Rocksbackpages.com calls "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" "unquestionably one of the great compositions of the entire rock era." Amazon.com says "Layla stands as one of a handful of pillars of classic rock." Eric Clapton's rendition of the title song packs such a raw emotional wallop that Dave Marsh wrote in the Rolling Stone illustrated "History of Rock and Roll": "There are few moments in the repertoire of recorded rock where a singer or writer has reached so deeply into himself that the effect of hearing him is akin to witnessing a murder, or a suicide...To me, Layla is the greatest of them." The music may be timeless, but the lives of the tortured souls who produced this great album clearly were not; most were cut short by accident or substance abuse, while those who remain bear deep scars. And lead player Eric Clapton, despite a hugely successful career, has been shadowed by this album, which he knew at the time would be the defining high point of his career. Both casual and committed rock fans will be compelled by the heartbreaking and often lurid details surrounding the saga of Layla and Derek and the Dominos - which has never been completely disclosed until now.
- ISBN10 1594863695
- ISBN13 9781594863691
- Publish Date 1 February 2007
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rodale Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English