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Bobby Whitlock, the co-founder of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, has sadly passed away at the age of 77. The news was confirmed by his manager Carol Kaye to Variety.
Whitlock died early Sunday morning (August 10) at 1:20 am following a brief battle with cancer, surrounded by his family at his home in Texas.
As tribute to his extraordinary life, Bobby’s wife CoCo Carmel Whitlock honored his legacy with a heartfelt statement. “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?” she asked rhetorically. “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.”
The late musician was born on March 18, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Whitlock’s illustrious career has seen him perform alongside legendary acts including Booker T. & the MG’s and Sam & Dave at Stax Records when he was just a teenager in the mid-1960s.
Source: www.billboard.com
