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
Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse Mann's singer Paul Jones suggested putting together an all-star band to mark the occasion. The band included Eric Clapton on guitar, Paul Jones on harmonica and Jack Bruce on bass (from Manfred Mann), Steve Winwood on vocals and Pete York on drums (from the Spencer Davis Group), and Ben Palmer on piano (who had previously played with Clapton and Jones as a member of the Roosters). Originally, Ginger Baker was intended to fill the drummer's position, but he was unavailable at the time. The Powerhouse only recorded a few songs in March 1966 (produced by Boyd), three of which were