![]() There was another problem, too, that in some ways was even harder to deal with. Record label boss Ahmet Ertegun took the unusual step of taking Clapton aside and begging him not to go down the road he'd seen taken by Ray Charles and other greats. Waking late in the morning they would exercise all day, walking and swimming to prepare for their excesses each night in the studio.įor those working with the band, it was all deeply disturbing. It wasn't easy, but then the creative floodgates openedĪccording to Clapton's biographer, Paul Scott, the band was consuming "vast quantities of weapons-grade narcotics". Now holed up in Miami, the Dominos carried a heavy musical burden - help Clapton write a musical letter that would win back the woman he still loved. Obsessed with the music of The Band, Clapton was trying to create his own band of brothers, in effect to sidestep the expectations of stardom. Bassist Carl Radle and keyboard player Bobby Whitlock were not far behind. ![]() Drummer Jim Gordon was as good as they get. Unable to steal his wife, Clapton had taken off with George's band, a group he now called Derek and the Dominos.ĭespite the curious name, it was no ordinary set of musicians. ![]() Neglected and betrayed by her own husband, Pattie had grown close to Clapton, but in the end she could not bring herself to run away with him. She was the wife of one of Clapton's closest friends: former Beatle George Harrison. ![]() Pattie Boyd and George Harrison photographed in 1966, shortly before their wedding. ![]()
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