- Le ngoma ingomfazi kaGeorge Harrison, uPattie. Yena noClapton baqala ukuhlala kunye ngo-1974 kwaye batshata ngo-1979. UClapton noHarrison bahlala bengabahlobo, uGeorge edlala emtshatweni wabo kunye noPaul McCartney noRingo Starr. UClapton wamshiya kumlingisi uLory Del Santo (awayenonyana wakhe, uConor) ngo-1985. UMgcini Nge-13 kaDisemba ngo-2008, uPattie wathi: 'Andizange ndonwabe xa uEric wabhala' uLayla, 'ngexa ndanditshatile noGeorge. Ndizive sendivezwa. Ndamangaliswa kwaye ndonwabile yile ngoma-yayinomdla kwaye iyothusa kakhulu-kodwa ndandifuna ukuxhoma emtshatweni wam. U-Eric wenza esi saziso sasesidlangalaleni sothando. Ndixhathise ingqalelo yakhe ixesha elide- bendingafuni ukushiya umyeni wam. Kodwa ngokucacileyo xa izinto zaba mbi kakhulu kuGeorge nam yayikukuphela kobudlelwane bethu. Sobabini kwafuneka siqhubeke. ULayla wayesekele kwincwadi yombongi wasePersi wenkulungwane ye-12 ebizwa ngokuba nguNizami malunga nendoda ethandana nomntu ongathandekiyo. Ingoma yayibuhlungu kwaye imnandi. Emva kokuba nditshatile uEric samenyelwa ngaphandle ngokuhlwa kwaye wayehleli ejikeleze edlala isiginkci ngelixa ndizama iilokhwe ngaphezulu. Ndithathe ixesha elide kwaye ndandisoyika ngeenwele zam, iimpahla zam, yonke into, kwaye ndaya ezantsi ndikulindele ukuba andithuke kodwa wathi, 'Mamela le!' Ngexesha ebendilithathe ukuzilungiselela ebebhale 'Wonderful Tonight.'
Ndaba buhlungu ngakumbi xa u-Eric wabhala u-Old Love (1989). Ukuphela kobudlelwane yinto ebuhlungu ngokwaneleyo, kodwa emva koko uEric ubhala ngayo nayo. Kuyandikhathaza ngakumbi, ndiyacinga, kuba andinakuphendula. ' - UClapton wayebona uPattie Harrison kwaye emthanda kakhulu xa wabhala le nto. Uninzi lwabantu lwalusazi malunga nokuthandana, kuba kwakungekho lula kumntu odumileyo njengoClapton ukugcina imfihlo. UBobby Whitlock, owayekwelo qela kunye nabahlobo abalungileyo bobabini noHarrison noClapton, basixelele: 'Ndandilapho xa babecinga ukuba banyebelezela. Awuzichwebi kakuhle xa ungumntu wehlabathi. Wayeshushu wonke uPattie kwaye ndandithandana nodadewabo. Babenayo le nto iqhubekayo ekucingelwa ukuba yayisemva komqolo kaGeorge. Ewe, uGeorge wayengakhathali. Uthe, 'Ungamfumana.' Olu hlobo lokuyichasa xa uEric esithi, 'Ndithatha umfazi wakho' aze athi, 'Mthathe.' Batshata kwaye ngokucacileyo, wayengeyonto awayeyifuna emva kwayo yonke loo nto. Ukuzingela kwakungcono kunokubulala. Oko kuyenzeka, kodwa kuyabonakala ukuba uPattie wonwabile ngoku nomnye umntu ongenguye umdlali wegitare. Kulungile kuye kwaye kulungele uEric ngokuqhubeka nobomi bakhe. UGeorge uqhubeke nobomi bakhe, kunjalo. '
- Amazwi asekelwe kwincwadi yombongi wasePersi uNizami, ULayla kunye noMajnun , malunga nendoda ethandana nomntu ongamfumaniyo ngenxa yokuba abazali bakhe bengavumi. Xa bengenakuba kunye, uyaphambana. Imeko kaClapton kunye noPattie yayahlukile, kodwa wayithanda isihloko kunye nomxholo wothando olungafumanekiyo.
- UDuane Allman weza nekatala eyaziwayo kwaye wadlala phambili noClapton. I-riff yayisekwe ku-Albert King owayedlala kwingoma yakhe ethi 'Njengeminyaka ihamba,' kodwa wakhawuleza kakhulu.
U-Allman wagqibela ngokudlala kwi-albhamu ngexesha elifanelekileyo kunye nokuncoma phakathi kwakhe noClapton. UTom Dowd wayevelisa i-albhamu ka-Allman Brothers Emzantsi Idlewild eCriteria Studios eMiami xa wafumana umnxeba wokuba uClapton angathanda ukubhukisha ixesha kunye neqela lakhe elitsha. UDuane wayengumlandeli omkhulu kaClapton, kwaye xa uAllman Brothers wayedlala umboniso eMiami nge-26 ka-Agasti ka-1970, kuxa uDerek noDominos babeshicilela kunye neDowd kwiCriteria. UDuane wabiza ukuba abone ukuba angayeka emva kwegig, kwaye uClapton uthathe isigqibo sokuzisa iqela lakhe kumdlalo. Kulo mboniso, uDuane waqhaqhazela xa ebona uClapton kufuphi neqonga, kodwa ukunconywa kwakuhlangene, kwaye uClapton walungiselela ukuba uDuane aqhubeke nokuza kunye ne-albhamu. UDuane wayeza kuhamba phakathi kuka-Allman Brothers, kwaye emva kokurekhoda iingoma ezimbalwa noDerek kunye neDominos, wasebenza nabo ku 'Layla' usuku lokugqibela lweeseshoni zokurekhoda: nge-9 kaSeptemba. - Inguqulelo ehleliweyo yakhutshwa njengeyodwa ngo-1971. Yabaleka ngo-2: 43 yaza yaqhwetha kwiitshathi. Inguqulelo epheleleyo, yesi-7: 10 yakhutshwa emva konyaka kwaye yaba yenye yeengoma ezidumileyo kwimbali yamatye. Ukusweleka kuka-Allman kwingozi yesithuthuthu ngo-Okthobha u-1971 wanceda ukuvuselela umdla kule ngoma.
- UClapton wangena kuxinzelelo oluzaliswe ziziyobisi xa itanki elinye lafika ngo-1971. Inkampani erekhodayo ayenzi nto incinci ukubhengeza i-albhamu, icinga ukuba nayiphi na iprojekthi kunye noClapton iya kufumana ulwazi oluninzi. Ekugqibeleni yenzile, kwaye inkampani yokurekhoda yenze kakuhle kakhulu.
- UDerek kunye neDominos bakha emva ko-Eric Clapton, uBobby Whitlock, uCarl Radle noJim Gordon basebenze kwi-albhamu yokuqala ka-George Harrison, Zonke izinto mazidlule . Bahlangana endlwini kaClapton eNgilane kwaye baqala ukubhala iingoma nokudlala iiklabhu ezincinci. UBobby Whitlock ucacisile kudliwanondlebe neengoma zakhe: 'Sihambile iNgilane yonke. Senze ukhenketho lweklabhu, kwaye kwakungekho tikiti lingaphezulu kweponti. Yonke yayingumlomo. Sidlale iSpeakeasy eLondon nakwiKlabhu yeMarquee, emva koko sadlala iindawo ezithile ezimnandi kakhulu eNottingham nasePlymouth naseBornmouth - sayijikeleza iGreat Britain. Apha besikhona, ezi zibizwa ngokuba 'ziinkwenkwezi ezinkulu zerock,' kwaye besidlala ezi ndawo zimnandi ezinokugcina abantu abangama-200. Ewe, abantu babepakishwe kwaye bachitheka ezitratweni nakwizinto. Kwakukuhle kakhulu, yayilixesha elihle. Senze olu hambo lunye, sajikeleza eMercedes kaEric. Sonke sasixinene emotweni enye. Ixesha lesibini siphume eGreat Britain, sayinyusa. Sidlale iindawo ezincinci zekonsathi- iRoyal Albert Hall kunye neendawo ezinje. Sehla saya eMiami, sayirekhoda Layla icwecwe kwaye waya kukhenketho eMelika. Silandulele irekhodi ubukhulu becala. Zonke izinto kufuneka zidlule , yayiyirekhodi enkulu, 'INkosi yam eNtle' yayingu # 1. Sasisendleleni eMelika, uGeorge wayedlala yonke indawo. Sasikuyo yonke unomathotholo ngokudlala kwethu noGeorge, kunye nealbhamu Layla - akukho mntu wayenokuyifumana. '
- Eli qela lenze iziyobisi ezininzi ngelixa berekhoda icwecwe- kukho nomfanekiso njengenxalenye yecwecwe lobugcisa likaDuane elitsalela umnxeba, athi uWhitlock yayikukufumana iziyobisi ezivela eGeorgia. Ngelixa iziyobisi zikhokelele kwiingxaki ezininzi kumgca webhendi kwaye uninzi lwamalungu abo, khange ibenzakalise ukusebenza kwabo kwi-albhamu- uClapton wade wathi amachiza anokunceda kwinkqubo yokurekhoda.
- Kwincwadi yakhe ka-2007 Ngokuhlwa okumangalisayo: UGeorge Harrison, uEric Clapton, kunye nam , UPattie Boyd ubhale wathi: 'Sahlangana ngokufihlakeleyo kwiflethi ese Mzantsi Kensington. U-Eric Clapton undicelile ukuba ndize kuba efuna ukuba ndimamele inombolo entsha ayibhalileyo. Utshintshile kumatshini wekhasethi, wanyusa ivolumu kwaye wandidlalela eyona ngoma inamandla, ishukumayo endakha ndayiva. YayinguLayla, malunga nendoda ewa ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuthandana nomntu oyithandayo kodwa engafumanekiyo. Wayidlala kum kabini okanye kathathu, ngalo lonke elixesha ujonge ubuso bam ngenyameko kwindlela endiphendula ngayo. Ingcinga yam yokuqala yayi: 'Owu Thixo, wonke umntu uzokwazi ukuba oku kum.'
Ndatshata umhlobo osenyongweni kaEric, uGeorge Harrison, kodwa uEric wayewucacisa umnqweno wakhe kangangeenyanga. Ndaziva ndingonwabanga ukuba uyandityhalela kwicala endingaqinisekanga ngalo ukuba ndifuna ukuya. Kodwa ngokwazi ukuba ndiyikhuthazile inkanuko kunye nobuchule bokuyila, ingoma iye yandongamela. Andinakukwazi ukuxhathisa. ' - Umcimbi kaClapton noPatti Harrison wawungeyiyo eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwiqela. U-Whitlock uthi, 'Kwakungekho shishini lomntu. Babengabantu abadala besenza izigqibo zabantu abadala, eziguqula ubomi. '
- Ekupheleni kwengoma, uDwayne Allman wavelisa isandi 'sentaka ekhalayo' kunye nekatala ngelixa uClapton edlala i-acoustic. Yayingumbulelo kuCharlie Parker, ilivo lomculo wejazz elaziwa ngokuba 'yintaka.'
- Iqhekeza lepiyano ekugqibeleni lahlelwa kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva. Igubu uJim Gordon weza nayo njengeprojekthi eyedwa kwaye kwafuneka aqiniseke ukuba uyayisebenzisa 'kuLayla.' UGordon wayengomnye wabaqhubi beeseshoni abaphumeleleyo ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960 nasekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-1970, bedlala kwii-albhamu ezininzi zeklasi zelo xesha. Okulusizi kukuba, phakathi kwiminyaka ye-1970, iingxaki ezinzima zengqondo zaqala ukubonakala ekuziphatheni kukaGordon. Wakhalaza ngokuva amazwi, ngakumbi ilizwi likanina. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-70s, ubunzima bengqondo bukaGordon- kamva wafumanisa ukuba sisifo sengqondo esibi - wayewonakalisile umsebenzi wakhe kwezomculo. Ngo-1983, uGordon wabulala umama wakhe ngenkohlakalo esebenzisa isando senzipho. Ukuzikhusela kwempambano kuncitshisiwe eCalifornia, uGordon wagwetywa ngokubulala kwinqanaba lesibini ngo-1984 wagwetywa iminyaka eli-16 ebomini. Ukuba uphuma ejele, uGordon uyakuba nemali eninzi emlindeleyo ngenxa yekhredithi yakhe yokubhala kule ngoma.
UDan-Auckland, eNew Zealand - Ipiyano ekugqibeleni ibe lilitye lokuchukumisa inkcubeko. Yayisetyenziselwa ukusebenza kakuhle ukuphela komboniso bhanyabhanya Kumnandi , kunye nezikhululo zikanomathotholo phantse zihlala zidlala ingxelo ngepiyano. Ngelo xesha, ayinguye wonke umntu owayeyithanda. U-Whitlock usixelele, 'Ndiyithiyile. U-'Layla 'wokuqala wayengenanxalenye yepiyano. Xa besenza ingoma, besingenayo nenxalenye yepiyano engqondweni. UJim wayedlala, kwaye uEric wathi, 'Uthini ngaloo nto - intle loo nto.' UJim akangomdlali wepiyano. Udlala ngokuthe tye - yonke into ilungile kwimali. Bafuna ukuba ndizive, ke uJim wayirekhoda, ndayirekhoda, uTom Dowd wayidibanisa. Ziintlobo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo ezithathayo. '
- UClapton usebenze ngohlobo olucothayo, lwe-acoustic ye-MTV Ayikhuphiwanga Ikhonsathi ngo-1992. Yakhishwa njengeyodwa kwaye yenziwa # 12 e-US, ukufumana idlalwe elininzi kwipop, ilitye, nakwizikhululo zikanomathotholo zabantu abadala. Le nguqulo iphumelele iGrammy yeNgoma eziLungileyo zeRock.
- Ngo-1985, u-Eric Clapton wadlala le nto kwi-Live Aid, ikonsathi yokuxhamla indlala. UPhil Collins wadlala igubu ngexesha lokusetwa kwakhe.
U-Ethan Bentley -Southampton, eNgilane - Ukudlala umdlalo ka 'Layla' ngelixa ucula kufana nokugungxula kwibhayisikile, ke ngoko uClapton uzama ukuyiphepha. Xa esenza i-rock version ephilayo, uya kudlala i-riff kuze kube yilapho ilizwi lakhe lingena, ke vumela elinye lamalungu eqela lakhe ukuba athathe i-riff. Xa wayetyelele e-2001, le yawela kuDavid Sancious, isimangaliso sekhibhodi ekwayikatala enetalente. Kudliwanondlebe olwenziwe nguSongfact noSancious, ucacisile indlela abayikhuphe ngayo: '[UClapton] akafuni kucula nokudlala isiginci ngexesha elinye, kwaye uAndy Fairweather Low, naye owayedlala isiginkci, wayekho Inxalenye eyahlukileyo yegitare, ke wandicela ukuba ndenze iriff, indawo ekhokelayo. Ke xa yaqala ingoma, yayiziiginci ezimbini emva koko waqalisa ukucula, 'Wenza ntoni xa unesithukuthezi,' kwaye ibindim owenza iriffs phakathi kwento azakuyenza kwirekhodi. Ndingazenza ezi blues riffs phakathi kwezwi lakhe. Ke uninzi lwengoma ndikwi gitare, kwaye ke xa ifika kwinqanaba apho iphindaphindayo kwaye iyenza yedwa, bendisusa ikatala yam, ndiyinike uchwepheshe, ndibuyele kwikhibhodi, emva koko Ngena nayo yonke enye indawo yengoma. Yayiluhambo kum ukuba ndingadlali ingoma kuphela kodwa ndiyidlale ikatala nayo, ukuze ndenze ezinye izikhothwa zeblues emva koko ndidlale ipiyano ekugqibeleni. Kwakumangalisa ngokwenene. '
- Kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuba uDuane Allman eswelekile, uLynyrd Skynyrd wakhupha icwecwe labo lokuqala eliqukethe 'Intaka yasimahla,' ingoma ababehlala beyinikela ku-Allman kwikonsathi. Njengo 'Layla,' 'Intaka yasimahla' inikwe amandla sisixhobo esinexesha elide esivusa intaka ibhabha simahla. Leyo ikhutshelwe ukukhutshwa kube kanye kuhlelo olutsala umongo emathanjeni alo.
- Ibhendi yaqhekeka xa bezama ukurekhoda icwecwe lesibini. UClapton kunye noGordon babenokuwa ngaphakathi estudiyo, esiphelisa iiseshoni kwaye sabonisa ukuphela kwebhendi. Utsho uWhitlock, 'U-Eric uthi yayiziyobisi kunye neparanoia. Yayiyinto yonke nje. Besidiniwe yindlela. Senze into engama-50 ngemihla kwiintsuku ezininzi eMelika. Ndiza kuvuka ndingazi nokuba ndiphi. Babengalindelanga ukuba siza kuphila ixesha elide. Sibothuse, ubuncinci kuthi benza njalo-uEric kunye nam. Yiyo leyo. ' UCarl Radle wasweleka ngenxa yokusilela kwezintso ezinxulumene ne-heroin ngo-1980.
- Njengomrhumo kuJimi Hendrix, uDerek kunye noDominos barekhode uguqulelo 'lweWing Wing' kwangolo suku lunye. UHendrix wasweleka kwiintsuku ezilithoba kamva.
- Intombi kaJim Gordon ngelo xesha uRita Coolidge wabanga kwimemo yakhe Delta Lady , ukuba wabhala ingoma yepiyano coda. Umbhali-umbhali wengoma ugcinile ukuba ivela kwingoma ebizwa ngokuba liXesha (Musa ukungena kwiNdlela yethu) ebhalwe nguye noGordon. Sidlale ingoma kaEric Clapton eNgilane. Ndikhumbula ndihleli kwipiyano kwiiOlimpiki Studios ngelixa uEric wayephulaphule ndiyidlala, 'uyakhumbula. 'Mna noJim sishiye ikhasethi yedemo, ngethemba lokuba uza kuyigubungela.'
Kunyaka kamva, emva kokuba bohlukene noGordon, uCoolidge weva 'uLayla' okokuqala. 'Ndandinomsindo,' ukhumbule. Into abayenzileyo ngokucacileyo yayikukuthatha ingoma uJim kunye nam ebendiyibhalile, bafaka amazwi kwingoma kwaye bayikhuphela esiphelweni sengoma kaEric. Kwakuphantse kwafana. ' - E-UK, u-'Layla 'waphinda wakhutshwa kwakhona ngo-1982, ehlasela # 4.
- UAndy Summers ovela emapoliseni ogama linguLayla.
