{"id":178070,"date":"2025-08-10T18:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/10\/bobby-whitlock-co-founder-of-derek-and-the-dominos-dies-at-77\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T18:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:07:17","slug":"bobby-whitlock-co-founder-of-derek-and-the-dominos-dies-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/10\/bobby-whitlock-co-founder-of-derek-and-the-dominos-dies-at-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Whitlock, Co-Founder of Derek and the Dominos, Dies at\u00a077"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBobby Whitlock<\/a>, the keyboardist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, has died at the age of 77.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhitlock passed away early Sunday morning (Aug. 10) at 1:20 a.m. following a brief battle with cancer, his manager Carol Kaye confirmed to Variety<\/a><\/em>. He died at his home in Texas, surrounded by family.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhitlock\u2019s wife, Coco Carmel Whitlock, honored his extraordinary life in a statement to TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow 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?\u201d she said. \u201cMy love Bobby looked at life as an adventure taking me by the hand leading me through a world of wonderment from music to poetry and painting. I feel his hands that were so intensely expressive and warm on my face and the small of my back whenever I close my eyes, he is there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn on March 18, 1948, in Memphis, Tenn., Whitlock made history as the first white artist signed to Stax Records when he was still a teenager in the mid-1960s. During his time with the legendary label, he performed alongside soul greats including Booker T. & the MG\u2019s and Sam & Dave.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1968, Whitlock joined Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, a group whose collaborators included future Derek and the Dominos members Eric Clapton, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. During this period, Whitlock also contributed to Clapton\u2019s 1970 self-titled debut album and played organ and piano on George Harrison\u2019s landmark 1970 release, All Things Must Pass<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tLater that same year, Clapton, Whitlock, Radle and Gordon formed Derek and the Dominos. Whitlock co-wrote half the tracks on the band\u2019s first and only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs<\/em>, including \u201cBell Bottom Blues\u201d and \u201cTell the Truth.\u201d Derek and the Dominos embarked on a U.S. tour in support of the album, with Elton John serving as their opening act.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was their keyboard player Bobby Whitlock that I watched like a hawk,\u201d John wrote in his autobiography, according to the Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>. \u201cHe was from Memphis, learned his craft hanging around Stax Studios and played with that soulful, deep Southern gospel feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAmid escalating drug use and growing personal tensions within the group, Derek and the Dominos split in 1971 while in the midst of recording their sophomore album. Whitlock went on to release a string of solo albums in the 1970s, beginning with his self-titled debut, which featured contributions from all the members of Derek and the Dominos, as well as Harrison. He followed it later that same year with Raw Velvet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a session musician, Whitlock also appeared on the Rolling Stones\u2019 Exile on Main St.<\/em>, Dr. John\u2019s The Sun, Moon & Herbs<\/em>, and Stephen Stills & Manassas\u2019 Down the Road<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhitlock released additional solo music throughout the 1970s and returned in the 1990s, often collaborating with his musical partner and future wife, CoCo Carmel, whom he married in December 2005.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhitlock is survived by his wife, CoCo Carmel, and his children Ashley Faye Brown, Beau Elijah Whitlock, and Tim Whitlock Kelly, according to the Los Angeles Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bobby Whitlock, the keyboardist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, has died at the age of 77. Whitlock passed away early Sunday morning (Aug. 10) at 1:20 a.m. following a brief battle with cancer, his manager Carol Kaye confirmed to Variety. He died at his home in Texas, surrounded by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}