Perhaps more than any musician on a landmark recording, the bass player can languish in anonymity even long after the song attains classic status. (Image credit: Getty Images)No Radle performance alludes to his versatility better than Derek & the Dominos' Layla. Get The Pick Newsletter All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox! Entering with support at bar 5 are Gordon's drums and Radle, whose quarter-note-on-the-downbeat pattern anchors the soaring dual guitars. As Radle told Guitar Player in August 1976, when asked about his role with Clapton, “I'm doing both rhythm and countermelody at the same time.