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johnfowles · 11-25-2005, 02:38 PM

Re one time Lightfoot band drummer Jim Gordon
I wanted to post this but found the earlier topic that covers the same ground so am replying to that instead of starting a new topic
A MSN pop up brought me this page entitled
" 10 most romantic gestures of all time" at:-
http://msn.match.com/msn/article.asp...44657&menuid=7
for once a pop up was worth reading as it answered a long held question of mine "why Layla was so named"
6. Eric Clapton's Love Song Layla
Talk about annoying neighbors: When guitarist Eric Clapton moved into best friend George
Harrison's neighborhood, he fell in love with Harrison's wife, fashion model Pattie Boyd. Clapton pleaded for her to leave her Beatle, but Pattie tuned out his requests. Despondent, he began recording a song, fueled by the words of the ancient Persian love poem, The Story of Layla and Majnun. The resulting tune, Layla which included the lyric "Please don't say, we'll never find a way, and tell me all my love's in vain" was a hit in more ways than one. Pattie soon left her husband and got hitched to Clapton. Even though they divorced nine years later, the popularity of "their song" will probably last forever.
Now to discover why the group that recorded it was called Derek And The Dominoes?
in googling for an answer on:-
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=785
which I repeatedly found was reluctant to open so try the "cached" version at:-
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache

p60L0PcaoIJ:www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso%3Fid%3D785+derek+dominoes&hl=en
There I discovered that Derek And The Dominoes was formed after Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon worked on George Harrison's first post-Beatles album, All Things Must Pass.
Jim apparently is(or was*) now prisoner C89262 in the California Men's Colony at San Luis Obispo. He killed his mother on June 3, 1983, by pounding her head with a hammer
I also read on that page that it was in fact Jim who played the superb piano ending of the full length version of Layla . Other contibutors said it was Phil Spector.Whatever for me one of those riffs that you never want to stop
Finally an answer from:-
http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=100
"Tony Ashton, real funny guy, was going to introduce us, but we didn't have a name, so we said, "Well, we're The Dynamics." We used to call each other nicknames, and Eric was "Derek," so we said, "How about Derek and The Dynamics." He said, "That's fine" and went out on stage to introduce us - he said "Ladies and gentlemen, Derek And The Dominoes."

Jim Gordon of course has a Lightfoot connection as he played drums on the Sundown album and on COTS's "The House You Live In"
and on Summertime Dream
John Fowles
picture from:-
http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Jim_Gordon.html
which has links to mp3s of both Layla and Carefree Highway

* his sentence was 18 years in 1983 so presumably he is now free anybody know???

11-25-2005, 02:38 PM	#8
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re one time Lightfoot band drummer Jim Gordon I wanted to post this but found the earlier topic that covers the same ground so am replying to that instead of starting a new topic A MSN pop up brought me this page entitled " 10 most romantic gestures of all time" at:- http://msn.match.com/msn/article.asp...44657&menuid=7 for once a pop up was worth reading as it answered a long held question of mine "why Layla was so named" 6. Eric Clapton's Love Song Layla Talk about annoying neighbors: When guitarist Eric Clapton moved into best friend George Harrison's neighborhood, he fell in love with Harrison's wife, fashion model Pattie Boyd. Clapton pleaded for her to leave her Beatle, but Pattie tuned out his requests. Despondent, he began recording a song, fueled by the words of the ancient Persian love poem, The Story of Layla and Majnun. The resulting tune, Layla which included the lyric "Please don't say, we'll never find a way, and tell me all my love's in vain" was a hit in more ways than one. Pattie soon left her husband and got hitched to Clapton. Even though they divorced nine years later, the popularity of "their song" will probably last forever. Now to discover why the group that recorded it was called Derek And The Dominoes? in googling for an answer on:- http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=785 which I repeatedly found was reluctant to open so try the "cached" version at:- http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cachep60L0PcaoIJ:www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso%3Fid%3D785+derek+dominoes&hl=en There I discovered that Derek And The Dominoes was formed after Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon worked on George Harrison's first post-Beatles album, All Things Must Pass. Jim apparently is(or was) now prisoner C89262 in the California Men's Colony at San Luis Obispo. He killed his mother on June 3, 1983, by pounding her head with a hammer I also read on that page that it was in fact Jim who played the superb piano ending of the full length version of Layla . Other contibutors said it was Phil Spector.Whatever for me one of those riffs that you never want to stop Finally an answer from:- http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=100 "Tony Ashton, real funny guy, was going to introduce us, but we didn't have a name, so we said, "Well, we're The Dynamics." We used to call each other nicknames, and Eric was "Derek," so we said, "How about Derek and The Dynamics." He said, "That's fine" and went out on stage to introduce us - he said "Ladies and gentlemen, Derek And The Dominoes." Jim Gordon of course has a Lightfoot connection as he played drums on the Sundown album and on COTS's "The House You Live In" and on Summertime Dream John Fowles picture from:- http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Jim_Gordon.html which has links to mp3s of both Layla and Carefree Highway his sentence was 18 years in 1983 so presumably he is now free anybody know???