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| | Derek & the Dominos : Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Hybrid) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Patti Boyd Harrison, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. |
 | | But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. |
 | | And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo vocal performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself. |
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