Derek And The Dominos - Keep On Growing Lyrics

Duane Allman appeared after great struggles, passed through, touched the heights for a brief moment, then disappeared.

One of the all time best albums for sure but I wasn't really impressed with the cover art.

LOVE all these songs! Thank you!
ALSO, Sorry - but who are the idiots who go out of their way to click on this link, expecting anything other than a perfect and FREE copy of this song/album, and then decide to thumb down?? Wtf, seriously.

When a teenager, I first heard this album on reel to reel tape. What an outstanding level of talent that continues to stand the test of time - love it!

I wanna know the 35 that gave this album a thumbs down.

no you don't, you don't want to know that ignorance i'm sure.

@Otisx you're probably right

My Sons named Derek because of this album. My wife and I both agreed long before he was born that if we had a boy his name would be Derek. To this day the ring tone on my alarm is Have you ever loved a woman. My all-time favorite song on my all-time favorite album.

Duane Allman missed this cut so Eric loaded it with guitar..

Fire the guitarist. The Derek guy.

(God this song f'ing cooks)

I was too young to buy this album in the year of its release, but my dad was not, so I've heard it over and over again, I'll never thank Dad enough for teaching me the musical culture which is mine today. This album is one of the most beautiful wonders that rock has produced and this song in particular always gives me the same thrill.

If I was to do cocaine the first thing I do would be to listen to this song.. and then key to the highway

top 5 rock album, although more a blues rock thing, just great stuff and almost every cut is top shelf. I was walking along second ave in the east village in Sept '70 with a friend and we saw the Fillmore East billboard with Derek and the Dominos appearing but we didn't know who they were so no tickets bought...dumbass moment :)

I wouldn’t exist without this album.. literally, my dad told me
When he was drunk that I was conceived while this album was
Playing in a church parking lot lol

👌🏻💕

About half of what first learned as a bass player came from trying to copy Carl Radle's parts on this album. This was before I went back and studied Jamerson, Dunn, Kaye, and the other greats. Radle supports these songs so well and locks in with the great Jim Gordon every time.

Hey paige

Crazy how this isn't even my favorite guitar solo on the album... what a song though

Mesmerized by Eric's layered guitars in studio on what he thought was simply a jam, Bobby wrote the lyrics in 20 minutes and suggested to Eric to do their Sam and Dave thing...Simply Magical.

Blind faith > Derek and the dominos

Some of the best duel guitar playing ever....LOVE THIS GROWING UP AND AT 65 YRS. OLD STILL DIGGIN IT...

This is actually all Clapton on this song. Just various guitar tracks.

Guitar heaven

It sounds like those guitars are dancing around and just generally having one helluva good time !! Love this tune.....

Their good time turned into this classic rock album.

Copy two? i think

Rip Skydog!!!!

Who are you

i heard this wonderful song from mexico🌋

A short, cool story related to this song. It was 1976 July5th at the Chicago Stadium, the lineup...Santana and Eric Clapton! Carlos took the room down with his performance, hard act to follow, when E.C made his appearance there was only one song to open his show... Layla he grabbed the crowd instantly! At some point in the show between songs someone in the crowd was yelling for Eric to play a particular song, i could not hear the request as i was to far away. E.C stepped back told his band the song and started in with Keep on Growing! So everytime i hear this track this is the moment that comes to mind. Thank you for your indulgence!

This band is so unbelievably good - what a masterpiece of an album.

Most magnificent coda in rock music. Ecstacy ~~~

Best album of all time. Seriously. Try me in the comments and I will easily refute any counter-submissions.

@Danny Forshaw That's another great one.

The best album is your OWN all-time fave. Majesty.

(shhhh....Neil Young's Tonight's The Night [get a tetanus shot before Side A])

#hello_waterface #more_barn

@Richard Prosser love Layla & Assorted to death, but agree would put the "genius" of Abbey above.

Clapton is still God.

[shhh Neil Young's Tonight's The Night...raw n tragic]

This thread gave me some really nice music recommendations, thanks @all

PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

I bet none of them knew how to play dominoes

..this version DOES NOT have the ''WOOO'' @ .21.....therefore ...you will get nothing, and like it,..... good day to you sir.

All I can say is...WOW!!!

Bobby Whitlock.

Whitlock nailed it.

How is it possible that 21 people are compelled enough to give this amazing song a thumbs down.

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guitar interplay between E and D was so good! Never duplicated in rock. Duane left us way too early

johnnykR9 Duane didn’t play on this track, and on I looked Away and Bell Bottom Blues, Clapton was the only guitarist here.
But you feel its influence in Clapton’s play, and the influence of Clapton on Allman. What a feeling between them ! One of the bast collaboration in music world !

Clapton + Whitlock + Radle + Gordon + Duane = Indescribably special

What a masterpiece.

Bobby Whitlock genious vocalist and together they made one of the best Albums in that time, still one of favorits

I got this album out of the trash. Perfectly good copy, plays without a scratch. Recorded it to digital, drove many a mile listening to it. Never, ever gets even close to stale.

Super song. Just builds up with all that rhythm.

sorry about the buffering

Tragedy! Derek and The Dominos is NOT in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!One of the greatest bands and albums of all time!!! It’s unbelievable! The influence of “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” is immeasurable! Please voters and critics, please recognize greatness!

Putting D&tD's in the R&RHOF would put Clapton in 4 times with 3
different bands and as a solo artist! HE DESERVES 4 ENTRIES !!
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Most of my favorites are too good for that dive too!!!
It's more for the Crapenters, etc.

One of the greatest bands, albums and pieces of music in rock n roll history! This particular song is all EC. Many over dubs. You can hear Bobby Whitlock tell the story if you you tube it. Jim Gordon’s drumming, Carl Radle’s bass, Bobby Whitlock’s writing, keyboards and singing, and of course Eric and Duane’s guitar work on this album is unmatched. *Here is the bad news: Derek and The Dominos are NOT in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame! One of the biggest tragedies I’ve ever heard! We need an uprising to bring this to the attention of the music industry voters. One of the most influential and original albums and groups in the history of rock n roll. Please help! Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. This oversight and lack of recognition is mind boggling!

I totally agree.

Best Rock Band !!!!!

What would this world be without this album? A much poorer place my friends....

@Rick Johnson Duane not Gregg

@Rick Johnson They cooked on this album.

I still listen to it every day !!

@Rick Johnson Yes it was Duane, but you are so right Jim Gordon and Carl Radle were the glue that held this family together for as long as the drug involvement would allow....so thankful we have this album to remember the workmanship they forged together ! Jim Gordon is and will always be the best drummer in the world to me, I'm so sad that undiagnosed mental illness was waiting in the wings to take him and his Mom down like that. I pray for him to this day and it's 2019 now ....

Fuck yeah so good

Look, Duane, Eric et al. Greatess! But, if not for Bobby Whitlock, this album would have been just a shell of itself!

Remember rockin' to this album as a teen growing up in Cleveland, Ohio listening to WMMS FM.

I didn't realize what a decent dance groove this song is.....

why dont we hear music of this quality anymore closest thing is tedeschi trucks

This was the last song they recorded before Duane joined them in the studio.

Favourite song off the album..

Mine too

I didn't read all the cool comments but did anyone mention Tom Dowd..The all time best Producer and Engineer? He had a HUGE hand on how awesome this album sounds...

This album lacks highs! I can make it sound good with an equalizer.

I suspect he had "bright" studio monitors, causing him to adjust the
highs too low while recording. Speakers are notoriously fickle!

The late great Carl Radle on bass......so tasty.

I was laughing,
Playing in the streets, I was unknowing;
I didn't know my fate.
Playing
The game of love, but never really showing;
I thought that love could wait.

I was a young man and sure to go astray.
You walked right into my life and told me love would find a way
To keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing.

I was standing,
Looking in the face of one who loved me,
Feeling so ashamed.
Hoping,
And praying, Lord, that she could understand me,
But I didn't know her name.

She took my hand in hers and told me I was wrong.
She said, you're gonna be all right boy, oh just as long
As you keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing. Yeah,
yeah, yeah.

Maybe,
Someday baby, who knows where or when, Lord,
Just you wait and see.
We'll be walking,
Together hand in hand, alone forever;
Woman just you and me.

'Cause time is gonna change us, Lord, and I know it's true;
Our love is gonna keep on glowing and growing and it's all we
gotta do.
Keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing. Yeah, yeah,
yeah.

Keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing.

Awesome song. Love Tedeschi Trucks version.

Jim Gordon is so good on this song and on this album as a whole. He was a complete genius when it came to drumming.

It is sad tragedy how his life turned out. Lost in schizophrenia and incarcerated for life.

jim had that rare ability of playing for the song, playing unique, and never being too sterile! feel, soul, and knack for playing beautiful parts

if any drummer i try to play like as a baseline, right there

+Kevin- very sad, he was a rock drumming genius

Bobby Whitlock was the best vocalist in this band. Doesn't get enough credit for the monster musician he was because of the big shadow Eric Clapton and Duane Allman cast.

Bobby was incredible...But I love Eric's vocals on this album...

And at that time, Jim Gordon was the best rock drummer on the planet. Life can be very cruel. His is a sad story. What a shame.

Absolutely

I'm in total agreement. I played this album to death when it came out and it was Bobby who always knocked my socks off the most. That said this is perhaps one of the handful of greatest albums ever. Rock would have been nothing since then if it hadn't been made.

A fabulous album made by brilliant musicians. One for the ages, without question!

MY alltime favorite album.

Turned 20 this year...70's were good for BUD

Whitlock vocals are sublime

Amen.  Bobby adds another layer of excellence with his singing.

Eric and Duane!

Not on this track

Duane Allman isn't on this track...this is all Clapton.

Goebel53 nope first solo is duane.

no it's not Duane wasn't there when this was recorded read his anthology

We're losing Clapton soon, not well... but glad we had him for so long.

Better let him know before he starts his tour!

Hmm, he's still around.

9 people stopped their love from growing......shame on them.

classic rock!!!

Remember who played with Eric on this album.

We do, but he didn't play on this particular tune :)

it's spelled 'Duane' George and he didn't play on this song from the album. He was delayed so Clapton played his 'role' on this and at least one other song from the album.

all this guitar driven music in early 70's from Eric Clapton/ Derek and the Dominos, Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, why did blues music like die out? I want to bring the style back and reinvent and make it popular again in 2016, that'd be awesome

the vinyl resurgence is putting Guitar back on the map! Viva La Musica

Well, this is my music, too. The music I grew up on and still listen to regularly to this day. However, the answer to why musicianship-driven music played itself out in rock shouldn't be so tough to figure. It's the same reason jazz went away as the popular music--once it becomes a d*** measuring contest among bedroom guitarists (and sax players, pianists, etc.): the public get bored and up and coming rock wannabees want to play songs rather than first have to dedicate 27 years to their chops in order to rate a shot at playing in a band of some kind. I'm a fan, too, of what they used to call "prog" but I totally get why the punks aggressively shoved them out of the way (though I'm not a fan of punk, particularly): why in f*** do you have to learn to play Bach and Mozart concertos first just to get off your three chords and some lyrics about how much you wanna get laid? This music's still out there, only the bands don't top the charts anymore and you have to work like hell to find them in the morass/jungle that is DIY/Internet Radio environment of today. Who's got time for that once you're no longer a teenager?

Listen to Tedeschi Trucks band ...

hippiecheezburger Give Marcus King a listen. He’s a young gun!

Eddie Van Halen's guitar style had a lot to do with the death of Blues in rock guitar. I don't hate him for it I just think that's what happened

Awesome song.

Man I loved this song when I was like 12. I'm 34 now. This was my 2nd CD ever.

If you like this, check out Little Feat, Dixie Dregs, Phish & the Hellecasters,
Especially the Return of the Hellecasters. Let me know if you like them.

if you were listening to this album at 12 then you'll turn out just fine.

I saw them live on this tour in Cincinnati when I was 13, I'm 61 now and still lovin' it.

Elementary school during the late 90s I had 2 CDs. One was Grand Funk Railroads Were an American Band & No Doubts Beacon Streets. This was when I was living with my mom, but once my dad got custody of us I had unlimited access to musical gems like this.

@junkerjunk Damn at 13? You were lucky. I wanted to see Tht Stones at Cleveland stadium in '72. I was only 12 So my mother wouldn't let me go.

things could be a lot worse. buck up buttercup

Thanks, Rodrigo Lima.

Eric's great, and Jim Gordon's drumming is excellent.

He is honestly the best drummer i've ever heard

@BakingSoda isfun Check out his masterpiece on Harry Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire"- (beginning at 3:56).

Clapton once said that Duane Allman was the only guy who really pushed him in the studio. Duane Allman was the finest slide guitar player ever. Fight me.

Jim Gordon is a genius when it comes to drumming.

@Oldjohn52 He left us too soon.

did dave mason have anything to do with writing or influencing this tune? it has sections that sound like some of his compositions.

+don lang Other than copying it, not much

Dave Mason? Really? This song has Clapton written all over it...

You could seriously do a mash up of Only You Know and I Know, and blend it right in

These are the greatest guitars..... that ever were.

+Joann Napolitano You are correct! Ever were....1970.

Baby...  baby....  yeah, yeah, yeah...

I'll say it again.  From 4:20 on this song has 24 distinct guitar solos by Eric and Duane on at least 8 separate tracks.  Just great playing and studio production.  I don't expect to hear anything comparable in my lifetime. 

@ray okoa I read that Duane doesn't play on this track, i don't think he does.

@James Moran Man, I think you're right. Sorry. I just assumed Duane played on this track, too. I just listened again, and all guitars sound like Clapton. No distinctive Allman style apparent. I'm still overwhelmed by the cascading guitar tracks, though. Happy Independence Day!

+ray okoa Yeah it is all Clapton on the first three tracks on the Layla album. From 4 to 14 I stopped trying to figure out who's who. I don't think they intended. Their guitars just went together perfectly. Especially on the title track.

Duane did not play on the studio version of this song. This recording is Clapton playing both leads. this was/is pretty common knowledge for anyone who owned the album back in the day.

One of the all time greats. The guitars are first class and so are the vocals. Who needs Stairway to Heaven? There, I said it.!

Drew Little you know those subjective opinions on music. One opinion sounds crazy to someone else. What I find ridiculous, is when insults start flying over it. Thanks for not being one of those people. The better, when it comes to music, is a personal thing. Trying to force anyone to see it my way is just futile...

John Elie My favorite advice is for those people to learn to play guitar. They will find amazement and wonder to far outweigh any ugly argument over anything as petty as "versus" debates. Save that for where it belongs: sci-fi and comic book discussions.

Stop zeppelin is a fantastic band but completely different as well this is a terrible argument

bordertown not same music

I need both....🤔🤔🤔🤔

in 1938 there was Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall, and this was as definitive for Rock as  Goodman was for swing 

RIP Carl.....