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Singer-songwriter and keyboard player, born in Memphis, Tennessee,
Bobby Whitlock was the first white artist ever signed to Stax Records, where he played piano in his teens. He was discovered in a Memphis club by
Bonnie Bramlett who asked him to join her
band. A fellow by the name of
Eric Clapton was playing lead guitar at the time and he and Bobby, along
with Duane Allman, Jim Gordon and Carl Radle, formed Derek and the Dominoes, a one-album
project that spawned the 1972 hit "Layla". All save Allman
appeared on George Harrison's groundbreaking triple album All Things Must Pass. Whitlock also released four solo
albums in the '70s. After
the last of these, Rock Your Sox Off,
in 1976, Whitlock withdrew from the music scene almost entirely until 1999
with the aptly titled It's
About Time. A couple of
years later he released another solo album and appeared with Eric Clapton on
the U.K.
television programme Later with Jools Holland. He married saxophone player CoCo Carmel and they moved to Austin, Texas,
in 2006, where they rip it up at the Saxon Pub on Tuesday nights. In 2005, Whitlock signed a contract
with Records on the Wall, an outfit that helps
songwriters collect unpaid royalties.
His material has been performed by an eclectic array of artists
including The Allman Brothers, Ray Charles, The
Charlie Daniels Band, Cher
,
Sheryl Crow, Glenn Frey, George Jones, Tom Jones, and Michael Nesmith.
Johnny
Rodriguez recordings
He's Not
Entitled To Your Love (Steve Davis/Sam Hogin/Bobby
Whitlock)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Whitlock
- http://www.whereseric.com/ecfaq/biographies-other-musicians/bobby-whitlock-.html
- http://www.royaltytracking.com/Whitlock%20release.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_and_the_Dominoes
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