Bobby Whitlock, one-fourth of Eric Clapton-led Derek and the Dominos, passes in Texas Sunday (8/10); 77... https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bobby-whitlock-dead-derek-and-the-dominos/ (link) He, Clapton (80), Jim Gordon (d. 2023 <https://groups.google.com/g/tvornottv/c/sJwWAoHtV9A/m/1rLtDHCoAwAJ> [our coverage]), and Carl Radle (d. 1980) recorded the song, and album, "Layla" after the men had joined George Harrison on his massive "All Things Must Pass"... Whitlock in a 2011 interview <https://whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-laylas-40th-wheres-eric-interview-bobby-whitlock/> [WheresEric.com] heard Coolidge (also 80) playing what eventually became the second, piano-centered half of the song as a separate tune of which Coolidge and Gordon asked Whitlock to join in on writing (he passed, contending it wasn't "rock 'n roll")... Coolidge also has contended <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZXTriklBJaA> the tune was pilfered ("Professor of Rock," f'rinstance, on Youtube), but someone (publisher? label? not his ex-manager Robert Stigwood [d. 2013]) sided with Clapton, and still is until proven otherwise... B
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