Article first published in Uncut, October 2006 By the time “Layla” finally became a hit in December 1972 – two years after its first release – Eric Clapton was past caring. He had formed Derek And The ...

What if someone released an impassioned twin-guitar genius record and nobody cared? That’s basically what happened – at least initially – with the only album from Derek and the Dominos. Issued on Nov.

Bobby Whitlock plays the organ during a jam session with Gregg Allman the night before the Capricorn Records Summer BBQ. Circa August 1975. ((Photo by Herb Kossover/Getty Images) Bobby Whitlock, ...

Two legendary albums recorded in the same year using the same musicians, but released by completely different artists... Such an abundance of musical riches could have happened only in the early 1970s ...

In 1970, Eric Clapton formed Derek & the Dominos and released “Layla,” a song about his love for Pattie Boyd, then the wife of his close friend and neighbor George Harrison of the Beatles. The song ...

Bobby Whitlock, who co-founded Derek and the Dominos alongside Eric Clapton, died Sunday at the age of 77. The organ and piano player's death early Sunday morning was confirmed by manager Carol Kaye, ...

Eric Clapton also passed along his “sincere condolences” to Whitlock's family in a Facebook message.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bobby Whitlock, the musician who co-founded Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton, has died, according to his manager. He was 77 ...