He then withdrew from music until releasing It's About Time in 1999. Whitlock recorded four solo albums during the 1970s, among them Bobby Whitlock and Raw Velvet, and contributed to albums by Clapton, Dr John and the Rolling Stones. On the band's sole studio album, the critically acclaimed Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Whitlock wrote or co-wrote seven of the album's fourteen tracks, including " Tell the Truth", " Bell Bottom Blues" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" His association with Delaney & Bonnie bandmate Clapton led to Whitlock's participation in sessions for George Harrison's 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass, in London, and the formation of Derek and the Dominos that year. & the M.G.'s before he joined Delaney & Bonnie and Friends in 1968. Whitlock's musical career began with Memphis soul acts such as Sam & Dave and Booker T. He is best known as a member of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, with Eric Clapton, in 1970–71. Robert Stanley Whitlock (born March 18, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.
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