LAY
DOWN SALLY
ERIC
CLAPTON
SONGWRITERS: ERIC CLAPTON; MERCY LEVY & GEORGE
TERRY
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: SLOWHAND
LABEL: POLYDOR
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1977
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945) is
an English rock and blues guitarist,
singer, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most important and
influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's list
of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"
and fourth in Gibson's
"Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine's list
of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.
After playing in a number of different local
bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963, replacing founding guitarist Top Topham.
Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds sound from blues rock to a more
radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left in 1965 to play with John Mayall
& the Bluesbreakers. On leaving Mayall in
1966, after one album, he formed the power trio Cream with
drummer Ginger Baker and
bassist Jack Bruce, in
which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based
psychedelic pop". After Cream broke up in November 1968, he formed the blues rock band Blind Faith with
Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech,
recording one album and performing on one tour before they broke up. Clapton embarked on a solo career
in 1970.
Alongside his solo career, he also performed
with Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the
Dominos, with whom he recorded "Layla", one of his signature
songs. He continued to record a number of
successful solo albums and songs over the next several decades, including a
1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"
(which helped reggae reach a mass market), the country-infused Slowhand album (1977)
and the pop rock of 1986's August.
Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven",
which appeared on his Unplugged album, and in 1996 he had another top-40 hit with the R&B
crossover "Change the World". In 1998, he released the Grammy
award-winning "My Father's Eyes". Since
1999, he has recorded a number of traditional blues and blues rock albums and
hosted the periodic Crossroads
Guitar Festival. His most recent studio album is
Happy Xmas(2018).
Clapton has received 18 Grammy Awards as well as the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2004, he was awarded a CBE for services to music. He has received four Ivor Novello
Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors,
including the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the Only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and
separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.
In his solo career, Clapton has sold more
than 280 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling
musicians of all time. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering
alcoholic and drug addict, founded
the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a
medical facility for recovering substance abusers.
Slowhand is the fifth full-length studio
album by Eric Clapton.
Released on 25 November 1977 by RSO Records,
and titled after Clapton's nickname, it is one of his most commercially and
critically successful studio albums. Slowhand produced the two hit singles
"Lay Down Sally"
and "Wonderful Tonight",
reached various international music charts and was honoured with numerous
awards and recording certifications.
In 2012, a deluxe
edition was released to celebrate the album's 35th anniversary.
There is nothing that
is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me
I know you've got somewhere to go
But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me?
And don't you ever
leave
Lay down, Sally, and
rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you
Sun ain't nearly on
the rise
We still got the moon and stars above
Underneath the velvet skies, love is all that matters
Won't you stay with me? Don't you ever leave
Lay down, Sally, and
rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, and no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you
I long to see the
morning light
Color in your face so dreamily
So don't you go and say goodbye
You can lay your worries down and stay with me
And don't you ever leave
Lay down, Sally, and
rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you
Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you.
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