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Anyone know anything about BBB's release as a single? I haven't been able to find anything except this page, which includes a picture of a Bell Bottom Blues/Keep On Growing single. It'd be great if we could use that photo; I'm not sure how the copyright of the cover and the copyright of the photographer work together. The site does have an e-mail address provided, so I may contact him/her to see about it. Deltabeignet 06:19, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have just made some changes to the formatting of this page. The content is good; I hope I have made some 'visual' improvements, and that what I have done is okay.MJ Digs 11:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Eric Clapton explains the history of the song in his autobiography. The current explanation of the song is pretty far off the mark - the song is actually about his unrequited love for Patty Boyd. I'll try and find the specific passage that explains the story behind the song, but yeah, the current history - while an interesting story - isn't true. SeligErasmus 20:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The song might have been inspired by Clapton's feelings for Patti Boyd, but the lyrics speak of a different relationship. It's about a breakup. The key line: "Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?"
Roy Croft (talk) 15:46, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
According to Bobby Whitlock he co-wrote the song after Clapton began it in France. Also it was not about Patti Boyd but a non-English speaking temporary girl friend: The band was in France when the inspiration for this song hit. Says Whitlock: "Eric met this girl, she was like a Persian princess or something, and she wore bell bottoms. She was all hung up on him - he gave her a slide that Duane (Allman) had given him and he wrapped it in leather and she wore it around her neck. She didn't speak a word of English and they had to date through an interpreter. That relationship did not last but a week. He started the song over there, then when we got back to England, we finished it up in his TV room in Heartwood Edge."
Whitlock points to a dispute over the credits due to the number of songs he wrote on Layla and other love songs: Whitlock did not get a songwriting credit for this, but has no hard feelings: "That's part of the ego thing. Had I been credited on 'Bell Bottom Blues,' that would have meant I had more songs on the Layla album than Eric. At that time he had a massive ego trip going. In 2000, Eric played with me on a show. We did 'Bell Bottom Blues' and a couple of other songs. We actually played with all the other bands that night; Giants is the DVD that's out of that show. I didn't say anything to anyone about me having written 'Bell Bottom Blues,' I think it's just something everybody knows. They did an interview at the piano and Jools Holland said, "How did you and Eric come about writing 'Bell Bottom Blues?' In front of like 50 million people, I told the story. I said, 'The rest of it, you'll have to ask Eric,' and the camera pans over to Eric and he's shaking his head like I'm absolutely right. Eric wasn't looking after his business back then. He had management to do that. He was playing. It was no business stuff - nobody was into publishing or that whole thing. It was more of an ego trip with that thing." This is from the website:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18
Saorlab (talk) 07:11, 24 August 2011 (UTC)Martin Brennan[reply]
This song as with many others (eg Keep on Growing) has been adopted by Derek (named after Derek as in Dominos) Trucks and his wife Susan (Born on the day Layla was released) Tedeschi (both as TTB) notably at the London Palladium 6th November 2022. Derek is ex Allman Brothers... I strongly feel there should be a mention of them in the "adaptations" section - especially as their version is F-brilliant... just saying 92.1.65.238 (talk) 20:02, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]