Clapton's lone songwriting credit for Blind Faith actually came from the Derek and the Dominoes sessions. Eric handles the guitar and leaves the vocals to Steve Winwood. Rounding out this original "super-group" Ginger Baker on drums and Traffic bassist Rick Grech.
Filed under: Exclusive Alamy If you ever drive through Gaviota Tunnel near Santa Barbara, Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" might just pop into your head. Because that's the song that plays during the travel montage in "The Graduate" as Dustin Hoffman's character drives his Alfa Romero through Gaviota Tunnel. While the pairing of movies and music is nothing new, the most music-minded directors -- your Tarantinos, Scorceses and the like -- blend the two so [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List SGranitz, WireImage Anyone with " Grammy -winning artist" in their bio is bound to have an edge. The music industry's ultimate award, after all, affords prestige and opens doors. Yet, since the industry began handing out the golden gramophone trophies in 1959, artists have kept them in a variety of places. While Alicia Keys recently told reporters she kept her [...]
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It saddens us to report that as of this post we are abandoning our indie music format for a more commercially viable Top 40 radio format. Just kidding! Happy April Fool's Day, everybody. John Richards just shared a few of his favorite Fool's Day songs in Friday on My Mind , but seeing as how today is April Fool's Day, we thought we'd share some more songs with you: Def Leppard - Foolin’ Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain [...]
After a desultory, red-light district blast of horns, the Wynton Marsalis-led Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra settles into this funereal rhythm, swaying from side to side as Eric Clapton rips off a few blues-simmered, heartfelt asides. If you hadn't checked the liner notes, the song itself - a signature moment for the guitarist as a member of Derek and the [...]
Soms verbaas ik me er wel eens over dat ik niet veel meer muziek via mijn vader ontdekt heb. Zelfs algemeenheden als The Beatles en The Rolling Stones heb ik niet via hem leren kennen. Ik neem het hem niet...
It's always a gutsy move to open your debut full length album with such an ambitious song but this Canadian band was going for the gold.
Over the long weekend, I was hoping to get in on some of the sales that were going on- specifically Guitar Center in Cedar Rapids, and the full-weekend 20% sale at Half-Price Books. While I didn't actually get over to Guitar Center, I did hit HPB, but also managed to see David Lowery and Johnny Hickman tape a Java Blend session in Iowa City with my friend Erik , which also resulted in a great trip to The Record Collector. I also visited Moondog Music in Dubuque on Thursday and picked up some "missing titles" and hit a Half [...]
On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, who rose to fame as a composer and sideman alongside Eric Clapton and George Harrison. Whitlock discusses two key songs from Derek and the Dominoes' Layla and Assorted Other Love Songs, reissued on Tuesday in honor of its 40th anniversary;
Keyboardist Bobby Whitlock reflects on Derek and the Dominoes’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, given a deluxe reissue Tuesday on its 40th anniversary, as well as signature dates alongside George Harrison, Sam and Dave and Delaney and Bonnie, among others. Discover which soul singer Whitlock had in mind when he, Eric Clapton and the rest of the Dominoes were
Last week, we dedicated all of our Song of the Days to the more Super of Rock and Roll acts. There truly aren't enough days in the week, so we rounded it out with a few more tunes to make this most super of playlists. Never before have we pulled together a playlist with this much collaborative talent, and we will be hard pressed to do more going forward. Check out the playlist below, along with a brief explanation of each tune. The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With [...]
Pattie Boyd man. Has one single woman every been the inspiration for so many epic rock songs? We're talking Bell Bottom Blues ( Cover Wars ), Wonderful Tonight, Something, and believe it or not - a few others as well. Layla was released in 1970 by Derek & The Dominos on their incredible LP Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs . In 1992, Clapton rearranged the tune for MTV Unplugged and took home the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. And it keeps going from there, one of Clapton's arrangements is just a couple of days old, at [...]
I'm going to do my best not to make excuses anymore, d'oh!...I just did it again. For those of you disappointed when you check back and nothing has been posted for two weeks running, I sincerely apologize. Work has been consuming me 247 and that still might not be good enough. I had another handful of well intentioned post ideas lined up for this past month and I couldn't get anything done. I feel like I can't work out, I can't blog, I can't listen to music...I'm running on empty all of the time and still I'm not comfortable. Oh [...]
Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs turned 40 this year and to mark this release on March 29th, fans of the classic, budding guitar virtuosos and the musical minded alike were invited to submit their own versions of one of the most iconic riffs in rock music history. The entries will be judged by founding member Bobby Whitlock and original engineer Andy Johns , to win a super collector’s edition of the album and one-off canvas of the artwork for this special release. [...]
Music today can feel a bit overwhelming. Choosing from the plethora of music festivals , all with their own merits? Overwhelming. SXSW ? Overwhelming on so many levels . Record Store Day ? With upwards of 240 must-have releases announced thus far for the April 16th happening, yeah, that’s pretty overwhelming (even RSD co-founder Eric Levin thinks so!). Not that we’re complaining, really; hell, we love this stuff. After all, where would CoS be without this constant musical deluge? Might as well get ready for more, because we’ve got a handful of solid additions [...]
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