[FairfieldLife] Re: Layla and Six Degrees
There is a fine video of Clapton (on acoustic) and Knopfler (on electric) at YouTube. Deluxe duo. http://youtube.com/watch?v=wrQ0-ImNn7s ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure if life is stranger (and more connected) than fiction. After my riff on Layla, I looked it up. Talk about interconnections and six degrees. Oh. Layla: was Patty Boyd: and based om Persian spiritual poet Nezami's poem: Patty introduced George to MMY: Beatles put MMY in papers: FF Layla is the title track on the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, released in December 1970. It is considered one of rock music's definitive love songs[2], featuring an unmistakable guitar figure, played by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, as lead-in. Its famously contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Jim Gordon, similar to the combination of fragments John Lennon and Paul McCartney used to create A Day in the Life. Clapton was inspired to write the piece by his burning unrequited love for Patti Boyd, the wife of his friend George Harrison. Contents Background In 1966, George Harrison married Patti Boyd, a model he met during the filming of A Hard Day's Night. During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison, as two of the top English guitarists of the day, became firm friends. Clapton contributed guitar work on Harrison's song While My Guitar Gently Weeps on The Beatles' White Album, and Harrison played guitar pseudonymously on Cream's Badge from Goodbye. However, trouble was brewing for Clapton. His supergroup Cream had angrily broken apart, his growing drug use would lead to a life-threatening heroin addiction, and, when Boyd came to Clapton for aid during marital troubles, Clapton fell desperately in love with her. The title, Layla, was inspired by a love story, The Story of Layla / Layla and Majnun (#1604;#1610;#1604;#1609; #1608;#1605;#1580;#1606;#1608;#1606;), by the Persian classical poet Nezami. When he wrote Layla, Clapton had recently been given a copy of the story by a friend, Ian Dallas, who was in the process of converting to Islam. Nezami's tale, about a moon-princess who was married off by her father to someone other than the man who was desperately in love with her, resulting in his madness (in Persian, Majnun, #1605;#1580;#1606;#1608;#1606;, means madman), struck a deep chord with Clapton. Layla was the result: a powerful and moving statement of unrequited love for Patti Boyd-Harrison, with an immediately recognizable guitar riff, always remaining a vivid memory for anyone who has heard it. The influence of Clapton's affection for Boyd is obvious; compare the striking album cover by Frandsen-de Schonberg to the picture of Boyd in the bottom left. In 1977, Boyd divorced Harrison and married Clapton in 1979. Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended the wedding with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. During their marriage, Clapton wrote another love ballad for her, Wonderful Tonight. Their marriage later developed difficulties over Clapton's alcoholism and his extramarital affair with Yvonne Khan Kelly, and in 1985 he left Boyd altogether for Italian model Lori del Santo, with whom he had a child. Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1989 after several years of separation. Boyd currently lives with the property developer Rod Weston. George Harrison with Patti Boyd Enlarge George Harrison with Patti Boyd Bobby Whitlock, who was a member of Derek and the Dominos and good friends with both Harrison and Clapton, explains the situation between Clapton and Pattie around the time he wrote Layla: I was there when they were supposedly sneaking around. You don't sneak very well when you're a world figure. He was all hot on Patti and I was dating her sister. They had this thing going on that supposedly was behind George's back. Well, George didn't really care. He said, 'You can have her.' That kind of defuses it when Eric says, 'I'm taking your wife' and he says, 'Take her.' They got married and evidently, she wasn't what he wanted after all. The hunt was better than the kill. That happens, but apparently Patti is real happy now with some guy who's not a guitar player. Good for her and good for Eric for moving on with his life. George got on with his life, that's for sure. [edit] Recording After the breakup of Cream, Clapton tried his hand with several artists, including Blind Faith and a husband and wife duo, Delaney and Bonnie. However, in the spring of 1970, he was told that Delaney and Bonnie's backup band (bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock) was leaving the group. Seizing the opportunity, Clapton formed a new group. Their original title, Eric and The Dynamos, was apparently mispronounced as Derek and the Dominos, a name which stuck. In mid-to-late 1970 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
[FairfieldLife] Re: Layla and Six Degrees
Nice details, thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure if life is stranger (and more connected) than fiction. After my riff on Layla, I looked it up. Talk about interconnections and six degrees. Oh. Layla: was Patty Boyd: and based om Persian spiritual poet Nezami's poem: Patty introduced George to MMY: Beatles put MMY in papers: FF Layla is the title track on the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, released in December 1970. It is considered one of rock music's definitive love songs[2], featuring an unmistakable guitar figure, played by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, as lead-in. Its famously contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Jim Gordon, similar to the combination of fragments John Lennon and Paul McCartney used to create A Day in the Life. Clapton was inspired to write the piece by his burning unrequited love for Patti Boyd, the wife of his friend George Harrison. Contents Background In 1966, George Harrison married Patti Boyd, a model he met during the filming of A Hard Day's Night. During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison, as two of the top English guitarists of the day, became firm friends. Clapton contributed guitar work on Harrison's song While My Guitar Gently Weeps on The Beatles' White Album, and Harrison played guitar pseudonymously on Cream's Badge from Goodbye. However, trouble was brewing for Clapton. His supergroup Cream had angrily broken apart, his growing drug use would lead to a life-threatening heroin addiction, and, when Boyd came to Clapton for aid during marital troubles, Clapton fell desperately in love with her. The title, Layla, was inspired by a love story, The Story of Layla / Layla and Majnun (#1604;#1610;#1604;#1609; #1608;#1605;#1580;#1606;#1608;#1606;), by the Persian classical poet Nezami. When he wrote Layla, Clapton had recently been given a copy of the story by a friend, Ian Dallas, who was in the process of converting to Islam. Nezami's tale, about a moon-princess who was married off by her father to someone other than the man who was desperately in love with her, resulting in his madness (in Persian, Majnun, #1605;#1580;#1606;#1608;#1606;, means madman), struck a deep chord with Clapton. Layla was the result: a powerful and moving statement of unrequited love for Patti Boyd-Harrison, with an immediately recognizable guitar riff, always remaining a vivid memory for anyone who has heard it. The influence of Clapton's affection for Boyd is obvious; compare the striking album cover by Frandsen-de Schonberg to the picture of Boyd in the bottom left. In 1977, Boyd divorced Harrison and married Clapton in 1979. Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended the wedding with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. During their marriage, Clapton wrote another love ballad for her, Wonderful Tonight. Their marriage later developed difficulties over Clapton's alcoholism and his extramarital affair with Yvonne Khan Kelly, and in 1985 he left Boyd altogether for Italian model Lori del Santo, with whom he had a child. Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1989 after several years of separation. Boyd currently lives with the property developer Rod Weston. George Harrison with Patti Boyd Enlarge George Harrison with Patti Boyd Bobby Whitlock, who was a member of Derek and the Dominos and good friends with both Harrison and Clapton, explains the situation between Clapton and Pattie around the time he wrote Layla: I was there when they were supposedly sneaking around. You don't sneak very well when you're a world figure. He was all hot on Patti and I was dating her sister. They had this thing going on that supposedly was behind George's back. Well, George didn't really care. He said, 'You can have her.' That kind of defuses it when Eric says, 'I'm taking your wife' and he says, 'Take her.' They got married and evidently, she wasn't what he wanted after all. The hunt was better than the kill. That happens, but apparently Patti is real happy now with some guy who's not a guitar player. Good for her and good for Eric for moving on with his life. George got on with his life, that's for sure. [edit] Recording After the breakup of Cream, Clapton tried his hand with several artists, including Blind Faith and a husband and wife duo, Delaney and Bonnie. However, in the spring of 1970, he was told that Delaney and Bonnie's backup band (bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock) was leaving the group. Seizing the opportunity, Clapton formed a new group. Their original title, Eric and The Dynamos, was apparently mispronounced as Derek and the Dominos, a name which stuck. In mid-to-late 1970 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band joined Clapton's fledgling band as a guest. Clapton, having heard Allman's work on Wilson Pickett's Hey Jude cover,
