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The hit song “Layla” by Derek and the Dominoes remains one of Eric Clapton’s crowning achievements. However, for artist Rita Coolidge, it was a reminder of the music industry’s often unfair dealings.

In the world of rock music, 1970 was a year of disasters. From the Beatles’ breakup to the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, it felt that year as if the very pillars of rock music were being ...

Eric Clapton needed a new path after he decided Cream was no longer going to be his way forward. Derek and the Dominos, an all-star collection of players that cohered like a band that had been ...

MOORHEAD — Music is in Derek Trucks’ blood. He is the nephew of founding Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks, is named after the short-lived Eric Clapton band Derek and the Dominos and married ...

Maybe it was in his DNA. Or his upbringing. Or maybe it was inevitable that Derek Trucks would become a guitar hero. He is the nephew of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. He’s named after Derek & ...

What if someone released an impassioned twin-guitar genius record and nobody cared? That’s basically what happened – at least initially – with the only album from Derek and the Dominos. Issued on Nov.