NotTV: Band member who alleged part of iconic rock song was stolen gone

[Bob Jersey]

Bobby Whitlock, one-fourth of Eric Clapton-led Derek and the Dominos, passes in Texas Sunday (8/10); 77...
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bobby-whitlock-dead-derek-and-the-dominos/ (link)

He, Clapton (80), Jim Gordon (d. 2023 [our coverage]), and Carl Radle (d. 1980) recorded the song, and album, "Layla" after the men had joined George Harrison on his massive "All Things Must Pass"... Whitlock in a 2011 interview [WheresEric.com] heard Coolidge (also 80) playing what eventually became the second, piano-centered half of the song as a separate tune of which Coolidge and Gordon asked Whitlock to join in on writing (he passed, contending it wasn't "rock 'n roll")... Coolidge also has contended the tune was pilfered ("Professor of Rock," f'rinstance, on Youtube), but someone (publisher? label? not his ex-manager Robert Stigwood [d. 2013]) sided with Clapton, and still is until proven otherwise...

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