Does the instrumental at the end of Derek and the Dominos "Layla" have a title of its own?
Question #126455. Asked by Philip_Eno.
Last updated Jan 02 2017.
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Datsmeharse 16 year member
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Either there's no title or "Time" depending on who you believe.
Most people credit the melody to Jim Gordon, and refer to it as simply the piano coda.
The band's keyboardist Bobby Whitlock however, credits Gordon's then-girlfriend Rita Coolidge composing the main melody, as part of a song called "Time" and that Gordon ripped it off. http://www.thegearpage.net/board/archive/index.php/t-456175.html
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Coolidge has never claimed authorship, though she most likely wants nothing to do with Gordon, who physically abused her and ended up in prison for murder.
Response last updated by CmdrK on Jan 02 2017.
Jul 22 2012, 4:10 PM