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Derek and Domino's co-founder Bobby Whitlock dies

Eric Clapton pays tribute to Bobby Whitlock, his Derek and the Dominos bandmate, who has died, aged 77
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Whitlock was signed to Stax Records in the ‘60s, where he befriended the likes of Booker T, Steve Cropper and Albert King. His first recording is believed to be the handclaps he provided on Sam & Dave’s I Thank You, in 1967, when Whitlock was still a teenager.
Eric Clapton Pays Tribute to Derek & the Dominos Co-Founder Bobby Whitlock Following His Death at 77
Eric Clapton paid tribute to his former Derek and the Dominos bandmate, Bobby Whitlock, following the keyboardist and singer’s death at age 77. On August 11, Clapton, 80, posted a throwback photo of Whitlock to Instagram with the caption,
Bobby Whitlock, Keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos, Dies at 77
With Eric Clapton, he wrote “Bell Bottom Blues” and built one of the greatest — if most short-lived — supergroups of the 1970s.
Bobby Whitlock, Derek and the Dominos founder and solo artist, dead at 77
Stax Records signed Whitlock as the first white artist to join singers like Otis Redding and Sam & Dave at the label.
Rock legend, Derek and the Dominos co-founder and George Harrison collaborator, dies at 77
Bobby Whitlock, co-founder of Derek and the Dominos and a key contributor to George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” has died at 77 after a brief battle with cancer.
R.I.P. Bobby Whitlock, co-founder of Derek And The Dominos
How do you express in but a few words the grandness of one man who came from abject poverty in the south to heights unimagined in such a short time?” Whitlock’s wife, Coco Carmel Whitlock, said in a statement to CBS News.
Bobby Whitlock, Derek and the Dominos Founder of ‘Layla’ Fame and ‘Exile on Main St.’ Session Player,’ Dies at 77
Bobby Whitlock, founding member of Derek and the Dominos whose soulful keyboard and vocals shaped the band’s only album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs," and whose session work is heard on records by George Harrison,
Bobby Whitlock, Derek and the Dominos founder, dies at 77
Bobby Whitlock, the musician who co-founded Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton​, has died, according to his manager. He was 77.
Derek and the Dominos Co-Founder Bobby Whitlock, Dead at 77
In 1970, Whitlock, Eric Clapton Duane Allman, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon formed Derek and the Dominos. Whitlock co-wrote half the songs on the band’s Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Whitlock played piano on the titular song’s second movement,
Bobby Whitlock Dies: Derek And The Dominos Co-Founder & Keyboardist-Singer Was 77
Bobby Whitlock, the co-founder and keyboardist-singer for blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos and who contributed to the albums of such musicians as George Harrison, fellow co-founder Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones,

Eric Clapton and George Harrison collaborator dead at 77: ‘Came from abject poverty in the south’

Bobby Whitlock, who co-founded Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton and played with George Harrison, died Sunday at the ...

Bobby Whitlock, Derek and the Dominos founder, dead at 77

Bobby Whitlock, who co-founded the blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, has died. He was 77. Whitlock’s manager, Carol Kaye ...