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Carl Dean Radle (June 18, 1942 – May 30, 1980) was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006.


Biography


Early life

Carl Dean Radle was born in
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on June 18, 1942. He shares his birth date and birth year with Beatles member
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.


Career

Radle’s professional career started out when Leon Russell offered him his entry into the music industry, inviting him out to California.


Gary Lewis & the Playboys

His big break came along in the mid-1960s, as the bass player in
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. During his time in the Playboys, he appeared with them on ''Hullabaloo'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', and would play bass on the Playboy hits " Everybody Loves a Clown" and "
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" and contribute to the albums '' A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys'' and '' Everybody Loves a Clown''.


Eric Clapton

Radle was best known for his long association with
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, starting in 1969 with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends and continuing in 1970 with Derek and the Dominos, recording with drummer Jim Gordon, guitarist
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, and keyboardist
Bobby Whitlock Robert Stanley Whitlock (born March 18, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, with Eric Clapton, in 1970–71. Whitlock's musical career began with Memph ...
. He worked on all of Clapton's solo projects from 1970 until 1979 and was a member of Clapton's touring band, Eric Clapton & His Band, from 1974 to 1979. Radle was instrumental in facilitating Clapton's return to recording and touring in 1974. During Clapton's three-year hiatus, Radle furnished him with a supply of tapes of musicians with whom he had been working. Dick Sims and Jamie Oldaker were the core of Clapton's band during the 1970s. Radle served as more than a sideman, acting also as arranger on several songs, notably "Motherless Children". Radle earned credit as an associate producer of Clapton's album ''
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''.


Later works

Carl also was a member of Colours, a psychedelic cult band from Dot Records for whom he played on the first album and guest appeared on the second. In 1970, Radle joined
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's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour. Radle was a
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for many of the most famous
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and
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artists in the 1970s, including
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and
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. He appeared in the film '' The Concert for Bangladesh''; recordings from that concert were released as an album in 1972. Over the two-year period before the release of the album '' The Concert for Bangladesh'', Radle recorded albums with Dave Mason, J.J. Cale,
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,
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, Leon Russell, and
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, among others. Over the course of his career, Radle played on a number of
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and
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singles and albums and garnered the respect of many musicians. His bass lines were often simple and repetitive, but always with the purpose of supporting the song.


Death

Radle died at his home in
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in May 1980, from the effects of alcohol and narcotics; he was 37.


Posthumous releases

Two albums by Derek and the Dominos, '' The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition'' and '' Live at the Fillmore'', were released in 1990 and 1994 respectively that posthumously credited Radle. ''The Layla Sessions'' featured studio jamming with Radle, and ''Live at the Fillmore'' was a live performance that originally took place in October 1970.


Hall of Fame

He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006.


Discography


With

Gary Lewis & the Playboys Gary Lewis & the Playboys were a 1960s Pop music, pop and Rock music, rock group, fronted by musician Gary Lewis (musician), Gary Lewis, the son of comedian Jerry Lewis. They are best known for their 1965 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 1 ...


Albums


Singles


With Derek and the Dominos


Albums

* 1970 '' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' * 1973 '' In Concert'' * 1990 '' The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition'' (posthumous) * 1994 '' Live at the Fillmore'' (posthumous)


With

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...


Albums

* 1970 ''
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'' * 1974 '' 461 Ocean Boulevard'' * 1975 '' E. C. Was Here'' * 1975 ''
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'' * 1976 ''
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'' * 1977 ''
Slowhand ''Slowhand'' is the fifth solo studio album by Eric Clapton. Released on 25 November 1977 by RSO Records, and titled after Clapton's nickname, it is one of his most commercially and critically successful studio albums. ''Slowhand'' produced th ...
'' * 1978 ''
Backless ''Backless'' is the sixth solo studio album by Eric Clapton, released in November 1978. Produced by Glyn Johns, and released by RSO Records, ''Backless'' reached no. 8 on the pop charts. While the single "Promises (Eric Clapton song), Promises ...
''


References


External links


MP3.com entry on RadleA Lesson in Carl Radle's StyleCarl Radle Bass Lines
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