Posted on 03/15/2026 10:04:53 AM PDT by Yardstick
Bobby Whitlock, the musician who co-founded Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton, has died, according to his manager. He was 77.
Whitlock died Sunday morning of cancer, manager Carol Kaye confirmed to CBS News. He was surrounded by his family in Texas, Kaye said.
The singer-songwriter was a keyboard player and vocalist for Derek and the Domino, the rock band best known for its 1971 album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs."
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In a statement posted to social media, Clapton said, "Our dear friend Bobby Whitlock, has passed away at 77, our sincere condolences to Bobby's wife CoCo and his family on this sad day.... RIP Bobby xxx."
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His song Thorn Tree in the Garden from Layla:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thorntree+garden
Wow I didn’t know. RIP
Mighta been Clapner’s best work. Jim Gordon killed his mother.
He was very accomplished. Made it big.
Bobby Whitlock’s manager was “Carol Kaye?” Not _the_ Carole Kaye, world-famous session bass-player that refused induction into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” is it?
Clapner? Jim Gordon killed whose mother?
Clapper was a Bushism if I’m not mistaken.
Dr. Jocelyn Elders (Bill Clinton’s Surgeon General) famously gushed about seeing an “Eric Clapner” concert.
I don’t know anything about Jim Gordon.
Though, IIRC, Eric Clapton lost a son when the toddler fell from the balcony of a high-rise.
The Layla album is an absolute masterpiece. The combined talents of Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon and Duane Allman, along with producer Tom Dowd, resulted in something truly extraordinary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)
Rest In Peace, Bobby Whitlock.
Was there actually a Derek?
Very sad. RIP music man.
So many of these musicians had to take the horrid jabs just to be able to play in most venues.
his own
Clapton was the first big concert I was able to go to as a #PureBlood without having to having had a Covid test immediately prior. Jimmy Vaughn was the warm up, was a great show. Sept ‘21.
Awesome treat! Glad you got to see that one.
We stopped attending long time regular venues over the d@m jab requirements.
Haven’t missed them, either!
> Carol Kaye
Could be, she’s still alive.
Jim Gordon was a very gifted drummer who was also very strange. He would be gone for days and go to who knows where. He had lived with his mother and apparently they had an argument and he stabbed her then bashed her head in with a hammer. He was or a long tine the highest paid musician in prison.
Yeah, I just spent some time going through his wiki page. Sad story for real. He was on a ton of albums, a lot of stuff I’ve always enjoyed, Steely Dan’s Pretzel Logic (one of my favorites from Steely Dan), Glen Campbell “Wichita Lineman” and was a member of the Wrecking Crew. I had no idea, but a pivotal musician from the 60s and 70s.
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