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“Raw Velvet” is the second solo album by American songwriter and musician Bobby Whitlock, released in 1972.

Robert Stanley “Bobby” Whitlock (born March 18, 1948 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominoes, with Eric Clapton, in 1970–71.

Whitlock’s musical career began at Stax Records with Memphis soul acts such as Sam and Dave and Booker T. and the MG’s, before he joined Delaney and Bonnie and Friends in 1968.

His association with Delaney & Bonnie bandmate Eric Clapton led to Whitlock’s participation in sessions for George Harrison’s 1970 triple album “All Things Must Pass” and the formation of Derek and the Dominos that year. On the band’s sole studio album, the critically acclaimed “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs”, Whitlock wrote or co-wrote seven of the album’s fourteen tracks, including “Tell The Truth”, “Anyday” and “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?”

Original Label. Vinyl LP. Dunhill Records  DSX 50131 VG*****  1972