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4 unusual facts about Lay Down Sally


George Terry

Clapton recorded three of Terry's songs: Mainline Florida, Lay Down Sally, and Don't Blame Me.

I Feel Free

She co-wrote "Lay Down Sally" and worked with Eric Clapton during his solo career in the 70s and 80s.

Lay Down Sally

Marcella Detroit, co-writer of the song, has covered the song twice, first as a B-side to her 1994 single "I'm No Angel", in which it is sung in a much slower tempo than the original, and secondly on her 2006 album The Upside of Being Down, in a version more similar to the original.

"Lay Down Sally" is a song performed by Eric Clapton, and written by Clapton, Marcella Detroit (as Marcy Levy, the dimunitive form of her birth name), and George Terry.



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