In 1970, Eric Clapton wrote his secret love, Pattie Boyd, one of the most famous classic rock love songs, “Layla.” Before he showed his tune to the object of his affection, Clapton sent Boyd, the wife ...

More than half a century since the release of “Layla,” one of the most iconic tracks in Eric Clapton’s canon, Rita Coolidge ...

For the past six years, Eric Clapton has been disappointing fans by playing a stripped-down rendition of “Layla” on the acoustic guitar at this concerts as opposed to the original, electric one. He ...

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Pattie Boyd has joked she demanded royalties from ex-husband Eric Clapton as part of their divorce settlement, for inspiring his rock classic ‘Layla’. The model and rock muse, now 78 and a successful ...

Eric Clapton performed a plugged version of his famous song, “Layla,” at a concert after six years, reports Rolling Stone. The concert, part of a series tour in Asia, was on April 13 in Tokyo, Japan.

Brad Paisley is not only one of country music's biggest stars, he's also one of the genre's most accomplished guitar players. He reminded fans of that fact when he performed an impressive acoustic ...

It's a fascinating part of pop history and as such was expected to fetch a princely sum of up to £60,000. But the original artwork for Eric Clapton’s Layla album has sold for an astonishing £1.9 ...

It's one of the most famous, and possibly infamous, rock songs of all time, a yearning scorcher Eric Clapton wrote about his mad love for Pattie Boyd, who was then the wife of his close friend George ...

Imagine Eric Clapton's 'Layla,' one of rock music's definitive love songs, with an Indian twist. There would be Indian instruments - ghoongroo, sitar, tabla - and it would probably be sung in Hindi.

Legendary rock muse Pattie Boyd, who inspired Eric Clapton “Layla” and “Wonderful Tonight,” and, reputedly, George Harrison‘s “Something,” is coming out with an autobiography, Wonderful Today, and ...