<P> Clapton biographer Harry Shapiro comments on the unprecedented aspect of Clapton's bond with his new bandmates, in that from the Blind Faith tour onwards, the guitarist "had been able to build a working relationship in a slow and natural fashion" for the first time . Among the friendships formed before the group officially came into existence, Shapiro continues, "the empathy...outcropped most noticeably in Bobby Whitlock, in whom Eric found an accomplished and sympathetic songwriting partner and back - up vocalist ." Clapton and Whitlock considered adding the Delaney & Bonnie horn section to their new band, but this plan was abandoned . Whitlock later explained the ethos of Derek and the Dominos: "we didn't want any horns, we didn't want no chicks, we wanted a rock' n' roll band . But my vocal concept was that we approach singing like Sam and Dave did: (Clapton) sings a line, I sing a line, we sing together ." </P> <P> Towards the end of the sessions for the basic tracks on All Things Must Pass, Dave Mason--another former guitarist with Delaney & Bonnie--joined the Dominos at Clapton's home . With the lineup expanded to a five - piece band, Derek and the Dominos gave their debut live performance on 14 June 1970 . The event was a charity concert in aid of the Dr Spock Civil Liberties Legal Defence Fund, held at London's Lyceum Theatre . </P> <P> The group had been billed as "Eric Clapton and Friends", but a discussion ensued backstage just before their appearance, with Harrison and pianist Tony Ashton among those involved, in an effort to find a proper band name . Clapton recalls that Ashton suggested "Del and the Dominos", having taken to calling the guitarist "Derek" or "Del" since the Delaney & Bonnie tour the previous year . Whitlock maintains that "the Dynamics" was the name chosen and that Ashton mispronounced it when introducing the band, following his opening set with Ashton, Gardner and Dyke . Writing in 2013, Clapton and Whitlock biographer Marc Roberty quoted Jeff Dexter, the compere at the Lyceum show, who recalled that "Derek and the Dominos" had already been decided on before they went on stage . According to Dexter, Clapton was immediately taken with the name, but Whitlock, Radle and Gordon--all Americans--were concerned that they might be mistaken for a doo - wop act . </P> <P>--Bobby Whitlock, on the obsession that drove Clapton's creativity in Derek and the Dominos </P>

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