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When Stax Records took its roster on the road in 1965, it wasn’t just a concert; it was a showcase of soon-to-be legends.
Whitlock made history early in his career as the first white artist signed to Stax Records, where he performed alongside soul ...
Exploring the early influences of Derek and the Dominoes musician Bobby Whitlock, who found inspiration in the sweet sounds of Stax Records soul in Memphis.
(NEXSTAR) – Bobby Whitlock, the songwriter and musician who co-founded Derek and the Dominos alongside Eric Clapton, died on ...
Bobby Whitlock, the singer-keyboardist and co-founder of ‘70s blues-rock band Derek & the Dominos alongside Eric Clapton, has ...
“Rest Easy my friend,” Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ricky Byrd wrote on X. “We certainly lost a gem today. Bobby Whitlock, a ...
Bobby Whitlock, founding member of Derek and the Dominos whose soulful keyboard and vocals shaped the band’s only album, ...
How do you express in but a few words the grandness of one man who came from abject poverty in the south to heights ...
The rise and fall of Stax Records, the influential but underdog label based in Memphis, is the subject of the HBO documentary “STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.” It is a story of musical genius but also ...
Stax Records’ Golden Period Explored in Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set Albums by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T and the M.G.’s part of Vinyl Me, Please's 8-LP anthology ...
Following Stax Records’ forced involuntary bankruptcy in 1976, the Spectra Sonics console was auctioned in Memphis the following year, and purchased by Barry Shankman and Leonard Lubin, who ...
“Stax” is made up of the first two letter of their last names. Stewart started Satellite Records, a label that evolved into Stax, in a relative’s garage in 1957.