Bobby Whitlock, the musician who co-founded Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton, has died, based on his supervisor. He was 77.
Whitlock died Sunday morning of most cancers, supervisor Carol Kaye confirmed to CBS Information. He was surrounded by his household in Texas, Kaye stated.
The singer-songwriter was a keyboard participant and vocalist for Derek and the Domino, the rock band greatest recognized for its 1971 album, “Layla and Different Assorted Love Songs.”
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In a press release to CBS Information, Whitlock’s spouse, Coco Carmel Whitlock, stated, “How do you specific in however a number of phrases the grandness of 1 man who got here from abject poverty within the south to heights unimagined in such a short while?”
“As he would all the time say: ‘Life is what you make it, so take it and make it lovely.’ And he did,” her assertion learn.
She added, “Farewell my Love, I am going to see you in my desires.”
Except for his spouse, Whitlock is survived by three kids: Ashley Faye Brown, Beau Elijah Whitlock and Tim Whitlock Kelly.
In a press release posted to social media, Clapton stated, “Our pricey pal Bobby Whitlock, has handed away at 77, our honest condolences to Bobby’s spouse CoCo and his household on this unhappy day…. RIP Bobby xxx.”
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Filmmaker and Whitlock’s longtime pal, John Fusco, remembered the artist as a serious affect, a rock ‘n’ roll legend and a storyteller.
On the enduring “Layla and Different Assorted Love Songs” album, Clapton and Whitlock co-wrote the vast majority of the songs, together with “Inform the Fact,” “Bell Backside Blues,” and “Why Does Love Bought to be So Unhappy?”
In his later years, Whitlock acquired into portray and “turned a prolific artist,” Fusco wrote on social media. “I will probably be perpetually honored that he painted an authentic work for me as the quilt artwork of my ‘John the Revelator’ CD.”
In 2022, Whitlock’s work have been on show in an exhibit on the Crockett County Museum in Ozona, Texas.
Over the previous 5 years, Coco Carmel Whitlock uploaded movies of her husband to YouTube, lots of which function his paintings within the background as they have interaction in conversations — typically about music and their lives.
