs tore the band up...I have the album and after hearing the Layla sessions as compared to the official album...it really makes me wonder what Substance would've sounded like as a finished product. Layla, however, stands tried and true as my fav. album of all time. Clapton was in his prime in the Dominos.
@ScotRanger1960 Don't forget Blind Faith! They were before D and the Ds, but after Cream and the Yardbirds. an oft overlooked band. I think they were great
Having seen them many times live and partied with the band, this song seems a little too mellow, and I'm certain it's a completely coked up performance.
This era had real musicians that were classified as "popular"; as opposed to now, where real musicians are classified as underground, idie, jam band....etc. Popular music today is bogus and cheap. Music today owes this time a great deal of respect.
Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash. To greats together. Yep, I really missed out on an era and really only got the tail end of this stuff. All good music is underground today and pop music is garbage. Here today and gone tomorrow. Welcome to the new and excite (HAHAHA) era of digital rubbish.
@pcburgh01 probably the most accurate comment i've seen...couldnt have said it better myself. we need to get back to REAL music-making like the old days
@mkk48 glad you liked it. I am definitely not knocking all of today's music. In fact there are so many great bands carrying on the tradition, but you have to look for it. Radio may be part to blame. Classic rock stations have not played any of the black crowes newer stuff which is astounding and excellent! You should check it out if you like the "throwback" sound. Their new album is a modern Exile on Main Street
@chawan92 do you think today's pop artists think of themselves as musicians? Yes, I would assume that they did think of themselves as real musicians, because that's what they were. I was merely pointing out the societal changes and the clearly evident notion that these guys WERE/ARE real musicians.
@pcburgh01 ok well i am sorry to have offended you or anything, i just think that musicians probably dont think of themselves as any one genre and i dont think it matters really but still they are good musicians and they dont really have anby one genre assigned to them necessarily
@chawan92 wasn't offended at all; probably got lost in the tendancy of online posting being incomplete sentances with no subject. I was saying that I think today's "pop" artists think of themselves as musicians even though they can't play an instrument. LOL.....these guys? foget about it! these guys are the real deal. Happy Holidays!
@pcburgh01 Thank you for you very polite and understanding responses, I believe our comments have been being replying to one another for about two months now (?) hmmm....
Thanks for the answer, I didn't notice that either! I think there were a few sour notes here and there but it didn't detract from Slowhand's wonderful guitar playing.
I guess the mistakes were due to the massive amount of coke the guys snorted backstage before the show (I read this in an interview with Bobby Whitlock, the guy on piano with the wonderful voice).
I am so happy to find this...THANK YOU!!! I saw Clapton many, many times in the 70's, but never quite this early. I have so many good memories brought back by listening to this music, one comes to mind that I can't mention here :) This is awesome footage!
This song/video footage has simply haunted me since I first saw it about 3 weeks ago. Clapton and the rest of the dominos are Fantastic. I had to learn it on my own guitar. LOVE IT!!
This is the only video performance I have seen of Derek and Dominos (this song and the jam with Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins as well). This might have been their only U.S. national television appearance.
uh. hell ya??? LIKE THE FILMORE EAST! WHAT MORON THOUGHT IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA TO RECORD THAT ONE??? u think any video recordings are out there??? thanks guys
You didn't get a good response on that comment lol. But I agree, Clapton had to be pushed into singing by Delaney, he didn't have much confidence in that area.
Thanks for posting this. A fine example of Jim Gordon's fills, ghost notes on the snare, use of the hi-hat to flavor the music. Mighty sweet. Oh yeah, Carl and Bobby and Eric ain't bad either.
Carl Radle drank and drugged himself to death...While Jim Gordon developed Paranoid Schizo....Beat his mother to death with a hammer...back in 1983 I believe..He is in a mental institution for the criminally insane...
Can somebody who dies in a motorcycle crash (Duane) really be considered as having "killed themself"? That terminology would go along with a sucide more, would it not? But yeah, this whole group of musicians were plagued by tragic stuff- in fact Clapton & Whitlock are the only ones left alive and both have had pretty crappy stuff befall 'em.
i totally agree man but my favourite lick is the part @2:34 onward (is anyone here a good enough musician to tab out this solo for me, i wanna play this with my band at an upcoming gig and id really appreciate it!)
I see this vid a few minutes ago, on tv, and i didn't realize that clapton was here hah omg, he looks blond here :P anyway this is a good song that i heard for first time today:)
I have been, and always WILL be a devoted EC fan. EC having so many Tulsans play with him off and on was always the icing on the cake...this was a great song, and still is because it's a timeless tune. I remember this night well, my dad was a Cash fan...us kids laughed at him smartin' off about those "long haired hippies" on the Cash show! He just couldn't believe Cash would let them on his show. I was enchanted at seeing EC on TV, my crush on him grew even larger after that night.
From a bass player in the hometown of Carl Radle that lives on Tulsa time.... all I can say is THANK YOU VERY MUCH to the poster of this video. This one song is and has always been my favorite song from that Layla album. Why? I don't know.... but to see them play it live back when these legends were in full bloom brought tears to my eyes. May all of the future musicians in this world forever hear these great guys' works of art for centuries to come.
Drugs, dissolution and heartbreak destroyed this act.....But mostly drugs.....Eric Clapton vanished from the music scene for almost 3 years after this.....He was only 25 at the time of this show.....Glad he came out of it (heroin) alive.....I have seen him 3 times over the past 30 years.....Outstanding each time !!!
bobbyozb 1 month ago
one of the best songs ever....Clapton's guitar, vocals and Whitlock's awesome backup
mungostjohn 2 months ago
Wow!
JimReynoldsMusic 2 months ago
How can any dislike this great performance ?
MisterHoneydog 2 months ago in playlist Derek and the Dominos
What a wonderful, wonderful haircut... haha
greenethump3 4 months ago
Besides his brilliance on guitar, this proves Eric's vocal capacity. He has so much to give emotionally... to bad Duane Allman never really got to perform live with Derek and the Dominos.
pittro696 4 months ago
I love witlocks' vocals in this song, you'd swear it was his baby gone, he runs the show on this one...
dannachanna 5 months ago
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ggvidales 5 months ago
@ggvidales I meant the england flags in the background
ggvidales 5 months ago
EXCELLENT!
ura239 6 months ago
Great but i miss Duane Allman soooo much on this one. !
MisterHoneydog 6 months ago
GREAT song!!
hotblueschick 7 months ago
amazing performance from 20 years old clapton?
kikzu 8 months ago
@kikzu Closer to 25. The "Layla" album was released in 1970
AndrewP222 5 months ago
Pure magic
sparkie119 9 months ago
nice subtle union jack.
brilliant band with a relaxed post-virtuoso clapton.
thailow117 10 months ago
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"I can honestly say that he was the best session drummer in the world and he made one hell of a mark as a live one as well. He raised the bar so high that no one will reach it" Bobby Whitlock A Rock~n~Roll Autobiography
26bobbyandcoco 10 months ago
Wow! Rare footage & great song. You can tell these guys were just lovin' what they were doing. How great!
eveready5o 11 months ago
love it !!!
hineplea 11 months ago
i send all my love and gratitude to jim gordon!!!
flanobraian 11 months ago
Bum note at 2.43 - - thank goodness that even the Gods are not perfect - and they were playing this live on TV....
garrybod 11 months ago
great song!...great album!!!
LH2160 1 year ago
Whitlock's voice was so fuckin' strong he had to stay far away from the mike or otherwise he would have overloaded. Class.
DarkeningSkies1 1 year ago 4
righton pc thats what ive been sayin theres no soul to todays music scene it as gone as syd barrett
anguhleak 1 year ago
Clapton looks badass here, i wanna grow my hair like that
KIDAmnesiacBends 1 year ago 2
@KIDAmnesiacBends Good luck
BrucePetty 1 year ago
@LaylaGordon Hey LaylaGordon: I know Bobby ... haven't seen him in years though. Him and I have something in common, his ex and my ex are married now...hahaha
You are so right Karma does bite, he's no longer hitting me but he's hitting her, and
so they both deserve each other!!!! Stupid to be a punching bag for anyone!!!!!
pamsUTubetunes 1 year ago
never ever seen this clip b4 ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
skunkhead2006 1 year ago
Real music,real players...true classic.
texs2007 1 year ago
I also wish for more video of Derek and the Dominos,,yet I wonder --They sure went to very big things --and Clapton was GOD-- and I wonder --life is strange and people that want a lot don't always be the same -and I wonder even more --look at Clapton today He is for sure around -yet nothing is of his young days with the Dominos -life is strange for sure --when the six string is at hand .
MultiShades 1 year ago 2
@ Layla Gordon-- I heard he had a stroke a while back. They try to keep it quiet but if you listen to him talk you can tell. Plus the way he face kinda droops is another tale tale sign. Karma
SlipSliddinAway 1 year ago
When I woke up this day.I would've bet against hearing Clapton cover Buddy Holly
mulldune 1 year ago
its to late
MultiShades 1 year ago
Good song, Eric...Delaney Bramlett taught you well.. Taught you to use your voice the best you could with what God gave you....Jim Gordon, you are so missed....Carl, you are missed also. Bobby Whitlock, you are a vindictive S.O.B. with nothing but hatred in your heart. Delaney brought you up from the south and gave you your big chance... ... and you still find time to dis him. Bobby, you and CoCo are a sad excuse for humans. Plus, you sing like you have cotton in your mouth.
SlipSliddinAway 1 year ago
YOUNG KIDS -NEVER WILL MAKE IT ON THE MUSIC TIME-----
MultiShades 1 year ago
kinda ignint, aintcha, lukeman and lhvjac?
strukhoff 1 year ago
Great record! Great time....
ASTRONAVE79 1 year ago
Ahhh. Brownie!
impala327 1 year ago
lol... eric claptons hair cut ... hahahaha
metart93 1 year ago
@metart93 I know-right?? I guess they didn't have "stylists" back then. If I was his stylist I would have offered him a hat---all joking aside-they were amazing
timetrialcrankarm 1 year ago
now we have twats like gary moore the big bules man who gets so piss up at giggs they have to put a backing tape on so he can just stand there looking like the twat he is . GARY MOORE THE BIGGEST TWAT IN MUSIC
yorkshiretractors 1 year ago
The first Eminem. White guy doing a black guys thing. Easier for white folks to digest i guess, especially back in the day.
lhvjac 1 year ago
FYI Allman only had two shows with the group, Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa and at the Onondaga Co War Memorial in Syracuse the very next night.
daneknight33 1 year ago
Funny seeing these lilly white boys acting like they can sing and play the blues... Ha!
lukeman62 1 year ago
nice, buddy holly on coke
KIDAmnesiacBends 1 year ago
This is killer, too bad i never saw this. I would have been -17 back then. Thanks for posting. Awesome!
55spartacus55 1 year ago
Amazing.
jhnstn1 1 year ago
God!, this is killer, I never saw this, I would have been 11 back then. Thanks for posting, Johnny and Eric. Awesome!
morleygrey 1 year ago
Totally blown away by this great post! What a killer song! Oh where o where has this type of music gone?
Gom3zfan76 1 year ago
where is duane here? i forget if he toured with them as a regular member or if he has passes away before this
danfourth99 1 year ago
EC is my all time fave...I would like to add that the pain and emotion exuded from the Layla album can only be truly be felt by being hopelessly in love with another man's woman. I've been playing these tunes all weekend. `nuff said
teleslinger2 1 year ago
Its a Chuck Willis song Bernard, but youre right Buddy Holly did a lovely version of it.
TheRealJimmyJammer 1 year ago 2
Two of my favorite people...Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton!
guglielmo64 2 years ago 3
Awesome post, thanks so much! I got a lot of airplay from this album as a kid in the 70's! Nice to see them live thanks to you, Johnny Cash, and Youtube!
verbusen 2 years ago
Didn't the drummer go skitzo and kill his own mother??
iggy35 2 years ago
ya he did!
Pancakes8909 2 years ago
Yep, To many trips and beat mom to death.
gnuf70 2 years ago
@gnuf70 It wasn't from too many trips. He developed schizophrenia and had auditory hallucinations which convinced him to kill her. He is still in prison. Tragic. Jim Gordon's style of drumming fit Layla perfectly and he was one of Clapton's personal favorite drummers.
kevinwbrowning 1 year ago
buddy holly song also but this is a good performence
bernardus52 2 years ago
i love those yearrrrrrssssssssssss
nakluts 2 years ago
the ending sounds like oh darling by the beatles.
jkjkjij22 2 years ago 2
Not just that.. The Key (A), the triplet feeling, and the first chord.. E+... :)... Love those songs!
Javoguitar 2 years ago
I've never seen this footage. Thanks.
ekalaka1 2 years ago
wow, clapton is young here. great song great band wish they had more than one album
FatMaro 2 years ago 10
@FatMaro They kind of did...you have to search hard to find it...Substance Vol. 2. Unfortunately...as it was never released...most of the trax are instrumentals. Drugs tore the band up...I have the album and after hearing the Layla sessions as compared to the official album...it really makes me wonder what Substance would've sounded like as a finished product. Layla, however, stands tried and true as my fav. album of all time. Clapton was in his prime in the Dominos.
strychen 2 years ago 2
@FatMaro He was even younger in Cream and younger still in The Yardbirds.
ScotRanger1960 7 months ago
@ScotRanger1960 Don't forget Blind Faith! They were before D and the Ds, but after Cream and the Yardbirds. an oft overlooked band. I think they were great
bigmarty11288 4 months ago
@FatMaro You think he's young here? Whew you should listen to some John mayall or really early Cream
hendrix950 6 months ago
did you know? Jim Gordon, drummer of Derek and the Dominos (Layla), killed his mother with a claw hammer?
sigourney17 2 years ago
Great!
MauroPavanelli 2 years ago
Having seen them many times live and partied with the band, this song seems a little too mellow, and I'm certain it's a completely coked up performance.
breeds52 2 years ago
OK.......so is this the only live video footage of Derek and the Domino's? I have been searching for years. Anyone got anything?
dlowell3517 2 years ago 2
Prefer Holly's version.
purbrookian 2 years ago
It's a Roy Orbison song, Roy cut it while at SUN in 1956.
Fynn2306 2 years ago 2
I thought it was originally a Chuck Willis song, not Roy Orbison,
titostacos 2 years ago
I believe Roy wrote it .....
Fynn2306 2 years ago
@titostacos You're right
AndrewP222 5 months ago
i didnt know johnny cash had a show wow
saudnasse 2 years ago
Yo tampoco, y eso es muy bueno.
SemillaJoven 2 years ago
This era had real musicians that were classified as "popular"; as opposed to now, where real musicians are classified as underground, idie, jam band....etc. Popular music today is bogus and cheap. Music today owes this time a great deal of respect.
pcburgh01 2 years ago 57
Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash. To greats together. Yep, I really missed out on an era and really only got the tail end of this stuff. All good music is underground today and pop music is garbage. Here today and gone tomorrow. Welcome to the new and excite (HAHAHA) era of digital rubbish.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
@pcburgh01 probably the most accurate comment i've seen...couldnt have said it better myself. we need to get back to REAL music-making like the old days
mkk48 1 year ago
@mkk48 glad you liked it. I am definitely not knocking all of today's music. In fact there are so many great bands carrying on the tradition, but you have to look for it. Radio may be part to blame. Classic rock stations have not played any of the black crowes newer stuff which is astounding and excellent! You should check it out if you like the "throwback" sound. Their new album is a modern Exile on Main Street
pcburgh01 1 year ago
@pcburgh01 "idie, jam band" What the hell are you talking about?
ikkoti 1 year ago
@ikkoti indie......aka indie rock. misspelled....you should be able to figure that out
pcburgh01 1 year ago
@pcburgh01 didnt they all think of thhemselves as real musicians?? i believe that the whole thinking they were pop musicians is wrong
chawan92 1 year ago
@chawan92 do you think today's pop artists think of themselves as musicians? Yes, I would assume that they did think of themselves as real musicians, because that's what they were. I was merely pointing out the societal changes and the clearly evident notion that these guys WERE/ARE real musicians.
pcburgh01 1 year ago
@pcburgh01 ok well i am sorry to have offended you or anything, i just think that musicians probably dont think of themselves as any one genre and i dont think it matters really but still they are good musicians and they dont really have anby one genre assigned to them necessarily
chawan92 1 year ago
@chawan92 wasn't offended at all; probably got lost in the tendancy of online posting being incomplete sentances with no subject. I was saying that I think today's "pop" artists think of themselves as musicians even though they can't play an instrument. LOL.....these guys? foget about it! these guys are the real deal. Happy Holidays!
pcburgh01 1 year ago
@pcburgh01 Thank you for you very polite and understanding responses, I believe our comments have been being replying to one another for about two months now (?) hmmm....
chawan92 1 year ago
@pcburgh01 so true
kikzu 8 months ago
Derek is Eric!
scorpin969 2 years ago
Great video footage. Excellent sound!
This is fabulous.
10***********
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago
yeah! Eric with "Brownie" !!
benjorino7 2 years ago
This is absolutely amazing. I love DATD, I just wish there were more videos of them performing.
A few people have mentioned EC's mistake on guitar during this song- can someone tell me when that happens? I didn't notice it.
billiepilgrimesq 2 years ago
He misses the strings at 2:33. it really isn't that noticable and I didn't even notice it untill i saw this comment.
Antonovich74 2 years ago
Thanks for the answer, I didn't notice that either! I think there were a few sour notes here and there but it didn't detract from Slowhand's wonderful guitar playing.
I guess the mistakes were due to the massive amount of coke the guys snorted backstage before the show (I read this in an interview with Bobby Whitlock, the guy on piano with the wonderful voice).
billiepilgrimesq 2 years ago
The other singer can't be understimated here. The guy on piano. Makes the song, really, along with Eric's wonderful voice.
AmazingWho 2 years ago
I am so happy to find this...THANK YOU!!! I saw Clapton many, many times in the 70's, but never quite this early. I have so many good memories brought back by listening to this music, one comes to mind that I can't mention here :) This is awesome footage!
Free1108 2 years ago
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Never hit your mother with a shovel. It will leave a bad impression on her.
glimmer2158 2 years ago
oooh, was that a jim gordon reference? :-\ tastelesss
TEgnoto89 2 years ago
LOL
Bebuchadnezzar 2 years ago
ha!
blatspanner 2 years ago
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glimmer2158 2 years ago
Clapton called Radle and Gordon best rythym section he ever heard.
robertlaf 2 years ago 2
Nice song. I like Eric. When I drive my car,I often listen to him.Love this country style :)
szelidrocker 2 years ago 2
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Is that weird al yankovic on the piana?
iorioriorio 2 years ago
Clapton was so yong...
laguniste 2 years ago
what bass is carl radle playing?
danguitar142 2 years ago
@danguitar142
It's kind of hard to see but I think at one point you can see block inlays on the neck so I'm going to commit to saying it's a Fender Jazz Bass
wamster101 1 year ago
This Bobby Whitlock what a voice!!!!!!!
hugatag 2 years ago 2
its clapton MF
FazlokAaAaAaA 2 years ago
back up voice on piano u idiot!
hugatag 2 years ago
they played this at the Clapton/Winwood concert i went to last night, it was incredible
StopTheMoti0n 2 years ago
tres bon rock
gilles19522 2 years ago 3
love eric's laid back style!
anveedi 2 years ago 8
Eric, Croatia loves you! :)
ogi2701 2 years ago 3
This song/video footage has simply haunted me since I first saw it about 3 weeks ago. Clapton and the rest of the dominos are Fantastic. I had to learn it on my own guitar. LOVE IT!!
1canvasback1 2 years ago 3
This is the only video performance I have seen of Derek and Dominos (this song and the jam with Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins as well). This might have been their only U.S. national television appearance.
RayNDeere 2 years ago
Eric pimping a delightful mullet a good ten years before they were fashionable ;) This is great.
bluesgunner 2 years ago 2
Man, I wish there was more footage of Derek & the Dominos.
jonnytbirdzback 2 years ago 20
uh. hell ya??? LIKE THE FILMORE EAST! WHAT MORON THOUGHT IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA TO RECORD THAT ONE??? u think any video recordings are out there??? thanks guys
rvz77 2 years ago 2
@jonnytbirdzback you said it right... great performance. love the solo too.
mcca7400 1 year ago
REAL Clapton! I love it!
donnabunnie 2 years ago 2
OH FUK ya!
TrppyTV 2 years ago
sweet : )
TheREALJudgeJUDY 2 years ago
IT"S TOO LATE...by Chuck Willis...
SteveGaines 2 years ago
....Eric would have looked silly in a turban, though....
guzzinerd 2 years ago
hi!!what's the title of this lyrics??
it's too late start pretending its too late for a new beginning later than the sunset later than the rain later than forever love me again...
jasren24 2 years ago
this is exactly how a stratocaster should sound!
crosbystillsnash68 2 years ago 2
This solo is sorely missing Duane's slide abilities, unfortunately...
Wizmar 3 years ago 2
This is Bobby giving Eric singing lessons - really good vid, thanks for posting...
Johnty54 3 years ago 5
You didn't get a good response on that comment lol. But I agree, Clapton had to be pushed into singing by Delaney, he didn't have much confidence in that area.
robertlaf 3 years ago
Oh well, better than no response at all I guess.
I wasn't trying to put Eric down - I think he was wise to have a class singer like Bobby to support him (and to learn from).
Johnty54 3 years ago
Really like the vocals of Whitlock and Clapton, here!!
yescure6 3 years ago 3
Thanks for posting this. A fine example of Jim Gordon's fills, ghost notes on the snare, use of the hi-hat to flavor the music. Mighty sweet. Oh yeah, Carl and Bobby and Eric ain't bad either.
blairh1966 3 years ago
Carl Radle drank and drugged himself to death...While Jim Gordon developed Paranoid Schizo....Beat his mother to death with a hammer...back in 1983 I believe..He is in a mental institution for the criminally insane...
SteveGaines 3 years ago
unfortunate end to a great era.
Treadsoftly14 2 years ago
it's in key of A
shagster0905 3 years ago
Can somebody who dies in a motorcycle crash (Duane) really be considered as having "killed themself"? That terminology would go along with a sucide more, would it not? But yeah, this whole group of musicians were plagued by tragic stuff- in fact Clapton & Whitlock are the only ones left alive and both have had pretty crappy stuff befall 'em.
obsidiansands1 3 years ago
jim gordons still alive, just in prison
Rmelcher77 3 years ago
Indeed- not sure how I got it in my head that he had passed away in prison. My mistake. Anyway, a lot of tragedy to go around amongst four people.
obsidiansands1 3 years ago
i thought jim gordon died from a heroin overdose in like 1980 lol. whoops.
Treadsoftly14 2 years ago
lol he's in a mental institution to this day
sensai61 2 years ago
WAT?!?
gritzman123 2 years ago
im talking about the drummer i cant remember his name...he beat his mother with a hammer i think
sensai61 2 years ago
Drummer's name is Jim Gordon. Probably the biggest session drummer in LA in the 70's. - Really great player.
kewlfonz 2 years ago
Is this in the key of B?
It seems like it is too me, but ive only been playing guitar for like 1 1/2 years.
chikleboy231 3 years ago
@chikleboy231 It's in A. And I think he uses both minor and major pentatonic scales for the solo.
savannardanto 1 year ago
I didn't recognise him either ! I kept waiting for him to appear ... the guitar playing on this bears no resemblance to what we know he can do
percythepiggo 3 years ago
This was the best group EC assembled. 2 bad about D. Allman killin' hisself and Jim Gordon killin' his Mom...
stratfret 3 years ago
This is fantastic stuff. I love the vocal interplay between Whitlock and Clapton.
mcfarber 3 years ago 3
It's not a Buddy Holly song; it's a Chuck Willis song, and Chuck Willis, ladies and gentlemen, was the King of the Stroll!
backstretch 3 years ago
Did you know that this is a Buddy Holly song, me either until I heard the original version by Buddy..
wisesatyr72 3 years ago
That run Clapton makes starting at 2:14 is so straightforward and simple, but so sweet!
TheNewGuy7575 3 years ago 2
i totally agree man but my favourite lick is the part @2:34 onward (is anyone here a good enough musician to tab out this solo for me, i wanna play this with my band at an upcoming gig and id really appreciate it!)
crosbystillsnash68 3 years ago
This is a favorite of mine, I play it a lot,I love the pianists gruff voice, and him and Eric both sing it like they mean it!
annadon56 3 years ago
is that like the international heroin symbol in the background? lol still a great performance none-the-less
crosbystillsnash68 3 years ago
That's actually be the Union Jack, you dimwit.
Stilltouchinyourtitt 3 years ago
It's the Union Flag
SimonFoster23111971 3 years ago
you mean Union Jack
rubbersoul816 3 years ago 3
I see this vid a few minutes ago, on tv, and i didn't realize that clapton was here hah omg, he looks blond here :P anyway this is a good song that i heard for first time today:)
yescure6 3 years ago
Eric Clapton has sure been around the block a few times. He is phenomenal. That was a joy to watch, I had never seen this before.
He continues to shine on - lucky us!
ValsHere 3 years ago 3
Derek and the dominos the best grup of Clapton,,,,
PD Clapton Is God
anyfunky 3 years ago
oh this is so damn good
leesmommyishot 3 years ago
i like clapton's hair :)
ilikemusic65 3 years ago
that solo gives me chills!
JAFAr4gOrN 3 years ago
I have been, and always WILL be a devoted EC fan. EC having so many Tulsans play with him off and on was always the icing on the cake...this was a great song, and still is because it's a timeless tune. I remember this night well, my dad was a Cash fan...us kids laughed at him smartin' off about those "long haired hippies" on the Cash show! He just couldn't believe Cash would let them on his show. I was enchanted at seeing EC on TV, my crush on him grew even larger after that night.
TulsaLaniB 3 years ago
Eric sounds Soooooo dam good. Sounds like the blues to me.
mytheropy 3 years ago
what year is this? and is this after the album came out?
quialman666 3 years ago
it's 1970.
and this was on the promo tour after the album came out, and unfortunately one of their only taped performances.
dang.
edwardledbetter 3 years ago
second voice is also amazing
GABRIEL1977P 3 years ago 3
lol carl radle got so tanned recording in miami he looks indian
crosbystillsnash68 3 years ago
wtf you can hardly even see him hes hiding behind gordons drum kit
NiftyDude101 3 years ago
...look at the photos on the "Layla" LP
crosbystillsnash68 3 years ago
From a bass player in the hometown of Carl Radle that lives on Tulsa time.... all I can say is THANK YOU VERY MUCH to the poster of this video. This one song is and has always been my favorite song from that Layla album. Why? I don't know.... but to see them play it live back when these legends were in full bloom brought tears to my eyes. May all of the future musicians in this world forever hear these great guys' works of art for centuries to come.
OutragedPatriot 3 years ago 2
From a Bass Player from NY(naw in Las Vegas, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon were one of the finest R&R/R&B rhthym sections ever!
thebigz73a 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
are you high on crack? they were solid, yes, but not nearly one the best ever...
crosbystillsnash68 3 years ago
Dayum J-cash and the dominos...talent overload.
pcfxer 3 years ago 2
I'm guessing not the first to notice the irony of having Union Jacks behind the band?
(Only Eric is British)
theunusualbreed 3 years ago