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Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Whitlock was signed to Stax Records in the ‘60s, where he befriended the likes of Booker T, Steve ...
With Eric Clapton, he wrote “Bell Bottom Blues” and built one of the greatest — if most short-lived — supergroups of the ...
Eric Clapton paid tribute to his former Derek and the Dominos bandmate, Bobby Whitlock, following the keyboardist and ...
When casting his mind back to the songs he's most inspired by, Eric Clapton picked out one key song from a blues legend as ...
Eric Clapton paid tribute to fellow Derek and the Dominoes founder Bobby Whitlock following his death on August 10, 2025.
Bobby Whitlock was a member of Derek and the Dominos, the band that originally recorded the classic rock song "Layla." ...
With Bobby Whitlock recently passing away, Eric Clapton took a moment to remember his late friend with a touching post.
(NEXSTAR) – Bobby Whitlock, the songwriter and musician who co-founded Derek and the Dominos alongside Eric Clapton, died on ...
The world of music is mourning the loss of Bobby Whitlock, a singer-songwriter and pianist who passed away on Sunday, August ...
Eric Clapton already has a wealth of blues covers to draw from, but he never stopped keeping his ears open when something fresh came out.
Stax Records signed Whitlock as the first white artist to join singers like Otis Redding and Sam & Dave at the label.
Bobby Whitlock, known for his "Layla" collaborations with Eric Clapton, later lived in Muscle Shoals, where he befriended a ...