| Trivia Tidbits: The group debuted at the Lyceum Theatre in London on June 14, 1970, where the announcer mispronounced their provisional name of Eric and the Dynamos as Derek and the Dominos. They decided to keep the new name. When Duane Allman and Eric Clapton met for the first time, backstage after an Allman Brothers concert, they instantly decided they had to play together and Allman officially became the band’s fifth member. Derek &The Dominos had already recorded three tracks (I Looked Away, Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing); Allman debuted on the fourth cut, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out, and contributed slide guitar to the remainder of the LP. On the eve of the group’s first American tour, Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs has been named one of the best albums of all time by VH1 (#89) and Rolling Stone (#115). |
Derek & the Dominos
Original Members:
Eric Clapton--guitars, vocals
Bobby Whitlock--keyboards, vocals
Carl Radle--bass
Jim Gordon--drums, piano
Duane Allman--slide guitar, guitars
Albums/CDs:
1970 - Layla and Other
Assorted Love Songs
