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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

Комментарии • 111

  • @WhizzingFish12
    @WhizzingFish12 Год назад +3

    At one point in the last lead Eric hits the same note over 20 times in a row - and its freakin PERFECT.

  • @Baci302
    @Baci302 3 года назад +3

    Keep On Growing ... what a great song.

  • @bribo134
    @bribo134 3 года назад +14

    Great to hear Bobby talk about these songs. I was in high school when Layla album came out and always thought it was an EC and Duane project. Listening to it now I realize that Bobby’s singing and playing is the heart and soul of the music.

    • @JamesWilliams-en3os
      @JamesWilliams-en3os 3 года назад +6

      Bobby’s singing blew me away the first time I heard the album... 1972 I think. Great voice, great emotion, and like he said in one of these videos, he made everyone in D&D better because if they didn’t keep up he’a run them over!!!

  • @dirksichel4215
    @dirksichel4215 4 года назад +16

    Claptons work on Keep On Growing is most appreciated by guitar players who have worked these parts up. You know he heard it in his head before he played one note. Genius at work.

  • @mikesolomon481
    @mikesolomon481 4 года назад +12

    Thank you Bobby Whitlock for sharing all of these details about the creation of the songs of the Layla album. As a then 16 year old student guitarist, learning about recording technology, songwriting, arranging, a friend brought the Layla album to my parents house for us to listen hear on my little home stereo system...it was early December 1970. I was stunned to see it was recorded at Criteria in North Miami Beach, just 10 minutes from my parents home, near the Thunderbird Hotel, a mile down Collins Ave from the 461 Ocean Blvd. house... Needless to say, the entire Layla album, song after song, just BLEW MY MIND. I'd been a fan of Eric Clapton during his time in Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, but I had NEVER heard such intense, emotional guitar playing. Not understanding about open tunings yet, I could not understand how those slide guitar lines on many of those songs were played. Reading the liner notes, I was familiar with all of the 4 Dominoes, but, noted the name... Duane Allman, for the first time....That album, EC's unrequited love for his best friend's woman....its lyrical & vocal intensity from EC and Bobby Whitlock, their split of singing a verse each, then a verse together reminded me at times of Sam & Dave. the arrangements, the drum sounds, especially the toms, solid bass, and those guitars ! OMG, the album as a whole , was like an audio movie, it just spun my head around in such a major way, and has influenced my love of southern influenced blues, roots music ever since....now 50 years later !

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  4 года назад +3

      Thank you for that, what a story...Thank you

    • @mikesolomon481
      @mikesolomon481 4 года назад +3

      @@BW-CC AU Contraire, THANK BOTH of YOU for sharing your experiences !

  • @acon2834
    @acon2834 3 года назад +2

    Just watched you two doing Keep on Growing at the Saxon Pub. Austin Tx 8/16/14, really great performance!

    • @thomasborger6548
      @thomasborger6548 3 месяца назад

      As did I moments ago which brought me here

  • @jpb962
    @jpb962 3 года назад +6

    I've always loved Bobby's and Eric's vocals as much as I loved Duane's and Eric's guitars on the Layla album.

  • @Dogdrum
    @Dogdrum 4 месяца назад +2

    Keep on Growing. Brilliant. Jim Gordon and that silky smooth hi-hat shuffle

  • @SexyplexiGT
    @SexyplexiGT 3 года назад +7

    Man Bobby I’m glad i found your channel! I thank y’all for the album and all the music y’all gave us! It’s gotten me through some rough times man. Most music now a days ain’t worth a rip. No emotion. I’m so glad I was brought up on the good stuff. I could live the rest of my life just listening to music from 68-72ish. Thanks again and keep em coming brother!

  • @djtoona
    @djtoona 3 года назад +8

    Bobby- for a brief wonderful time in my life the heavens opened up and gave us a taste of the amazing musical chemistry and fireworks that could happen when you and Eric got together to write and perform some of the best music to emerge from the history of rock. Thanks for being a crucial part of that, and thanks for sharing all these memories. Be safe and God bless

  • @peteypool
    @peteypool 4 года назад +5

    Can't believe it's been 50 years ! I still play the Layla album. I seen Derek and the Dominoes 2 times live ! At The Fillmore East & The Capitol Theater . Two Great concerts !!!

  • @jamespainter7617
    @jamespainter7617 3 года назад +3

    Keep on Growing is as brilliant today as it was the first time I heard it as a teenager. Man what a tight band. Vocals, perfect. Drums, amazing. Guitars, out of this world. I love this song and for some strange reason I'm always waiting for the little organ outro!

  • @Ben-to8vt
    @Ben-to8vt Год назад +2

    "I Looked Away" is one of my favorites. It's infectuous.

  • @paulwilson8890
    @paulwilson8890 3 года назад +6

    Loving this channel great stories from a great musician artist, thank you & keep on growing 👍✌️

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад

      Thank you Paul

  • @335gc
    @335gc 3 года назад +7

    I just listen to both of you performing keep on growing on another video and it sounds just amazing. I had the opportunity to play and sing with the Chambers Brothers and also play with Wilson Pickett so I know something about great R&B singing. Thank you for making these videos I really enjoy them.

  • @ronnie5129
    @ronnie5129 3 года назад +3

    Bobby, what a great story, keep them coming Brother, Cousin Figel

  • @mariomorgado8569
    @mariomorgado8569 4 года назад +7

    I would stare at the photos in the Layla album and wish I could have been there - these videos make me feel like I was there. I have been a fan of your playing for decades - now I am also a fan of you. I'm making your laugh my phone ring tone..... Coco is a great interviewer - I love this channel.

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  4 года назад +3

      Thank you

  • @rivereuphrates8103
    @rivereuphrates8103 8 месяцев назад +2

    Bobby, its always been a point of pride for me as a Floridian that you guys recorded at Criteria for such a monumental work of art. I live about an hour north of the studio and made a quick detour when i was down there once just to take a look at the area (i consider it a pilgrimage lol) and just reflected on how many outstanding recordings were done there, how Miami and Florida more broadly must have influenced them, how hot it must have been in August when you guys were there lol. And I remember jai-alai still being popular here when i was a kid in the late 90's, but sadly its all but disappeared now. There were massive frontons (jai-alai courts) all over and it was a big part of our tourism and sporting industries, but the venerable Basque game is now but another memory of Old Florida which we now miss dearly. I saw you had an exhibit at Art Basel on another more recent video and kicked myself that I didn't know about it til after the fact. It would have been an experience of a lifetime to view your art in person and maybe even get to shake your hand and say thank you for everything you've accomplished. I've been binging these videos at work for the past week and can't get enough. Love you guys! God bless.

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you very much

  • @dwanpyrtle3134
    @dwanpyrtle3134 4 года назад +10

    I listen, to at least a little piece, of the studio 'Layla' just about EVERY day.
    Love Bobby's stories and wish Tom Dowd was still here to tell us more.

  • @davidchappell8407
    @davidchappell8407 4 года назад +13

    Theee are the best stories ,
    And great to hear you both laugh !

  • @teetomthomas
    @teetomthomas 4 года назад +11

    '' If they hadn't been surprised I'd have been surprised"
    Mr Whitlock you are a joy to listen to. I can only imagine that being in a band with you would be a fine time.
    Thank you and thank you CoCo x

  • @cherrypickerguitars
    @cherrypickerguitars 3 года назад +4

    This mans voice is amazing! his musicality is from beyond, but his strongest asset might just be his incredible memory!! The details, dates - these are nuanced little “paintings” of memory/stories
    Cheers

  • @seanc8852
    @seanc8852 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for another great interview, next time I hear Tedechi truck band do this song I'll smile

  • @irahasson7885
    @irahasson7885 3 года назад +3

    Bobby you are the greatest. Your writing and voice on the Layla album makes it so rich and soulful. And of course during Eric’s first solo album. Couldn’t imagine Let it Rain or Layla without your soulful voice echoing those choruses. Wouldn’t possibly sound as full without yours and EC’s call and response. Love you, always did.

  • @kevinwager9284
    @kevinwager9284 3 года назад +2

    What a great conversation. I feel fortunate to listen in on this.

  • @JamesWilliams-en3os
    @JamesWilliams-en3os 3 года назад +4

    It’s great to hear you tell how this song originated. When I was a young bass player, I fell in love with the bass line (the “groove”, right?) and it’s never let me go after all these years. I still think this is my favorite song on the Layla album.

  • @gtrplayer1000
    @gtrplayer1000 3 года назад +3

    What an Awesome story about the Keep on Growing guitar overdubs and Bobby’s creation of the lyrics.

  • @corrbox2
    @corrbox2 3 года назад +6

    Thank you Bobby for reminiscing about the times you collaborated on the Derek and the Dominos music and album. It was a pleasure listening to you talking about those times and the creativity of the musicioans and the band. Very interesting stories about your music with musicians from a great time for Rock and Roil. Some memorable and fatastic musicians and music, that you were a big part of..

  • @UlloMark
    @UlloMark 8 месяцев назад +2

    Wow... Love this song... Love this story... and Bobby: Love you, man...!

  • @davidfrye1251
    @davidfrye1251 4 года назад +4

    Great story about Keep on Growing. Love the organic way it grew out of a jam piece.

  • @markholt3360
    @markholt3360 3 года назад +1

    The many compliments to the both of you is well warranted. I add my thanks and appreciation as well (though a latecomer to the channel). Question: I understand that a hole was cut into the top of a Leslie speaker cabinet and that EC’s Champ was laid face down on the cabinet and recorded that way. Does Bobby have any recollections on if that was done and, if so, why and who’s idea it was? Thanks in advance for your reply.

  • @Baci302
    @Baci302 3 года назад +2

    Fascinating stuff. I have the Layla box set (CDs) with all of the jam tracks. They are amazing jams.

  • @JustAnotherBlader
    @JustAnotherBlader 4 года назад +6

    The ending dueling (4) solos to Keep on Growing is so beautifully epic. Bobby tells the story so well.

  • @gigi6136
    @gigi6136 4 года назад +6

    Love Bobby's laughter, great, informative and fun to both of y'all

    • @gigi6136
      @gigi6136 4 года назад +3

      Meant love to both of y'all..your videos are fun and informative. Thx Coco and Bobby

  • @stevehowell231
    @stevehowell231 2 года назад +1

    Just wonderful!

  • @terencestephenmoss2159
    @terencestephenmoss2159 3 года назад +3

    AWESOME TUNE !!KEEP ON GROWING!! MASTERPIECE!!GREAT SINGING AND SONGWRITING!!

    • @ninjavigilante5311
      @ninjavigilante5311 2 года назад

      The guitar and rhythm section with Carle and jim was awesome

  • @CBusMike872
    @CBusMike872 3 года назад +2

    Great story, like so many of these great videos getting us through the pandemic. Hope you getting throught Texas freeze and power outages.
    Could Bobby talk about the recording of Have Your Ever Loved a Woman? That may have been the best pure blues guitar work that EC ever recorded. His singing as well was inspired. BW on piano was great, Jim Gordon was great. Duane's slide work was on the song and very much secondary to EC. Please talk about this session.

  • @bassmickeyd
    @bassmickeyd 3 года назад +4

    Killer track, thanks for the reminder.

  • @joebloggs8636
    @joebloggs8636 3 года назад +1

    Bobby, thanks to these "sit downs" the true fans,the ones in the know,realize your huge impact on the album..without your performances ,tit would have been no where as good..now, seeing that you wrote all these great songs on it,it is now CASE CLOSED...you should get the credit that you deserve,,,this hands down was Erics AND YOUR album...without you pretty good,,,with YOU, LEGENDARY!...

  • @jeffjastram4746
    @jeffjastram4746 4 года назад +5

    I'm loving these.. Hope you guys are doing well. Stay safe 🎶🎶🎶💖

  • @Lynnm1956
    @Lynnm1956 4 года назад +2

    Having the Master Tom Dowd connect all the dots to bring this masterpiece to fruition is akin to the creation of the 7 Wonders of the World! Truly💋

  • @MarkFromHawaii
    @MarkFromHawaii 3 года назад

    Love this song and this story.

  • @igrowhigher
    @igrowhigher 3 года назад +2

    My favorite Dominos song is Roll It Over. How about a video where Bobby talks about this song and why it was left off the studio album?

  • @derekclacton
    @derekclacton 3 года назад +4

    I always did love that song - having heard it’s story now I have a better idea why :)

  • @l2string
    @l2string 4 года назад +4

    Great stories. Bobby's cool.

  • @michaeleschleman5529
    @michaeleschleman5529 4 года назад +12

    Bobby, other than the Jools show, why do you think you and Eric never recorded again together. You were phenomenol together. Could you talk about that a little in one of your videos? Thank you!

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  4 года назад +7

      Sure

  • @RustedTelevisione
    @RustedTelevisione 4 года назад +4

    So thrilled that I got to see the great Bobby & CoCo back in 2017 at BB King’s NYC. I was going through a major fascination on all things Derek & the Ds so this concert truly hit the spot! Also got to sit & talk with CoCo’s sister before the show - a very nice woman. Great memories! ruclips.net/video/Ji7X5UFLkc8/видео.html

    • @arthurrich9805
      @arthurrich9805 2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Bobby and Coco. Such great stories. I saw you playing with Delaney and Bonnie three times in Boston ( one show with Clapton at the Tea Party… one of best shows ever.
      Thank you for the interviews, books and especially the music.

  • @nownow1950
    @nownow1950 4 года назад +2

    thanks for this,,,there were 2 roundhouse gigs one in central london (the one with the trains),, and one in dagenham

  • @mbombaby
    @mbombaby 3 года назад +1

    Woah! Just listening to you sing what you wrote...love it!

  • @monicaadams7600
    @monicaadams7600 4 года назад +4

    Good morning y'all! Going to study that album cover today. Take care of yourselves!

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  4 года назад +2

      Alright!

  • @patboudotlamot
    @patboudotlamot 3 года назад +1

    incroyable et magnifique histoire sur la naissance d'une chanson : la création en marche, le pouvoir de l'instant pris au vol...

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад +1

      Ah ouai... c'est une belle chose

  • @wheelwells148
    @wheelwells148 3 года назад

    Hi CoCo and Bobby, hope you are both keeping safe and well.... I was listening to Keep on Growing on RUclips earlier today, and reading some of the people's comments about the "Whoa" at the beginning of the song (just as the grove starts)... I always thought it was Eric who sang the Whoa....but according to one of the comments, it was you who sang the Whoa!
    Can you remember??
    Apparently, the Whoa was left off the Original release and only included on the 20th anniversary, which is where I first heard the full album.
    It would be great if you can remember... have a listen, hope you know what I mean by the Whoa!
    Keep safe and well, and keep on growing!!
    Love to you both.

  • @dirksichel4215
    @dirksichel4215 4 года назад +4

    One take...WOW

  • @shadracastrat
    @shadracastrat 4 года назад +4

    This is better than watching a movie about it. Amazing truly🙏🙏 gifted

  • @jeromeweingart2481
    @jeromeweingart2481 3 года назад +1

    Ok Bob, So the live d&d album is a pivotal point in my life. I remember feeling that I was part of a special group of people who knew who all the players were And their history

    • @jeromeweingart2481
      @jeromeweingart2481 3 года назад +1

      I took great enjoyment in turning people on to the album and sit back and watch as they had their mind blown by the sheer power of this band. In fact I remember that I had to special order the album, and got a call one day that my album was in and I had till the end of day to pick it up or loose it. So I made a few moves to get the money and walked down to the record store to pick it up. The store owner told me that he got a lot of orders for record’s and this one was a pleasure to order. It was really a big deal. A lot of people became aware of the album but I owned it. Love it to this day...

  • @Reaganizer
    @Reaganizer 4 года назад +3

    Love you guys! Thank you!

  • @Baci302
    @Baci302 3 года назад +1

    I never thought Eric sang Thorntree. Hearing Bobby’s voice on that song was a revelation.

  • @dent5
    @dent5 4 года назад +2

    Great stuff thanks!...I would love to hear what was happening with you guys between Jan -May '71, which is when I believe recording started for the aborted 2nd album, and why there were no more gigs after Dec.'70.

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  4 года назад +2

      Look under the video Dominos Blow

    • @dent5
      @dent5 4 года назад +1

      @@BW-CC Ah thanks, just watched it. Still makes you wonder what might have been without the drugs.

  • @dathead3813
    @dathead3813 3 года назад +3

    I’d love to have put Bobby and Levon Helm in the same room with just some liquid libations and not even any instruments and let the stories roll... Bobby, did you ever meet Levon?

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад +1

      Friends

  • @tulelazule7231
    @tulelazule7231 3 года назад +1

    genius lyrics

  • @fredcloud9668
    @fredcloud9668 3 года назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @raylaws8242
    @raylaws8242 3 года назад +2

    I could listen to Bobby for hours, only prob sometimes hard to hear. Sing up Bobby.

  • @sloburnjo
    @sloburnjo 3 года назад +2

    'I Looked Away' must be auto biographical? 'Keep On Growing' is a 20th c. inspirational! Your blessed vocals & EC's multitracked guitar. Get chills each time I listen. Thank you both - watta treat!

  • @motherlessblues1565
    @motherlessblues1565 4 года назад +4

    Wow What an entertaining piece .Bobby you didn’t say which song was that ,, that Eric did those 4 or 5 blind overdubs on ? Was it keep on growing ?
    This is a real delight Thanks to both of you !!😊

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  4 года назад +3

      Yes, hence the title.

    • @motherlessblues1565
      @motherlessblues1565 4 года назад +3

      Bobby Whitlock & CoCo Carmel :
      Thank You
      I personally feel that you ( bobby) & Eric will record again ; at least have an attempt at it & see what comes of it . Why ? Cause there’s more reasons to do it than not.
      1. You are both still around and that will not always be the case .
      2. You both worked together really well and the music was testament to that.
      3. There’s been enough time to clean the slate and it has an air of freshness & maturity to it all.
      4. You both would know there’s plenty of people who would love it to happen.
      I hope & wish that it does happen cause I believe there’s more from that combined well that produced the great songs on Layla.
      Cheers & Take care 💕brun

  • @mrg1911
    @mrg1911 3 года назад +3

    Hi Bobby and CoCo.....
    I’ve listened to every minute of every video you’ve made.....great stuff!
    Anyway, at the end of the intro to Keep on Growing, who screams?
    I’ve always thought it was Bobby, but some say Eric....
    Thanks!

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад +3

      Well it wasn't EC...

    • @mrg1911
      @mrg1911 3 года назад +4

      @@BW-CC
      I knew it! Thanks so much and enjoy your holiday....

  • @billtaylor4897
    @billtaylor4897 3 года назад +1

    MIRACLE...

  • @bigbaby9189
    @bigbaby9189 3 года назад +1

    The Roundhouse is in Camden,London. Great venue!

  • @mjbachman3027
    @mjbachman3027 3 года назад

    Hi Bobby. Is there any chance that another Derek and The Dominos live album from the Fall 1970 NA tour would be released? Not another version of the Fillmore shows, but from a different tour stop?

  • @ronschwolsky1626
    @ronschwolsky1626 8 месяцев назад +1

    At this point, I’m not sure if these stories are repeated many times or RUclips doesn’t show my “like.” I like each of BW’s videos to make sure I don’t watch it again. But…I think I keep seeing the same videos over and over because YT does not keep the likes. Or, CoCo keeps asking the same questions over and over. Who knows?

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  8 месяцев назад

      We don't do the same thing over and over.
      Sometimes a subject will be repeated in a different way of someone asks.
      People don't want to go through the entirety of the videos to find the answer to one question.

  • @infinitygasmask
    @infinitygasmask Год назад +1

    How did
    Why does love got to be so sad come to be?

  • @gregdesmond2422
    @gregdesmond2422 4 года назад +3

    Nice... pignose amp and your writing...

  • @burstynp
    @burstynp 3 года назад +1

    Sorry that it bugs Bobby that a lot of people couldn’t distinguish his vocals from Eric’s. The same thing happened with Clapton and Jack Bruce. Eric’s a chameleon.

  • @VonL
    @VonL 3 года назад

    “We tried to get him ( Duane ) to join our band”. Wait what? @5:07 Colour me perplexed.

  • @mikeaustin4138
    @mikeaustin4138 3 года назад

    The band opened with Layla at the Syracuse concert with Duane. It would have been hard to play Layla with only one guitarist...

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад +2

      Eric never had a problem playing it without, after all it was written on one guitar. At the time no one knew who Duane was and didn't care.

  • @mikeaustin4138
    @mikeaustin4138 3 года назад +1

    The inside cover of "Layla" has a photo of a woman. Initially, I thought that woman was Layla; later on, of course, I learned differently. Anyone know who that woman was?

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад

      Kay Poorboy

    • @mikeaustin4138
      @mikeaustin4138 3 года назад +1

      @@BW-CC Was she someone's girlfriend?

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  3 года назад +1

      @@mikeaustin4138 Carl Radle

  • @jdthebooster
    @jdthebooster 4 года назад +1

    Does Bobby still have the piano from those sessions?

    • @6412mars
      @6412mars 4 года назад +3

      I saw a Tom Dowd tour of Criteria studio and the piano was there in 2000 i think..the Layla piano..Bobbys B3 organ is another good question👍✌️

  • @bunkerbunt3390
    @bunkerbunt3390 4 года назад +1

    1:25 upper right corner..

  • @dejordyball
    @dejordyball 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wish the interviewer didn’t step over so many attempted answers

    • @BW-CC
      @BW-CC  7 месяцев назад +1

      That was four years ago...I am not an interviewer, have learned more since the inception of this channel.
      Thank you
      CoCo