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Derek and the Dominos: Clapton misses concert

Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 21 November 1970

Ann Moses, editor of Tiger Beat in Hollywood ...

Bobby Whitlock: Derek's Main Domino Dishes On Layla and More

Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 25 May 2011

IT'S BEEN AN active, and retroactive, time for singer-songwriter/keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, best known as one of the playing pieces in the Eric Clapton-led group Derek ...

Derek & The Dominos: In Concert (RSO)

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 10 February 1973

QUESTION NUMBER One: how do you follow up a masterpiece? ...

The Prince Of Love… Or How The Recording Of 'Layla', Clapton's Ode To Forbidden Love, Made Victims Of Derek And The Dominos

Retrospective by Harry Shapiro, MOJO, January 2001

IMAGINE THIS story: a world-famous guitarist decides to form a band where nobody is supposed to know it's him. While it's coming together, he falls ...

Derek and the Dominos: In Concert

Review by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 29 March 1973

OFFHAND I'D venture to say there won't be many people disappointed with the new Derek and the Dominos. Perhaps the worst feature of the whole ...

Derek & the Dominos, Toe Fat: Santa Monica Civic and Pasadena Civic, CA

Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 24 November 1970

Derek and Dominos in Two Concerts ...

Derek and the Dominos: 'Layla'

Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, January 2006

Performers: Eric Clapton – guitar/vocals; Duane Allman – guitar; Jim Gordon – drums/piano; Bobby Whitlock – keyboards; Carl Radle : bassLabel: AtcoProducer: Tom DowdChart debut: ...

The strange tale of Derek, Gordon, George …and Bobby Whitlock

Retrospective and Interview by Max Bell, unpublished, Summer 2013

AUGUST 14. Summer of 1969. Oakland Coliseum. Eric Clapton, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood are on stage during the US tour to promote ...

Derek & The Dominos: In Concert (RSO)

Review by Mick Gold, Let It Rock, May 1973

FOR A CULTURE that was geared to acknowledging the importance of flux and individual freedom, rock is ludicrously prone to attacks of nostalgia. ...

Derek & The Dominos: Fillmore East, New York NY

Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 25 October 1970

DEREK AND the Dominos is Eric Clapton's new rock group, and the people in the audience who were chanting "Clapton" before the group came onstage ...

Derek and the Dominos: The Story of Layla

Retrospective and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, May 2011

NOTE: This is a slightly modified version of the original MOJO piece. ...