How did george harrison ever forgive eric clapton for this? The story of layla by eric clapton including the meaning of the lyrics, how the song was written, and much more. Layla was one of the tracks on their first and widely acclaimed album, layla and other assorted songs The song is about the woman he loves Beatles guitarist george harrison’s wife, pattie. “layla” was originally released in november 1970 by the band derek and the dominos, fronted by eric clapton
After initially having limited success, the song became a massive hit later as both an edited rock single in 1972 and a live, acoustic performance by eric clapton on mtv’s unplugged 20 years later. Layla is a song by english rock musician eric clapton and is the title track on the derek and the dominos' album layla and other assorted love songs, released in 1970. This is not a tale of ostentatious displays with diamond rings or grand gestures Instead, the origins of the iconic song “layla” lie in a clandestine narrative, woven in stolen moments, saturated with unrequited longing, and kindled by a flame that society deemed forbidden. The title of the song comes from a poem layla and majnun by the persian poet nezami ganjavi, and eric clapton wrote it about pattie boyd, george harrison's wife at the time Layla, laylah, or leila mean night of dark beauty in some of the languages in middle east.
But, the titular layla was inspired by more than one person.
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