Unrequited love—is there anything more painful? Indeed, such is the inspiration for the all-time classic rock song by Eric Clapton. The six-string artist took from his own experience and that of a ...

As backstories go it's up there with the best: mercurially-gifted superstar guitarist with a passion for the blues falls hopelessly in love with the wife of his best friend, an ex-Beatle, then writes ...

In 1970, Eric Clapton wrote his secret love, Pattie Boyd, one of the most famous classic rock love songs, “Layla.” Before he showed his tune to the object of his affection, Clapton sent Boyd, the wife ...

The love triangle of George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd just might be the most famous in all of rock and roll history...not least because it resulted in some of the biggest hits of all time ...

Eric Clapton is on the short list of greatest guitarists of all time, laying down some of the nastiest guitar riffs and solos of all time. Perhaps his greatest work came in at No. 11 on Guitar World's ...

Few rock songs are as emotionally charged — or as personally complicated — as "Layla," the Derek and the Dominos epic born out of an impossible love triangle involving Eric Clapton, George Harrison, ...

It's one of the defining guitar songs in rock history, but it never became a No. 1 hit. "Layla," by Derek and the Dominos, which features iconic dual guitar solos from Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, ...

"We were a make-believe band," Clapton later said in an interview with music journalist Anthony DeCurtis. "We were all hiding inside it," Clapton continued. "Derek and the Dominos — the whole thing.