Layla (second part) is an incredible masterpiece. The guitar work by Allman and Clapton is brilliant and a gift to history. Producer Tom Dowd deserves lot of credit for mixing the song. I've listened lots of times to both the original Dowd mix and the later early 1990s remix(lots more slide guitar by Skydog ). Each version has its merits and I rate both of them a 10. Sad that no decent live recreation of the coda can be done because of all the studio mixing. I've seen Clapton play the coda on the web at 20 different concerts with many different guitarists and none of the live performances are close to the original (best one, in my view is the one where Eric plays a red Strat with Phil Collins on drums). I hate the Layla unplugged version, always have. Like taking a chain saw to a Ferrari. Man, Skydog was incredible and unique, Eric's equal when both were at their peak.
Layla (second part) is an incredible masterpiece. The guitar work by Allman and Clapton is brilliant and a gift to history. Producer Tom Dowd deserves lot of credit for mixing the song. I've listened lots of times to both the original Dowd mix and the later early 1990s remix(lots more slide guitar by Skydog ). Each version has its merits and I rate both of them a 10. Sad that no decent live recreation of the coda can be done because of all the studio mixing. I've seen Clapton play the coda on the web at 20 different concerts with many different guitarists and none of the live performances are close to the original (best one, in my view is the one where Eric plays a red Strat with Phil Collins on drums). I hate the Layla unplugged version, always have. Like taking a chain saw to a Ferrari. Man, Skydog was incredible and unique, Eric's equal when both were at their peak.