It is often mentioned how Duane Allman's playing helped shape the Layla album. It did. But for me, Bobby's keys and vocals are just as important. I love what they did together.
Sometimes the lyrical work is the poet and the he finds the throat.bell bottom bules is duane.it is easy to tell the difference because he finger picked listen and hear the difference.
This album in my opinion is one of the best recorded albums of all time. I obsess over this album still. I'm only 32 and I swear more people my age need to sit down and really listen. I'm a Mississippi boy and Bobby i can hear that southern influence in all of your Music. My uncle Ernie Chaffin was signed to Sun Records in the mid 50's. Had more singles released through Sun than anyone but Elvis Presley. Memphis and that southern sound run through my veins. I can't tell how incredible it is to hear the behind the scenes on this masterpiece. Please keep doing these!! Your music will live on forever Bobby. That should continually bring a smile to your face!!
@@BW-CC Would love to hear more about your early days in Memphis and how that scene influenced your musical career. Something so special about Booker T and the MG’s. I understand you learned playing the organ on Booker T’s lap. How incredible to learn from such a brilliant musician.
I misspoke in my last post. “By this time Sun was not releasing much of anything but rockabilly. Chaffin, who didn’t like rockabilly, was the only country artist to have more than one Sun release after 1956, apart from Johnny Cash.” It was Cash, not Presley. Still impressive for a backwoods family from Mississippi. Bobby I can’t explain how your music has touched my soul. Thank you for everything.
I swear I started getting chills up my spine when Bobby sang "Keep on Growing"! Great story about one of my favorite Dominoes tunes. Now the song is even more special for me. Thanks.
I LOVE Keep on Growing. The joyousness and the complex overlays by Clapton at his best. If you pay close attention you can follow each of the FOUR guitar tracks, but together they are just sonically overwhelming. It gets my feet going every time. My favorite moment is when EC hits the same note like 25 times in a row and it's PERFECT.
That's such a great story about how you guys made Keep On Growing. I've listened to that so many times trying to figure out which part was Duane, but never could hear anything that sounded like him, but there are so many guitars on there I always figured he must be in there somewhere. Now it makes perfect sense because it all sounds like Eric. Fabulous job singing, Bobby. No joke, this is my favorite album of all time, no question. I look at the top 100 lists and it's always down in the middle and I just don't understand it. Best music in the world.
Keep On Growing is MY JAM! We used to put our Koss studio headphones on & see if we could count all the guitars! So freaking awesome to hear how it all came about. Dang! What a story. Love you Bobby & Coco💕
This is incredible. Thanks for sharing these details with us Bobby. I've always considered the album to be untouchable and impossible to replicate. Your details allude to why it is so singular. Wow, I'm just blown away listening to you talk about it.
It must be odd being tagged as a "songwriter" when the reality is you served more as a "conduit." What a great breakdown of the process to come to that awesome song, Bobby. Thank you!!
I went back and listened to Layla again for the first time in ages. It all came back to me, exactly why I wore out the grooves on that record. I also listened to the live album, which I overlooked back then because the studio record was so iconic. Clearly, Bobby Whitlock pushed Eric Clapton to do the finest work of his entire career. That there was the absolute peak. Listening to the live Let It Rain, it brought back memories of that show I saw. Let It Rain was the closer. Absolutely glorious.. And what I always felt but never really realized until now was, yes, those vocals were such a huge part of it. Their voices were so damn good together! This is such a pleasure, hearing Bobby talk about it and reliving that joy. Wasn't that a time!
I think Bobby should have been the lead singer for the Dominoes!! I love seeing your fur babies, so adorable. Thank you for your time. Such wonderful history lessons!!
I dearly LOVE to hear Bobby talk about all the tales of his music and collaboration's with Eric and the rest of the musicians. I guess it's just a Mississippi Delta area kinship of musicians
Remember hearing Bobby (age 15 in 1970, Everett, Washington) on Derek & the Doms and thinking, "Wow, this guy is a soul brother..." love you Coco & Bobby ...!
Bobby, you sir are a special soul. A musical line or melody can start a spark deep within a persons soul that ignites a fire similar to the eruption of a volcano where a song will flow like lava with every detail so clear to see and afterwards you think to yourself where the hell did that come from! Pure raw talent, those days were magical and I’m so happy you can convey that magic for us all to have a glimpse inside one of the greatest albums ever assembled. I sat for days spinning Layla when it first hit the shelves and thinking how magical and magnificent it all sounded. The late 60s and 70s was the time to be alive as the music was the greatest!
Listening to these conversations with Bobby I’m just amazed at the level of detail he remembers from 50 years ago! Blows me away. He and I are about the same age and I can’t remember what I had for lunch today! The Layla record is one of my all time favorites and I love hearing all the wonderful back stories about how it was created. Really great stuff.
This growing library of recollections are a real treat and a gift to those of us who've loved this music and the generations to follow who've yet to discover it. Bobby has a boyish charm and he looks positively great. Keep 'em coming!
@@BW-CC I know he is long gone, but I'd add "That's okay Tom Dowd - I almost shvt myself the first time I heard the Dominos version of Key To The Highway too"
Clapton's ability to add additional guitar parts without listening back to the previous tracks he played is nothing short of genius. Thank goodness Eric and Tom allowed you the time to write down your "stream of conscience" lyrics. Y'all managed to capture a whole helluva lot of magic down at Criteria and an album for the ages.
Also, I think the understated genius of the record is in fact Bobby’s impassioned guttural vocals and of course Duane Allman.if memory serves correct and depending on who’s account you believe, the entire project of Layla was going south really fast. Other than Bobby’s song writing prowess and all around musical talent, in walks Sky Dog and resurrected the unplanned project into arguably the best rock album in recorded history!✌️🎸❤️🎶🎼
@@slide4375 I totally agree on the echelon status of the 'Layla' album. The album seriously affected my life from a 'Music' point of view. Things would never be the same after hearing it... completely knocked me off my feet..! I'm not quite sure I agree with your assessment of the sessions' creative down hill trajectory until the arrival of Duane, who came along with the other Brothers' invitation, and apparently no original intention to appear on the album, though Slide. I believe there would surely have been enough musical genius within the original 4 D+D's members and production crew, to have completed an incredible 'earth shaking' work of art. Now, that being said, Duane Allman's seamless and natural addition, simply continued a path to the true artistic nature and greatness of the album itself... and the original players along with Tom Dowd and the production team, as well were surely capable to make that happen..!
One more thing CoCo you've been in on some great tunes your self. And for getting Bobby so happy again from the bottom of my heart I SAY THANK YOU..as the old song goes I paraphrase "all the riches in the world can't buy friends when you're cold" but a man with a satisfied can be richer by far...I'm digging what y'all are layin down..much peace , love and happiness
I so appreciate these priceless insights into my favorite time in music history, with my favorite players! Ironic how things you've lived with for so long, like the fade in on "Key", and come to find out it was totally unlike what you pictured! Here I was giving Dowd credit for a brilliant intro, and it was an accident! So glad y'all left it alone!! Amazing story of the creation of the "Growing" lyrics! I never knew that either! We were that close to never having that wonderful song! I'm sure thankful for your lyrical brilliance in the foyer!! Thanks for these great interviews, CoCo, and thanks for sharing, Bobby!
Hey Coco, thank you for filming all this. It is great hearing the story from the horses mouth. I was lucky enough to see the Dominoes at the Fillmore east and later saw a few of Bobby's solo shows over the years. Is memory of these sessions are amazing.Thanks Bobby and Coco!
Hey Bobby & Coco; I woke up with Thorn Tree in the Garden in my head today. Cried as I always have since the 1st time I ever heard it as a kid when it was brand new. I've subscribed & saved a channel just for you guys. This is about the 10th vid I've watched today, Sunday, 10-24-21. You're 8-9 years older than me, so I was "The Youngster" in the crowd while you were hanging with Duane & Eric & Delaney & Bonnie etc. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE everything. We've (U both & I & My gal & friends) ALL "ended up at the same conclusions" about Karma & Life, "Be Here Now" (Baba Ram Dass) Love, Creativity, Music, etc. Peace, Love, Joy, Happiness, Health & Lots more great LONG life to Y'all. "Peace & Love"😍✌♥ (I Really mean it, not just a "saying" to us..... Right?) Mike & family. :)
Great story of creativity in motion. There is that moment at the end where Bobby sort of pauses when he said Duane called him 'little brother'. Very touching because that was what Duane called Greg. Duane must have felt very close to Bobby at that time.
great story... everytime I see Tedeschi Trucks they sing Keep on Growin' and they always keep in that coming in too soon part!! Amazing that anyone could record such and iconic song with a Pignose... ha!! great story thanks for sharing
Key to the highway is perfect. The fade in,the note eric misses and gets just a click,bringing the dynamic up, taking it down.My record was one big scratch, I listened to it so many times.
Thanks for this great account of how Keep On Growing came to be....and of course, as a drummer, I think Jim Gordon's groove on that song was rock-solid and really anchored the song.
Wow, I can't fathom the treasure trove of information this man has in his head. We need more interviews like this, with him and his brethren, so we don't lose the beauty of loving, living, and making music.
CoCo's backin' up and I'm crackin' up! Another sensational story about the genesis of one of my all-time favorite songs. Thanks for taking those twenty or so minutes to write it, Bobby!
Awesome on Keep on Growing lyrics. There is so much soul and passion on that LP. I bought it the day it came out. Remember the critics basically panned it. WTF????? Time doth tell!
I love these stories. I just started getting into the blues within the last year. Been very into the Derek @ the dominoes album. Great stuff. It’s great.
I need to apologize to you man. I knew your name and listened to your music as a young buck. I never realized your genius, input and just overall painterly influence on all of these great songs and albums.. I can remember wooing the ladies with the Layla album and that EC at his best double album. You guys are a hoot to listen to, the stories are marvelous. I hit your YT channel from watching that Johnny Cash show with Carl Perkins and the Dominos and Derek. I realized, possibly again because I'm older that your singing and boards on that show were just out of sight. Allman Brothers first band I ever saw👍as a baby. Peace and love to you and yours. Keep on Growing 🖖😍 now I am really embarrassed, just listening to Layla Album and listening for you and yeah, ba ba ba ba ba ba baba. Glad I found a new appreciation for your part in all that great music ✌ fun listening for Duane, Carl and Gordo as well.....
Bobby seems like a really cool guy to hang with! I would've love to be in a band with him! God bless you Bobby, your wife, and your cute little furry friends! 🧡
powerful healing medicine here. the tunes themselves are so clean and distinct and just flat powerful. everyone alive has known some loss, some pain, some more than others, it takes real good medicine to heal all that. find it right here. thank you again, Bobby and CoCo, for opening up the insides of these magnificent stories. best health and happiness all around. please keep on vibin'. a world in pain needs you every day. = Jonathan =
Both of these songs are absolute classics. Keep On Growing is probably my favorite on the album (at least currently). It’s got such a groove to it. Thanks for sharing these amazing stories.
..ahy Love this, an artists' natural born way of seeing things we're interested in. I get to see this? ! Such a treat treat treat. I FEEEL it! "Keep on Growin" nice nice nice !!
I get these random pop ups so glad I watched I think my fav one yet . I m 59 never heard the whole lp to a couple years back its a lil before my time but knew the hit song of course. Its now in that if I can only own 15 albums most say 10 can go that low ,lol.
Just discovered these videos and I'm enjoying the heck out of them! The Layla album is always close by in my collection - I listen to it frequently. My favorite songs are the ones where I can really hear Bobby's voice coming through, or where he sings a verse. I'll be working in the house or the yard, and I sing all of Bobby's parts. Bobby - your voice is just as great today as it was 50 years ago! That's remarkable!!
Bobby & CoCo: Love the when, where, how and why and wherefore etc. etc. The layers of guitar and the "PUSH UP THE FADERS"!!!" and wow the pignose. these stories are priceless and not full of fluff. Gold pure gold... But the dog & cat .. LOve the one take..it is what it is..no plan,, just plug in and play the more you thin k the more messed up and complicated the music gets. I like your mindset that you've said in na few videos.. and at 4:28 you got it going on Mr. Whitlock...LOVE THIS KIDS!
Being on the road touring ain't no job it's a lifestyle .. even when you have no one waiting..uh oh thats some lyrics to a melody that's been beatin around in my.. I syrics
This insight is so precious. Thank you for shining a new light on a record that I've been listening to since I bought it in 1979, I am literally hearing it anew tonight. Bobby, you are a true artist, a vessel for a higher power. Best wishes to you and CoCo & thanks for sharing.these memories.
Bobby, you and CCCarmel are extremely talented and seem like amazing people, love your voice and your writings, please keep on playing, it is hard to hear great music these days!
That was a great groove!!! (At the beginning of your conversation…) You have a memory like a steel trap ... make certain it doesn’t snap shut, it is liable to snap your head off😆😆😆✨💥! Also, you are one of many of us artistic-types ( not comparing myself with you - whatsoever!) who feel colours in ‘keys’. For those who have never experienced that, I am sure, if it can be explained, it would be interesting - to say the least - to hear the colours YOU feel in certain ‘keys‘ or songs… do you think you could attempt that feat someday with Coco’s help? (For instance, the key of D flat is always a lavender/purple to me… The key of C is more of a lapis lazuli… they scramble round sometimes, but usually it’s because of the solo I hear/play or hear someone else play over the song.) God bless you two. Stay well. 🎸🎸👨🏼⚕️🎸🎸💟✝️🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴 John “Roctor”
Thank you so much for doing these videos. This is some of the coolest stuff I've ever heard! When I was back in school in the mid seventies, me and my friends would all gather in my dorm room, get high as a kite listen and listen your album over and over, along with the ABB at Fillmore East. Please keep it coming!
You are a true artist Bobby. Just letting the muse inside take you where it wants/has to go. The warmth of the two of you sharing these glimpses into your lives is well... beautiful. Thank you both!
Amazing stories… so glad you are documenting this… I really appreciate and enjoy hearing about the process and writing of these songs. I just ordered your book… today… inspired by this channel… !!! Thanks 🙏 for your talent and the music…🎶🎼🎵… stay safe and well… 🌜🌞🌛
Love the stories, and maybe it’s because it was in my youth, but that was some of the most creative and inspirational music, at the time all those songs were like a soundtrack of my life. And Bobby, I had your Raw Velvet album in my collection and wore it out.
I really love the insight and perspective you give. This was a classic album from what I consider the golden age of rock. You people were and continue to be icons. Brilliant musicians and innovators. Such a wealth of talent. Thank you Bobby & CoCo.
Wow! Coco outdid herself on this one asking some fantastic questions and Bobby laying it all out as if this all took place last week! I don’t know if this would work for you, but I would love for Bobby to have a small keyboard on the table where if he felt like playing a couple of notes to illustrate and support the story he is telling us. Regardless, hearing Bobby (and you joining in-too briefly I might add) singing was amazing. Thanks you two!!
Keep on growing has always been one of my favourite tracks on the album. The guitar work on it has always fascinated me. I’m loving these chats. Thank you so much for providing them.
Just superb....Bobby and Coco thank you so much. You make my writing worth every penny. Middle of the night boom, driving down the road....wife goes where did that come from....all good. I think there's a rhythm to it or is it me. It just spills out.
I have watched this CoCo and Bobby interview a few times and the story is more intriguing each time. These Layla interview sessions are an incredible look back into probably the most influential album of all time. It amazes me that a 22 year old had such worldly experience to write these deeply emotional songs. Listen to Bobbys first solo album, Dreams of a Hobo. Amazing. Thank you CoCo for bringing these to us.
This is real music without any bull at all. Pure genius Mr W! Your voice always filled in the “blanks” between the notes. I’ve spent hours (over many many years) listening to people talking about other people’s music which is mainly trash. Your personal interpretations say it all.
Thanks to CoCO for getting Bobby to open up on topics we the public would have never learned otherwise. Bobby is a survivor and he is passing on his wisdom and smiles. Loved his book btw.
The Layla album - that’s what did it for me. For me there is an edge, a rawness that comes through each of the instruments and vocals. That album is essential for my life. Thank you for that. And these videos are just awesome!!
It is often mentioned how Duane Allman's playing helped shape the Layla album. It did. But for me, Bobby's keys and vocals are just as important. I love what they did together.
Sometimes the lyrical work is the poet and the he finds the throat.bell bottom bules is duane.it is easy to tell the difference because he finger picked listen and hear the difference.
To me, Bobby's contributions outweigh Allman, with all due respect to Mr. Allman. But Bobby was the heart and soul of that band.
This album in my opinion is one of the best recorded albums of all time. I obsess over this album still. I'm only 32 and I swear more people my age need to sit down and really listen. I'm a Mississippi boy and Bobby i can hear that southern influence in all of your Music. My uncle Ernie Chaffin was signed to Sun Records in the mid 50's. Had more singles released through Sun than anyone but Elvis Presley. Memphis and that southern sound run through my veins. I can't tell how incredible it is to hear the behind the scenes on this masterpiece. Please keep doing these!! Your music will live on forever Bobby. That should continually bring a smile to your face!!
Awesome
@@BW-CC Would love to hear more about your early days in Memphis and how that scene influenced your musical career. Something so special about Booker T and the MG’s. I understand you learned playing the organ on Booker T’s lap. How incredible to learn from such a brilliant musician.
I misspoke in my last post. “By this time Sun was not releasing much of anything but rockabilly. Chaffin, who didn’t like rockabilly, was the only country artist to have more than one Sun release after 1956, apart from Johnny Cash.” It was Cash, not Presley. Still impressive for a backwoods family from Mississippi. Bobby I can’t explain how your music has touched my soul. Thank you for everything.
I swear I started getting chills up my spine when Bobby sang "Keep on Growing"! Great story about one of my favorite Dominoes tunes. Now the song is even more special for me. Thanks.
Bobby has aged gracefully, and so have the Dominos' albums.
❤️ this is a beautiful comment
I LOVE Keep on Growing. The joyousness and the complex overlays by Clapton at his best. If you pay close attention you can follow each of the FOUR guitar tracks, but together they are just sonically overwhelming. It gets my feet going every time. My favorite moment is when EC hits the same note like 25 times in a row and it's PERFECT.
Luv seeing the puppy and the cat playing together!
"We didn't have a plan", and then the greatest album of all time was recorded.
That's such a great story about how you guys made Keep On Growing. I've listened to that so many times trying to figure out which part was Duane, but never could hear anything that sounded like him, but there are so many guitars on there I always figured he must be in there somewhere. Now it makes perfect sense because it all sounds like Eric. Fabulous job singing, Bobby. No joke, this is my favorite album of all time, no question. I look at the top 100 lists and it's always down in the middle and I just don't understand it. Best music in the world.
Keep On Growing is MY JAM! We used to put our Koss studio headphones on & see if we could count all the guitars! So freaking awesome to hear how it all came about. Dang! What a story. Love you Bobby & Coco💕
This is incredible. Thanks for sharing these details with us Bobby. I've always considered the album to be untouchable and impossible to replicate. Your details allude to why it is so singular. Wow, I'm just blown away listening to you talk about it.
You don’t need to know as long as it moves you. What a quote.
Gifts from Above. For decades all of us have visualized in our minds what those sessions would have been like. Thanks for Sharing this.
It must be odd being tagged as a "songwriter" when the reality is you served more as a "conduit." What a great breakdown of the process to come to that awesome song, Bobby. Thank you!!
Thank you
I went back and listened to Layla again for the first time in ages. It all came back to me, exactly why I wore out the grooves on that record. I also listened to the live album, which I overlooked back then because the studio record was so iconic. Clearly, Bobby Whitlock pushed Eric Clapton to do the finest work of his entire career. That there was the absolute peak. Listening to the live Let It Rain, it brought back memories of that show I saw. Let It Rain was the closer. Absolutely glorious.. And what I always felt but never really realized until now was, yes, those vocals were such a huge part of it. Their voices were so damn good together! This is such a pleasure, hearing Bobby talk about it and reliving that joy. Wasn't that a time!
Thank you, yes it was
I think Bobby should have been the lead singer for the Dominoes!! I love seeing your fur babies, so adorable. Thank you for your time. Such wonderful history lessons!!
I dearly LOVE to hear Bobby talk about all the tales of his music and collaboration's with Eric and the rest of the musicians. I guess it's just a Mississippi Delta area kinship of musicians
I always enjoy Bobby telling these great stories of playing with The dominoes and clearing up so many misunderstandings..
Remember hearing Bobby (age 15 in 1970, Everett, Washington) on Derek & the Doms and thinking, "Wow, this guy is a soul brother..." love you Coco & Bobby ...!
Thank you
Bobby, you sir are a special soul. A musical line or melody can start a spark deep within a persons soul that ignites a fire similar to the eruption of a volcano where a song will flow like lava with every detail so clear to see and afterwards you think to yourself where the hell did that come from! Pure raw talent, those days were magical and I’m so happy you can convey that magic for us all to have a glimpse inside one of the greatest albums ever assembled. I sat for days spinning Layla when it first hit the shelves and thinking how magical and magnificent it all sounded. The late 60s and 70s was the time to be alive as the music was the greatest!
Hats off to your Bobby! One of my favorite songs...... Keep in growin'
"We moved forward. We didn't back up." that's a true rock star quote if I ever heard one!
So true..!
Listening to these conversations with Bobby I’m just amazed at the level of detail he remembers from 50 years ago! Blows me away. He and I are about the same age and I can’t remember what I had for lunch today! The Layla record is one of my all time favorites and I love hearing all the wonderful back stories about how it was created. Really great stuff.
I just adore this story❤️❤️❤️🙂
I still have 2 Pignose amps from around the mid 70's!!!!!!!!!
This growing library of recollections are a real treat and a gift to those of us who've loved this music and the generations to follow who've yet to discover it. Bobby has a boyish charm and he looks positively great. Keep 'em coming!
I'll never listen to Key to the Highway the same way ever again. Great story.
Hahaha
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@@BW-CC I know he is long gone, but I'd add
"That's okay Tom Dowd - I almost shvt myself the first time I heard the Dominos version of Key To The Highway too"
Thanks for these videos, I just turned 70 in august, I feel like I was there in all these story’s. Great insights, I’m trying to catch them all.
Clapton's ability to add additional guitar parts without listening back to the previous tracks he played is nothing short of genius. Thank goodness Eric and Tom allowed you the time to write down your "stream of conscience" lyrics. Y'all managed to capture a whole helluva lot of magic down at Criteria and an album for the ages.
Thank you
Amen to that..!
Also, I think the understated genius of the record is in fact Bobby’s impassioned guttural vocals and of course Duane Allman.if memory serves correct and depending on who’s account you believe, the entire project of Layla was going south really fast. Other than Bobby’s song writing prowess and all around musical talent, in walks Sky Dog and resurrected the unplanned project into arguably the best rock album in recorded history!✌️🎸❤️🎶🎼
I believe it is because they channeled a spirit that worked through them all...that they were “songcatchers” together.
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I totally agree on the echelon status of the 'Layla' album.
The album seriously affected my life from a 'Music' point of view. Things would never be the same after hearing it... completely knocked me off my feet..!
I'm not quite sure I agree with your assessment of the sessions' creative down hill trajectory until the arrival of Duane, who came along with the other Brothers' invitation, and apparently no original intention to appear on the album, though Slide. I believe there would surely have been enough musical genius within the original 4 D+D's members and production crew, to have completed an incredible 'earth shaking' work of art.
Now, that being said, Duane Allman's seamless and natural addition, simply continued a path to the true artistic nature and greatness of the album itself... and the original players along with Tom Dowd and the production team, as well were surely capable to make that happen..!
One more thing CoCo you've been in on some great tunes your self. And for getting Bobby so happy again from the bottom of my heart I SAY THANK YOU..as the old song goes I paraphrase "all the riches in the world can't buy friends when you're cold" but a man with a satisfied can be richer by far...I'm digging what y'all are layin down..much peace , love and happiness
Thank you so much
One of the top 10 albums in history was Layla. What a Legacy.
I've been saying that ever since it first came out! Thank you!
The Universe poured those lyrics right in. I've been there a little bit in life and music these days. ❤️
Go Bobby . One of my faves of all time , on my fav album .
I’m absolutely obsessed with this album
Greatest ever
Greatest backup singer ever is the great Bobby Whitlock
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Thanks
The more I learn about Bobby the more I agree with you
Cheers
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Great lead singer too!
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My view of Bobby being a backup singer has changed
He shared lead vocals with EC
I so appreciate these priceless insights into my favorite time in music history, with my favorite players! Ironic how things you've lived with for so long, like the fade in on "Key", and come to find out it was totally unlike what you pictured! Here I was giving Dowd credit for a brilliant intro, and it was an accident! So glad y'all left it alone!! Amazing story of the creation of the "Growing" lyrics! I never knew that either! We were that close to never having that wonderful song! I'm sure thankful for your lyrical brilliance in the foyer!! Thanks for these great interviews, CoCo, and thanks for sharing, Bobby!
What a wonderful story of creative sparks at a high level.
You two are adorable! Thanks for inviting us into your home and lives
My lucky day to find this today...thanks for sharing
I Love the way you guys did this song better then any other band'''Back in the 70s
Hey Coco, thank you for filming all this. It is great hearing the story from the horses mouth. I was lucky enough to see the Dominoes at the Fillmore east and later saw a few of Bobby's solo shows over the years. Is memory of these sessions are amazing.Thanks Bobby and Coco!
Thank you very much
Great stories, but the goosebumps really hit about 11:00 with that singing. So supremely talented.
Me too!
Hey Bobby & Coco; I woke up with Thorn Tree in the Garden in my head today. Cried as I always have since the 1st time I ever heard it as a kid when it was brand new. I've subscribed & saved a channel just for you guys. This is about the 10th vid I've watched today, Sunday, 10-24-21. You're 8-9 years older than me, so I was "The Youngster" in the crowd while you were hanging with Duane & Eric & Delaney & Bonnie etc. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE everything. We've (U both & I & My gal & friends) ALL "ended up at the same conclusions" about Karma & Life, "Be Here Now" (Baba Ram Dass) Love, Creativity, Music, etc. Peace, Love, Joy, Happiness, Health & Lots more great LONG life to Y'all. "Peace & Love"😍✌♥ (I Really mean it, not just a "saying" to us..... Right?) Mike & family. :)
F yes Bobby - what a voice.
Great story of creativity in motion. There is that moment at the end where Bobby sort of pauses when he said Duane called him 'little brother'. Very touching because that was what Duane called Greg. Duane must have felt very close to Bobby at that time.
Bobby loved Duane, he was a special someone
I'm so glad I found this channel Bobby Whitlock is a musical genius.
Bobby, you gotta put your book on an audiobook! And don't let anyone else read it--YOU have to read it! Love you!
great story... everytime I see Tedeschi Trucks they sing Keep on Growin' and they always keep in that coming in too soon part!! Amazing that anyone could record such and iconic song with a Pignose... ha!! great story thanks for sharing
Key to the highway is perfect. The fade in,the note eric misses and gets just a click,bringing the dynamic up, taking it down.My record was one big scratch, I listened to it so many times.
Thanks for this great account of how Keep On Growing came to be....and of course, as a drummer, I think Jim Gordon's groove on that song was rock-solid and really anchored the song.
Wow, I can't fathom the treasure trove of information this man has in his head. We need more interviews like this, with him and his brethren, so we don't lose the beauty of loving, living, and making music.
CoCo's backin' up and I'm crackin' up!
Another sensational story about the genesis of one of my all-time favorite songs. Thanks for taking those twenty or so minutes to write it, Bobby!
Awesome on Keep on Growing lyrics. There is so much soul and passion on that LP. I bought it the day it came out. Remember the critics basically panned it. WTF????? Time doth tell!
Again awesome show
Coco you nailed it again with the video ✌️
He looks healthy and happy. That's good.
I love these stories. I just started getting into the blues within the last year. Been very into the Derek @ the dominoes album. Great stuff. It’s great.
I just found this channel. So cool to have the stories told. Thanks.
Great background story. It's called serendipity. Riders on the Storm by the Doors came together much the same way.
I’m so glad you “can fill in the gaps” too! 💜Layla album, appreciate it so much, thank you
I need to apologize to you man. I knew your name and listened to your music as a young buck. I never realized your genius, input and just overall painterly influence on all of these great songs and albums.. I can remember wooing the ladies with the Layla album and that EC at his best double album. You guys are a hoot to listen to, the stories are marvelous. I hit your YT channel from watching that Johnny Cash show with Carl Perkins and the Dominos and Derek. I realized, possibly again because I'm older that your singing and boards on that show were just out of sight. Allman Brothers first band I ever saw👍as a baby. Peace and love to you and yours. Keep on Growing 🖖😍 now I am really embarrassed, just listening to Layla Album and listening for you and yeah, ba ba ba ba ba ba baba. Glad I found a new appreciation for your part in all that great music ✌ fun listening for Duane, Carl and Gordo as well.....
This hit my sweet spot. To me, by far, the best album in history. And my favorite song on that album-Keep on Growin’. Bobby’s vocals make the song.
Coco: what an amazing interview! Bobby keep that passion!
You guy's make a great couple! I love her laugh!
Stumbled onto this series yesterday, and love the stories related to one of the greatest albums in the history of rock.
Bobby seems like a really cool guy to hang with! I would've love to be in a band with him! God bless you Bobby, your wife, and your cute little furry friends! 🧡
he really does come across as a really "good soul"...i have a whole new appreciation of him due to these!
powerful healing medicine here. the tunes themselves are so clean and distinct and just flat powerful. everyone alive has known some loss, some pain, some more than others, it takes real good medicine to heal all that. find it right here. thank you again, Bobby and CoCo, for opening up the insides of these magnificent stories. best health and happiness all around. please keep on vibin'. a world in pain needs you every day.
= Jonathan =
Both of these songs are absolute classics. Keep On Growing is probably my favorite on the album (at least currently). It’s got such a groove to it. Thanks for sharing these amazing stories.
Thank you Thomas
..ahy Love this, an artists' natural born way of seeing things we're interested in. I get to see this? ! Such a treat treat treat. I FEEEL it! "Keep on Growin" nice nice nice !!
Thank you
He is also a great visual artist. I follow him on Twitter.
Every great song writer says the same thing as Bobby, the words just come out.
This is the best one I've seen yet! Rock on, Bobby!
I get these random pop ups so glad I watched I think my fav one yet . I m 59 never heard the whole lp to a couple years back its a lil before my time but knew the hit song of course. Its now in that if I can only own 15 albums most say 10 can go that low ,lol.
Just discovered these videos and I'm enjoying the heck out of them! The Layla album is always close by in my collection - I listen to it frequently. My favorite songs are the ones where I can really hear Bobby's voice coming through, or where he sings a verse. I'll be working in the house or the yard, and I sing all of Bobby's parts. Bobby - your voice is just as great today as it was 50 years ago! That's remarkable!!
Bobby & CoCo: Love the when, where, how and why and wherefore etc. etc.
The layers of guitar and the "PUSH UP THE FADERS"!!!" and wow the pignose. these stories are priceless and not full of fluff. Gold pure gold... But the dog & cat .. LOve the one take..it is what it is..no plan,, just plug in and play the more you thin k the more messed up and complicated the music gets. I like your mindset that you've said in na few videos.. and at 4:28 you got it going on Mr. Whitlock...LOVE THIS KIDS!
Being on the road touring ain't no job it's a lifestyle .. even when you have no one waiting..uh oh thats some lyrics to a melody that's been beatin around in my..
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This insight is so precious. Thank you for shining a new light on a record that I've been listening to since I bought it in 1979, I am literally hearing it anew tonight. Bobby, you are a true artist, a vessel for a higher power. Best wishes to you and CoCo & thanks for sharing.these memories.
Since listening to these conversations I have a new appreciation of the music and the -making-of. Thank you very much.
Bobby, you and CCCarmel are extremely talented and seem like amazing people, love your voice and your writings, please keep on playing, it is hard to hear great music these days!
Love those lyrics and song ❤
So many stories and insights.. and all I can think of is 'crackers with butter'..... I didn't realise there was any other way to eat them...
That was a great groove!!! (At the beginning of your conversation…) You have a memory like a steel trap ... make certain it doesn’t snap shut, it is liable to snap your head off😆😆😆✨💥!
Also, you are one of many of us artistic-types ( not comparing myself with you - whatsoever!) who feel colours in ‘keys’. For those who have never experienced that, I am sure, if it can be explained, it would be interesting - to say the least - to hear the colours YOU feel in certain ‘keys‘ or songs… do you think you could attempt that feat someday with Coco’s help? (For instance, the key of D flat is always a lavender/purple to me… The key of C is more of a lapis lazuli… they scramble round sometimes, but usually it’s because of the solo I hear/play or hear someone else play over the song.)
God bless you two. Stay well. 🎸🎸👨🏼⚕️🎸🎸💟✝️🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴
John “Roctor”
This is all priceless! Love hearing about the Pignose!
Unique benefit, to hear how they put Layla together from one of the principal creative members, Eric was lucky to have Bobby there I would say.
Thank you so much for doing these videos. This is some of the coolest stuff I've ever heard! When I was back in school in the mid seventies, me and my friends would all gather in my dorm room, get high as a kite listen and listen your album over and over, along with the ABB at Fillmore East. Please keep it coming!
You are a true artist Bobby. Just letting the muse inside take you where it wants/has to go. The warmth of the two of you sharing these glimpses into your lives is well... beautiful. Thank you both!
you two are blowin my mind.....love it when you play and sing together
Love you guy's stay safe and keep bringing us these great stories
Great stories as usual , thanks for the insightful way you two are presenting these wonderful stories, great format .
Fantastic interview! You two share a special chemistry together. Love Bobby’s passion recounting his writing and recording of Keep on Growing.
Amazing stories… so glad you are documenting this… I really appreciate and enjoy hearing about the process and writing of these songs.
I just ordered your book… today… inspired by this channel… !!! Thanks 🙏 for your talent and the music…🎶🎼🎵… stay safe and well…
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Aw... thank you so much that's really nice... CoCo
Love the stories, and maybe it’s because it was in my youth, but that was some of the most creative and inspirational music, at the time all those songs were like a soundtrack of my life. And Bobby, I had your Raw Velvet album in my collection and wore it out.
Thank you
GOT HERE LATE GREAT 👍 TO SEE YOU BROTHER AND SISTER
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you both
I really love the insight and perspective you give. This was a classic album from what I consider the golden age of rock. You people were and continue to be icons. Brilliant musicians and innovators. Such a wealth of talent. Thank you Bobby & CoCo.
This is how I like to learn my musical history. Thanks so good.
Wow! Coco outdid herself on this one asking some fantastic questions and Bobby laying it all out as if this all took place last week! I don’t know if this would work for you, but I would love for Bobby to have a small keyboard on the table where if he felt like playing a couple of notes to illustrate and support the story he is telling us. Regardless, hearing Bobby (and you joining in-too briefly I might add) singing was amazing. Thanks you two!!
Thank you so much
GREAT IDEA! KEYBOARD PLEASE
love the album even more now
Keep on growing has always been one of my favourite tracks on the album. The guitar work on it has always fascinated me.
I’m loving these chats. Thank you so much for providing them.
Just superb....Bobby and Coco thank you so much. You make my writing worth every penny. Middle of the night boom, driving down the road....wife goes where did that come from....all good. I think there's a rhythm to it or is it me. It just spills out.
I have watched this CoCo and Bobby interview a few times and the story is more intriguing each time. These Layla interview sessions are an incredible look back into probably the most influential album of all time. It amazes me that a 22 year old had such worldly experience to write these deeply emotional songs. Listen to Bobbys first solo album, Dreams of a Hobo. Amazing. Thank you CoCo for bringing these to us.
Thank you very much
Yes very good, saw his tour in ‘77 in Atlanta I have a small club and they kicked ass
This is real music without any bull at all. Pure genius Mr W! Your voice always filled in the “blanks” between the notes.
I’ve spent hours (over many many years) listening to people talking about other people’s music which is mainly trash. Your personal interpretations say it all.
Thanks to CoCO for getting Bobby to open up on topics we the public would have never learned otherwise. Bobby is a survivor and he is passing on his wisdom and smiles. Loved his book btw.
Thank you Scott
The Layla album - that’s what did it for me. For me there is an edge, a rawness that comes through each of the instruments and vocals. That album is essential for my life. Thank you for that. And these videos are just awesome!!