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Classic Rock Continues into the 1990s

 

Compare Clapton's two recorded versions of 'Layla'

Eric Clapton

Layla (compare 2 versions)

Derek & the Dominoes (1970)

    • Listen for:
      • opening guitar riff
      • verse: 8th-note subdivisions (duple)
      • chorus: 16th-note subdivisions (quadruple)

Eric Clapton (1992)

    • shuffle feel (triple subdivision of the beat)
Clapton in 1974
Derek & the Dominoes
Clapton in God!
Clapton with Cream in 1967
Clapton with his Grammys

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