“Lay Down Sally” by Eric Clapton

"Lay Down Sally" rolled out of Slowhand, Eric Clapton's November 1977 album, a country blues cut in the easygoing manner of J. J. Cale. Clapton wrote it with Marcy Levy and George Terry, and he gave his band a share of the feel: with Oklahoma's Carl Radle on bass, Jamie Oldaker on drums, Terry on guitar and Dick Sims on organ, this was a Tulsa outfit that played it that way by instinct, their idea of drive being subtle rather than loud. Glyn Johns produced.

Billboard called Clapton's vocal low key but earthy and singled out Levy, who sings behind him with Yvonne Elliman. It reached 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and crossed over to 26 on the Hot Country Songs chart in April 1978, his best showing there.

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