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"Bell Bottom Blues" was recorded before Duane Allman joined the recording sessions for the Layla album, so Clapton was the only guitarist on the song. [1] [5] [6] Clapton compensated for this by playing multiple guitar parts, including a sensitive, George Harrison-style guitar solo and chime-like harmonics.
Bobby Whitlock – vocals, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ; [57] acoustic guitar (on "Thorn Tree in the Garden") Carl Radle – bass, [57] percussion; Jim Gordon – drums, percussion; piano and backwards cymbal tape loops (on "Layla") [57] Duane Allman – guitar and slide guitar (on all tracks except "I Looked Away," "Bell Bottom Blues," and ...
Only three songs – "I Looked Away", "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Keep on Growing" – were recorded without his participation. The band remade "Tell the Truth" during the sessions and subsequently attempted to have the Spector-produced single cancelled. [65]
In addition, Whitlock helped Clapton finish "Bell Bottom Blues", although he was not initially credited as a co-writer on that song. [48] "Keep on Growing" and "Thorn Tree in the Garden" featured Whitlock on lead vocals, while on other tracks he and Clapton shared the singing in a style reminiscent of Sam & Dave. [1] [49]
"Bell Bottom Blues" may refer to: "Bell Bottom Blues" (Carr/David song), 1953 song popularized by Teresa Brewer in the United States and Alma Cogan in the United Kingdom "Bell Bottom Blues" (Derek and the Dominos song), 1970 song written by Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock, and popularized by his band Derek and the Dominos
During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends. Clapton contributed uncredited (although openly acknowledged) guitar work on Harrison's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the Beatles' self-titled double album (also known as the White Album), and Harrison co-wrote and played guitar on Cream's "Badge" from Goodbye.
Accompanying Clapton on this album are guitarist Andy Fairweather-Low, drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Nathan East and keyboardists Billy Preston, Greg Phillinganes and David Sancious (who also plays guitar and melodica). Clapton claimed that this would be his last world tour, making this album initially more valuable.
In Concert is a live double album, recorded by Derek and the Dominos in October 1970 at the Fillmore East and released January 1973.. Six of the album's nine tracks were later included on the 1994 album Live at the Fillmore.