Rita coolidge stephen stills7/9/2023 ![]() I finally called Robert Stigwood, Eric’s manager. Coolidge writes in her autobiography that she was denied songwriting credit and royalties for the song through bullying by Clapton’s manager: I told my producer, David Anderle and A&M’s co-founder, Jerry Moss about not getting credit on ‘Layla’ - in fact, I told everyone I knew. When the song reached its finale, a piano section with two melodies countering one another. Coolidge writes that in 1970 she Gordon were composing a piece on the piano that they called “Time (Don’t Let The World Get In Our Way).” After recording a demo on cassette they played the song for Clapton but he never said anything about it.Ĭoolidge says that a year later she was in the middle of a photo shoot when “Layla” came on the radio. While dating Jim Gordon in 1970 Coolidge and the drummer often wrote together and she claims that one of their pieces ended up on Clapton’s Derek and the Dominos album. ![]() The two hit it off and started dating while touring with the singing group Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. In her early days of living in Los Angeles she met Jim Gordon, an in-demand session drummer who who worked regularly with Eric Clapton. I’m told that he wrote it about me, and there’s a lot of poetic freedom in there. During that time, after I left the house, is when Leon wrote ‘Delta Lady.’ He produced the record for Joe at his studio on Skyhill. I lived at his house on Skyhill Drive for probably seven months or so. In 2019 she said that she’s not entirely sure if “Delta Lady” is about her in spite of rumors to the contrary: When I went out to California, I drove out with Leon from Memphis. Seemingly at the center of multiple song writing sessions, both “Delta Lady” and “A Song For You” by Leon Russell and Joe Cocker are written about her, but the her relationship with the two singer-songwriters soured when she decided to get out of Russell and Cocker’s party heavy scene. “I’m still here and I still have a lot of gratitude for the whole process of being able to make music.”Įxplore our Derek and the Dominos Artist Page.In 1969 Rita Coolidge was one of the most in demand women in the industry. “Sometimes the path is surrounded by rainbows, and sometimes it’s buried in the mud,” says Coolidge. She’ll then come to the UK for a four-night residency at Boisdale in London from 14-17 May. ![]() Coolidge debuted songs from the album at South By Southwest last month, and will mark the album release with a performance at L.A.’s famous Troubadour on 30 April. Safe in the Arms of Time will be released in multiple formats, including a three-sided white vinyl collector’s edition with a special silkscreen on the fourth side. Coolidge’s autobiography Delta Lady: A Memoir was widely acclaimed on its 2016 publication. Her own Anytime…Anywhere set of 1977 went platinum in the US, and the follow-up ‘Love Me Again’ was gold. I’m extremely proud of it.”Īs a solo artist, Coolidge’s track record includes gold-certified 1977 US hits with covers of Jackie Wilson’s ‘(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher’ and Boz Scaggs’ ‘We’re All Alone.’ She’s also known for other signatures such as ‘The Way You Do The Things You Do,’ ‘I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love,’ the James Bond movie theme ‘All Time High’ and her series of albums with former husband Kris Kristofferson, including the gold-selling Full Moon. “The idea was making an album that had the same appeal of my early records - to make a roots record about my own roots. “I’ve written so many songs assuming a role like an actor, but this time I got to write from experience,” says Coolidge. scene, Russ Kunkel, offered her their song ‘Doing Fine Without You’ two years before she began recording the album. The new album, produced by Ross Hogarth, features three new Coolidge co-writes, including two composed with one of her own longtime favourites, Keb’ Mo’, who sings with her on ‘Walking On Water.’ She co-wrote ‘You Can Fall In Love’ with Stan Lynch, from Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers Nash and another revered name from that L.A. It was created at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, where she began her solo recording career with her self-titled A&M Records debut of 1971. ![]() Two-time Grammy-winning vocalist and composer Rita Coolidge will return with the album Safe In The Arms Of Time on 4 May on Blue Elan Records. ![]()
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