"Bell Bottom Blues" is a breathtaking piece of music, and nine more of the songs to come are just as good. After that cut, Allman's play becomes a growing force on the record. Whitlock, who later joked that he was fighting for his life on his keyboard, in danger of being drowned by all the guitars, lets go a shout of triumph as they explore one of his own personal feats on the record, "Keep Growing," Clapton and Allman had initially composed it as an instrumental, and it would have been cut from the album if Whitlock hadn't rushed out into the lobby to write the lyrics. He came back with the words in less than twenty minutes. On this one, Whitlock sings the lead and Clapton provides harmony. It's about a young man hell-bent on trouble - he had believed the sweet-talking woman who told him everything was going to work out fine, that love will find a way. The guitar duet begins with Allman playing slide, but when the singing ends, Clapton goes off on one of his characteristic high-pitched tears. Allman stays right with him, setting aside both his Coricidin bottle and the customary style of playing rhythm chords in second lead; he unleashes a note-blending flurry reminiscent of the one that made his reputation behind Wilson Pickett on "hey Jude."