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
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton 13–24 as 1–12 above in stereo. This version of the album was also issued by Universal Japan, on the Decca label, in 2001 This release added two bonus tracks from a single: "Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton" reached number six on the UK Album Chart in 1966. In 1998, it was certified as "Gold" by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of more than 100,000. Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton ( The Beano Album) is a 1966 blues/blues rock album recorded by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton as part of the band.