Editing Derek and the Dominos (section)

===Concert debut===
Towards the end of the sessions for the basic tracks on ''All Things Must Pass'',<ref name="Whitlock p 82" /> [[Dave Mason]] – another former guitarist with Delaney & Bonnie<ref>Reid, p. 47.</ref> – joined the Dominos at Clapton's home.<ref>Shapiro, pp. 115, 116.</ref> With the lineup expanded to a five-piece band, Derek and the Dominos gave their debut live performance on 14 June 1970.<ref name="Shapiro p 115">Shapiro, p. 115.</ref> The event was a charity concert in aid of the [[Benjamin Spock|Dr Spock]] Civil Liberties Legal Defence Fund, held at London's [[Lyceum Theatre (London)|Lyceum Theatre]].<ref name="Shapiro/Mojo">{{cite magazine|author=Shapiro, Harry|title=The Prince of Love ... Or How the Recording of 'Layla', Clapton's Ode to Forbidden Love, Made Victims of Derek and the Dominos|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|date=January 2001}} Available at [http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-prince-of-love-or-how-the-recording-of-layla-claptons-ode-to-forbidden-love-made-victims-of-derek-and-the-dominos Rock's Backpages] (subscription required).</ref>

The group had been billed as "Eric Clapton and Friends", but a discussion ensued backstage just before their appearance, with Harrison<ref>Clayson, p. 290.</ref> and pianist [[Tony Ashton]] among those involved, in an effort to find a proper band name.<ref name="Shapiro p 115" /> Clapton recalls that Ashton suggested "Del and the Dominos",<ref>Clapton, p. 133.</ref> having taken to calling the guitarist "Derek" or "Del" since the Delaney & Bonnie tour the previous year.<ref name="DeRiso/SN" /> Whitlock maintains that "the Dynamics" was the name chosen and that Ashton, following his opening set with [[Ashton, Gardner and Dyke]], mispronounced it when introducing the band.<ref name="Shapiro/Mojo" /> Writing in 2013, Clapton and Whitlock biographer Marc Roberty quoted [[Jeff Dexter]], the [[Master of ceremonies|compere]] at the Lyceum show, who recalled that "Derek and the Dominos" had already been decided on before they went on stage. According to Dexter, Clapton was immediately taken with the name, but Whitlock, Radle and Gordon – all Americans – were concerned that they might be mistaken for a [[doo-wop]] act.<ref name="DeRiso/SN">{{cite web|last=DeRiso|first=Nick|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/06/16/books-eric-clapton-day-by-day-the-early-years-1963-1982-by-marc-roberty-2013/ |title=Books: ''Eric Clapton, Day by Day: The Early Years, 1963–1982'', by Marc Roberty (2013)|website=Something New!|date=16 June 2013|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref>

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The reception afforded the band from critics and fans was mixed.<ref>Reid, pp. 104–05.</ref><ref>Shapiro, pp. 115–16.</ref> Together with the unfavourable reviews for Clapton's eponymous solo album, particularly in Britain, this reaction was reflective of a widespread reluctance to view Clapton as a singer and frontman, rather than as the virtuoso guitarist synonymous with his role in bands such as [[Cream (band)|Cream]] and [[The Yardbirds]].<ref>Sandford, pp. 112, 114, 116.</ref> In his 2007 autobiography, Clapton wrote that his main recollection of the Lyceum show was consulting [[New Orleans]]–born musician [[Dr. John]], a self-styled practitioner of [[Louisiana Voodoo|voodoo]],<ref>''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'', p. 276.</ref> and receiving a package made of straw that would serve as a means of winning Boyd's affection.<ref>Clapton, pp. 133–34.</ref>