Although he hated to do it, Anonymous, in a comment, stole my thunder and Nominated Pink Floyd "The Wall". Other thunder theives followed and I was forced to accept the following nominations: Beatles "White Album", Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street", Led Zeppelin "Physical Graffiti", and Bob Dylan "Blonde on Blonde".
Well, I got plenty of thunder left, how about:
"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", by Derrick and The Dominoes. This 1970 album is one of the best Rock albums ever and is a field-day for a Rock Trivia freak like me. After the break up of Blind Faith, Eric Clapton went on tour with Delaney and Bonnie. Delaney and Bonnie's backing band, with Clapton on guitar, became Derrick and the Dominoes. The group's name reportedly resulted from a gaffe made by the announcer at their first concert, who mispronounced the band's provisional name --"Eric & The Dynamos" -- as "Derek & The Dominos".
Inspiration and theme of the album = Clapton was depressed and doing a lot of drugs, including heroine, because he was madly in love with his best friend's (George Harrison) wife Pattie Boyd.
What puts this album over the top is the fact that Duane Allman showed up in the studio and ended up playing slide guitar on almost every song.
Everyone has heard the songs "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues", but the other songs are great as well. Take love songs like "I Looked Away", "I Am Yours", "Anyday", and "Thorn Tree In The Garden" and add blues jams such as "Keep On Growing", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out","Key To The Highway", "Tell The Truth", and "Have You Ever Loved A Woman". Finally, top it all off with a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" and a song that in my opinion has some of the best guitar playing of any song ever recorded, "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?"
Sort of Happy ending = In 1977, Boyd divorced Harrison and, in 1979, married Clapton. The two later divorced in 1988.
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