This is blues-rock anthem at its best! Centred around Eric Clapton’s unrequited love for 60s model Pattie Boyd, the opening riff of this song is both complex and instantly recognisable, featuring a two-stringed performance by Clapton, accompanied by two other guitar tracks and a higher-register version by Duane Allman. Clapton’s epic riff-writing ability was well and truly rewarded in 1990 when ‘Layla’ won a Grammy for Best Rock Song.
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