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<p>DEREK AND THE DOMINOS...NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT!.....TURN IT UP....1970</p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Derek and the Dominos</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;was an English–American&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">blues rock</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;band formed in the spring of 1970 by singer-guitarist&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Eric Clapton</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, keyboardist-singer&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Whitlock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bobby Whitlock</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, bassist&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Radle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Carl Radle</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;and drummer&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 53, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jim Gordon</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. All four members had previously played together in&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaney_%26_Bonnie_and_Friends" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Delaney &amp; Bonnie and Friends</a>.<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The band's only full-length release,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Other_Assorted_Love_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, was produced by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dowd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tom Dowd</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, which also featured extensive contributions on lead and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">slide guitar</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;from&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Allman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Duane Allman</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</span></p><blockquote>I was in absolute awe of these people ... All we did was jam and jam and jam and night would become day and day would become night, and it just felt good to me to stay that way. I had never felt so musically free before.</blockquote><p>– Eric Clapton, on the band's rehearsals at Hurtwood Edge (Eric Clapton's home in England.)</p><blockquote><br></blockquote>