Trivia / Derek and the Dominos

• Creator Backlash: The band's concept, at least as explained by Whitlock, was devised in part as a sort of backlash against the eleven-piece Delaney & Bonnie and Friends band. He currently tours the Dominos songs (and his solo output) alongside his wife, a sax player.
• Throw It In!: Upon hearing Sam Samudio in a nearby studio singing "Key to the Highway", the group spontaneously began jamming on the song. Producer Tom Dowd turned on the recording machines a short ways in (supposedly by walking in, hearing them and shouting at someone to roll the fucking tape!, which is why the song fades in), and this nine-minute, solo-packed take found its way onto the final album.
• Uncredited Role: Or in this case, uncredited songwriter. The songwriting credits for the song "Layla" are listed as Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, with the opening vocal section being written by the former and the following instrumental section by the latter. In fact, the latter half of the song was co-written by Gordon and his then-girlfriend Rita Coolidge, derived from the song "Time (Don't Let the World Get in Our Way)," which predates "Layla." Cited in Coolidge's 2016 memoir Delta Lady.[1] She received no songwriting credit for it.