Old music: Derek and the Dominos – Layla

The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of rock, Layla is Eric Clapton's masterpiece. A proclamation of unrequited love to Pattie Boyd, the song urgently lays bare the agony of the guitarist's frustration at falling in love with the wife of his best friend, George Harrison."Layla, you've got...

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