Eric Clapton & Duane Allman - Jam 5

Recorded Live at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, USA August 02, 1970. A few uninspired days into the Layla sessions, Dowd, who was also producing for the Allmans for their album Idlewild South, invited Clapton to an Allman Brothers outdoor concert in Miami, where Clapton first heard Duane Allman play live. The Dominos were sneaked into the show with the help of Dowd and sat between the riser and fans below. At the concert, Dowd distinctly remembers: “Duane was in the middle of a solo; he opens his eyes and looks down, does a dead stare, and stops playing. Dickey Betts is chugging along, see Duane’s stopped playing, and figures he’d better cover, that Duane must’ve broken a string or something. Then Dickey looks down, sees Eric, and turns his back. That was how they first saw each other.“ Formal introductions were made after the show. Eric invited the entire band to Criteria Studios for a jam. After the concert was over, they all came back to the studio and jammed until ap