Guitarist

Albums

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Layla Revisited (Live At Lockn’)

Fantasy Records

 10/10

A different Derek… but the same classic Dominos album

Playing Clapton’s Layla album in its entirety might seem like a strange choice for the established Tedeschi Trucks Band, but that feeling soon fades when you listen to it. To begin with, nobody can complain about the material. When Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs was originally released in 1970, it disappointed the die-hard Cream/Blind Faith/Bluesbreakers fans because all of Clapton’s guitar histrionics appeared to have been left behind and what’s more – the horror – he was playing a Strat! The album is now recognised as a seminal recording, and despite Eric including some

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Guitarist

Guitarist2 min read
Taylor Guitars
The Baby Taylor delivers a true three-quarter-size dreadnought, with a scale length of 578mm (22.75 inches), and it can still project thanks to its solid top – spruce (pictured), mahogany or koa – and arched sapele back (laminated). Each variant of t
Guitarist9 min read
Taylor Made
“When I was a young teenager, I loved the idea of playing guitar. At the same time, I was learning how to make things in school ’shop classes…” says Bob Taylor, co-founder of Taylor Guitars. “In my 11th grade high school woodshop class, I made my fir
Guitarist2 min read
The Modern World
Priced the same as the high-end Epiphone models, such as the Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul Standard, the Lite is a very stripped-back thin-bodied LP with a standard-radius rosewood fingerboard. There are no pull-push switched extra sounds here,

Related Books & Audiobooks