Raw Velvet

[[Release Detail]] [[Release Description]] Continuing the never-ending quest to remaster and repackage the greatest music you’ve never heard (but definitely should), Light In The Attic’s imprint Future Days has released The Bobby Whitlock Story: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way collecting the first two early 1970’s solo albums by Memphis singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Bobby Whitlock. Presented here together on CD, Bobby Whitlock (1972) and Raw Velvet (also 1972) are star-studded soulful albums from one of rock music’s key unsung figures. During the recording of those albums, Whitlock tentatively made his first steps as a solo artist. Though drugs were already beginning to tear Derek & The Dominos apart, Whitlock was able to call on some high profile friends (and “Friends”) to play on his debut album, including Clapton, Harrison, session bassist Klaus Voormann (John Lennon, Carly Simon, et al), drummer Jim Gordon, Chris Wood (of Traffic) and others. “I really loved my f