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Watch Eric Clapton’s Epic “Layla” Live Aid Performance By Christopher Scapelliti published 17 May 23 Video Slowhand gives his “Blackie” Fender Stratocaster one of its final outings in this landmark rendition of the Derek and the Dominos classic
