since his 1963-65 stint in the Yardbirds, after which he had, in just a few years, done time in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, spent a couple years (and become a rock star in the U.S.) as the guitarist in Cream, cut an album with Blind Faith, toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and recorded his first solo album. Clapton had been a star in his native U.K. When Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” hit record store shelves in November 1970, it was widely anticipated by the fans of two guitar legends: Eric Clapton and Duane Allman. And its story is marked by theft, madness, domestic violence - and murder. It’s one of the most famous three minutes and 48 seconds in rock n’ roll.
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