Eric Clapton the final name became "Derek and the Dominos". Clapton's close friendship with George Harrison brought him into contact with Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd, with whom he became deeply infatuated. When she spurned his advances, Clapton's unrequited affections prompted most of the material for the Dominos' album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" (1970). Heavily blues-influenced, the album features the twin lead guitars of Clapton and Duane Allman, with Allman's slide guitar as a key ingredient of the sound. Working at Criteria Studios in Miami with Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd, who had worked with Clapton on Cream's "Disraeli Gears", the
Cloud 9 (George Harrison song) compilation album "Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989". Harrison played it in live performances in 1991 and 1992, including his final full live concert at Royal Albert Hall in England on 6 April 1992. A live performance recorded during Harrison's 1991 Japanese tour with Clapton was included on the live album "Live in Japan". According to Inglis, the call and response vocals between Harrison and backing vocalists give this version a "more soulful feel" than the version on "Cloud Nine". Cloud 9 (George Harrison song) "Cloud 9" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison that was released as the