Battle of the Guitar Gods, round 2: Eric Clapton VS Yngwie Malmsteen

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Originally Posted by StuntmanMike

Allman gets credit for the signature riff, but they both trade guitar licks throughout. From wikipedia:

Clapton originally wrote "Layla" as a ballad, with lyrics describing his unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, but the song became a "rocker" when Allman reportedly helped to compose the song's signature riff.[9] With the band assembled and Dowd producing, "Layla" was recorded in its original form. The recording consisted of six guitar tracks: a rhythm track by Clapton, three tracks of harmonies played by Clapton against the main riff, a track of slide guitar by Allman, and one track with both Allman and Clapton playing duplicate solos.[9][11]

Shortly afterward, Clapton returned to the studio, where he heard Gordon playing a piano piece he had composed separately. Clapton, impressed by the piece, convinced Gordon to allow it to be used as part of the song.[7] "Layla's" second movement was recorded roughly a week after the first, with Gordon playing his piano part, Clapton playing acoustic guitar and slide guitar, and Allman playing electric and bottleneck slide guitar.[9][11] After Dowd spliced the two movements together,[9] "Layla" was complete.

Just listening to the first two tracks on this album right now, it sounds to me like Duane really dominates and that Clapton plays in more of a rhythm guitar role.

If the two of them were pitted against one another in a poll I'd have to take Duane. The man's tone is just unbeatable.

Surely a man of your background has heard the Taj Mahal slide guitar albums that inspired Duane, yeah?