◇ image via WikipediaDerek and the Dominos
Derek and the Dominos is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Chuck Willis, The Yardbirds, Dr. John, Jimi Hendrix and The Allman Brothers Band. Those roots explain a lot about how Derek and the Dominos arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eric Clapton, Blind Faith, Cream, The Allman Brothers Band and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joe Cocker, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Traffic and The Gaslight Anthem, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Derek and the Dominos, reaching back through Chuck Willis and forward to Joe Cocker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Derek and the Dominos were an English–American blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by singer-guitarist Eric Clapton, keyboardist-singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. All four members had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, during and after Clapton's brief tenure with Blind Faith. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig. Another participant at their first session as a band was George Harrison, the recording for whose album All Things Must Pass marked the formation of Derek and the Dominos. Following the deaths of Radle in 1980, Gordon in 2023, and Whitlock in 2025, Clapton is the last surviving member of the band's official line-up.
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Derek and the Dominos connections
Derek and the Dominos grew out of Chuck Willis, The Yardbirds, Dr. John and Jimi Hendrix, shares an orbit with Eric Clapton, Blind Faith, Cream and The Allman Brothers Band, went on to shape Joe Cocker, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Allman Brothers Band and Traffic. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Derek and the Dominos
Sounds and acts that shaped Derek and the Dominos.
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- Dr. Johnartist
- Jimi Hendrixartist
- The Allman Brothers Bandartist
- Freddie Kingartist
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- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Outartist
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakersartist
- Delaney & Bonnieartist
- Blind Faithartist
- Music from Big Pinkartist
- Idlewild Southartist
- George Harrisonartist
- Steve Cropperartist
- James Brownartist
- Creamartist
Artists similar to Derek and the Dominos
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Derek and the Dominos.
- Eric Claptonartist
- Blind Faithartist
- Creamartist
- The Allman Brothers Bandartist
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakersartist
- Freeartist
- The Yardbirdsartist
- Ten Years Afterartist
- Jimi Hendrixartist
- Facesartist
- Trafficartist
- Jeff Beckartist
- Buffalo Springfieldartist
- Humble Pieartist
- Delaney & Bonnieartist
- Mountainartist
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngartist
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- Wingsartist
- Crosby, Stills & Nashartist
- Big Brother & The Holding Companyartist
- Creedence Clearwater Revivalartist
- Badfingerartist
- Robin Trowerartist
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