13 Facts About Bobby Whitlock

Robert Stanley Whitlock was born on March 18,1948 and is an American singer, songwriter and musician.

Bobby Whitlock then withdrew from music until releasing It's About Time in 1999.

Between 1965 and 1968, Bobby Whitlock performed regularly in the Memphis area, playing organ with local soul band the Short Cuts before forming the Counts.

Bobby Whitlock recalls that he was performing at a club with the Counts when the Bramletts invited him to join a soul-revue band they were forming in Los Angeles.

Once in London, Bobby Whitlock participated in a session for a solo album by the American soul singer Doris Troy, on the Beatles' Apple record label.

Bobby Whitlock has described the latter sessions as "spectacular in every way".

The recording took place before the abortive sessions for the Dominos' second studio album; a press release for the 2013 reissue of Bobby Whitlock gives the recording date as starting in March 1971, while Dominos biographer Jan Reid writes of sessions happening in January that year.

Bobby Whitlock played acoustic or electric rhythm guitar on much of the album, which included musical contributions from all the Dominos, the Bramletts, Harrison, Keys, Price and Keltner.

The album was co-produced by Jimmy Miller, whose connection with the Rolling Stones led to Bobby Whitlock making an uncredited contribution to the band's Exile on Main St double album.

Bobby Whitlock tried in vain to get Clapton to come out and play; realizing it was not going to happen, after two years of waiting, he went back to the United States.

For much of the 1980s and 1990s, Bobby Whitlock lived on a farm in Mississippi, raising his children and doing occasional session work.

Bobby Whitlock had his own television show with Steve Cropper.

In 1999, Bobby Whitlock resumed his solo career with It's About Time, which included contributions from Cropper and saxophonist Jim Horn.