#onthisday (well, tonight) 53 years ago...

On August 23, 1970, the members of Derek and the Dominos' flew to Miami, Florida to begin recording with Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd. The first few days of the sessions were unproductive.

On August 26th, Dowd, who was also producing the Allman Brothers Band's album "Idlewild South", took the Dominos to an Allman Brothers concert. After the concert, Eric Clapton invited the whole band back to Criteria that night for an impromptu jam session. After the all-night session, Duane Allman asked Eric Clapton if he could attend the recording sessions. Clapton agreed on the condition that Allman also play on the sessions.

EC and #skydog formed an instant bond. Over ten recording dates, Allman contributed to the majority of the album Derek and the Dominos were recording, in between his commitments to the Allman Brothers Band.

The LP that was released from these session was called "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs"

The rest, as they say, is history.

On this date in 1970 I was about to begin my senior year of high school in Fayetteville, NC. That night I attended a concert where the headliners were Canned Heat. But, I was there to see the warm up act, The Allman Brothers Band. They would return 6 months later as the headliners.
#TheAllmanBrothersBand #Skydog

You have to be impressed by the whole #skydog slide guitar thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZr1MQyOqo

Born #onthisday in 1898, "Blind Willie” McTell was one of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s.

One of my Blind Willie songs is Statesboro Blues, which has a long and distinguished history which led (through Taj and Jessie Ed Davis) to the Allman Brothers Band epic "At Fillmore East".

Blind Willie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWxZtI3ONY
Taj Mahal with Jessie Ed Davis on slide guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7elbEorxA
#skydog and the ABB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWy3Q30Cn2A

RIP Jim Gordon, troubled Derek and the Dominos drummer.

Gordon is also credited with contributing the piano coda for the classic "Layla":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY4czO5329U

#skydog

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jim-gordon-drummer-layla-cowriter-dead-1235555775/

"This year I will be more thoughtful of my fellow man, expect more effort in each of my endeavors professionally as well as personally, take love whenever I find it and offer it to everyone who will take it. In the coming year I will seek knowledge from those wiser than me and try to teach those who wish to learn from me. I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can"

New Year's resolutions from #skydog #onthisday 54 years ago...