Bell Bottom Blues

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"Bell Bottom Blues" is a blues-rock song by Derek and the Dominos, co-written and performed by Eric Clapton, renowned for its emotional guitar work and themes of unrequited love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (40th Anniversary Edition)
surface form: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
associatedBand Derek and the Dominos
associatedWithArtist Eric Clapton
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre blues rock
rock
hasBackingInstrument organ
piano
hasCriticalReputation considered one of Eric Clapton’s classic songs
hasEra early 1970s rock
hasGuitarStyle bent notes and vibrato
melodic lead lines
hasLyricalTheme heartbreak
longing
unrequited love
hasMusicalFeature emotional guitar work
hasNotableElement expressive guitar solos
impassioned vocal delivery
hasNotableInstrument electric guitar
slide guitar
hasOriginalMedium vinyl record
hasRhythmSection bass guitar
drums
hasSongStructure verse-chorus form
hasSubject emotional pain
romantic rejection
hasTempo slow to mid-tempo
includedIn compilations of Eric Clapton’s work
influencedByGenre blues
soul
label Atco Records
Polydor Records
language English
leadGuitar Eric Clapton
partOf Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (40th Anniversary Edition)
surface form: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
performer Derek and the Dominos
producer Tom Dowd
recordedAt Criteria Studios, Miami
recordingYear 1970
releaseYear 1970
side album track on Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
vocalist Eric Clapton
writer Bobby Whitlock
Eric Clapton

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Eric Clapton notableWork Bell Bottom Blues
Derek and the Dominos notableSong Bell Bottom Blues
Pattie Boyd inspiredWork Bell Bottom Blues