{"id":134951,"date":"2025-08-10T18:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134951\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:13:11","slug":"derek-and-the-dominos-bobby-whitlock-dead-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134951\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek and the Dominos\u2019 Bobby Whitlock Dead at 77"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobby Whitlock
\n Derek and the Dominos Founder Dead at 77<\/p>\n

\n Published August 10, 2025 9:31 AM PDT\n <\/p>\n

Derek & the Dominos founder Bobby Whitlock<\/strong> has died, TMZ can confirm.<\/p>\n

His “heartbroken” manager Carol Kaye<\/strong> tells us he passed Sunday morning at 1:20 AM “after a brief illness.” He took his last breath at home in Texas, surrounded by family.<\/p>\n

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His family is currently working to pinpoint a charity fans can send donations to in his honor, Kaye says.<\/p>\n

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His wife, Coco Carmel Whitlock<\/strong>, honored his rise from rags to riches in a statement to TMZ, asking … “How 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?”<\/p>\n

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She adds … “My 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.”<\/p>\n

She finishes off her tribute by sharing a quote Bobby lived by … “Life is what you make it, so take it and make it beautiful.”<\/p>\n

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Whitlock is best known for cofounding the blues rock band in 1970 with <\/strong>Eric Clapton<\/strong><\/a> and heavily contributing to their album “Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs” — but he was leaving his mark on the music industry long before then.<\/p>\n

His All Music<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>bio says he was a routine musician in recording sessions at the iconic Memphis, Tennessee Stax Studios as a teen and even became the first white artist signed to Stax Records<\/strong><\/a>. The record label was one of the most popular soul music labels in the ’60s and helped shape “Memphis Sound.”<\/p>\n

Whitlock’s work with Derek and the Dominos also connected him with Beatles legend George Harrison<\/strong><\/a>, with whom he collaborated on his solo project “All Things Must Pass.” He’s also uncredited on the Rolling Stones’ 1972 album, “Exile on Main Street.”<\/p>\n

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Near the end of his life, the “Bell Bottom Blues” co-writer picked up a passion for painting — completing 1,800 pieces since 2018.<\/p>\n

His website<\/strong><\/a> notes … “If anyone could paint how they feel, it is Bobby. He has managed to tap into that inner something that expresses on canvas what he is feeling.”<\/p>\n

He was 77 when he died.<\/p>\n

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