Who wrote the piano outro to Layla?

Eric Clapton
Jim Gordon
Layla/Composers

What song does Layla sound like?

Ed Sheeran: I See Fire sounds like Eric Clapton: Layla | Sounds Just Like. Ed Sheeran released “I See Fire” in 2013. Forty-two years earlier, Eric Clapton released “Layla”.

What is the piano part of Layla called?

piano coda
But sealing the deal was a nearly four-minute piano coda of such sheer loveliness that “Layla” was recognized almost immediately as a new classic. The coda was credited to drummer Jim Gordon, who played the main piano part while Allman contributed the (slightly off-key) slide guitar.

Whats the story behind the song Layla?

“Layla” was a song Clapton wrote, with Dominos drummer Jim Gordon, about his forbidden love for the wife of his close friend George Harrison (she eventually became Clapton’s wife). The song was inspired by Clapton’s reading of the classic Persian unrequited love story, the epic poem Layla and Manjun.

Who was the drummer for Derek and the Dominos?

Jim Gordon
Derek and the Dominos/Drummers

Derek and the Dominos’ Jim Gordon, Jailed for Killing His Mom, Denied Parole for Fear ‘He’d Hurt Somebody Else’ Fearing a risk of violence if released from prison, a California court has denied parole to Jim Gordon, the Grammy-winning drummer serving a life sentence for killing his mother in 1983.

Who sings Layla Derek and the Dominos?

Derek and the Dominos
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs/Artists

Who sang Layla for Derek and the Dominos?

Layla/Artists

Where did the name Derek and the Dominos come from?

As Clapton recalls, it was Ashton that suggested “Del and the Dominos,” having taken to calling the guitarist “Derek” or “Del” since the Delaney & Bonnie tour. However, according to Whitlock, “the Dynamics” was the name they chose and Ashton mispronounced it when introducing the band.