“He said, ‘We’re going to make a record, and we’re going to have two guitar players.’ Then we made the Layla album”: Duane Allman on the first time he met Eric Clapton and made an instant classic

Duane Allman and Eric Clapton.

As fast friends and close collaborators, Eric Clapton and Duane Allman formed one of rock guitar’s most potent partnerships.

They may not have been in a band together per se, but that didn’t stop them from working together on one of Slowhand’s most iconic recordings.