About
Real Life
Layla
About Me
I’m Abigail Devoe. I'm 25 years old, and am currently based out of the northeast United States.
I graduated from a small liberal arts college in 2021 with my BA in art history. Being an art historian means you’re not the one making the art. Instead, you write about the ones who made it. You get into their heads the way few others do. Being so close to all that creativity inspired me. After writing for so long, I just couldn't stop.
Real Life Layla and my flagship series Vinyl Monday began in 2022. What started as Instagram Reels became 30+ minutes of classic rock history and classic album reviews. Now, those reviews are here for your reading pleasure.
Unveiling the Legends: Dolls of the 60s and 70s (or simply the Dolls Podcast) is here for your listening pleasure, too! This is the show I co-host with fashion content creator Emma Rosa Katharina. We're dedicated to showcasing the lives and careers of female icons of the 1960s and '70s; from musicians and fashion icons to activists and tastemakers.
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Real Life Layla is an extension of my inner world, just as much as it preserves rock-and-roll history. Roll up to the mystery tour, get experienced, come join this long strange trip. Maybe kick out some jams while you're at it. It's all welcome here.
About The Art
The original Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs album art is La Jeune Fille Au Bouquet by French painter Theodore Frandsen (1902-1969.) According to the official Christie's auction site listing, in August 1970, Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos visited Frandsen's home in the south of France. After an egg fight at the artist's farm house, Emile Frandsen showed the band to his late father's studio. This is where Eric first saw the La Fille: a platinum blonde woman with red lips and one exaggerated cat eye, her face partially obscured by a white bouquet in blue paper. Eric immediately noted the painting's resemblance to his muse at the time: his unrequited love (and best friend's wife) Pattie Boyd. The original Layla edit (top left) was found on an Eric Clapton online forum.
The original Layla edit (top right) was made by LA-based photographer and artist Daniel Warholy in 2021.
Version 2 (bottom left) is by me, from August 2022. To commemorate the Vinyl Monday season 3 finale and the revamped Real Life Layla site, I remade the edit one more time (bottom right.)
