Carl Radle

Carl Dean Radle was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. Radle is best remembered for his work with Eric Clapton from 1969 to 1979, including as a member of his band Derek and the Dominos. Radle is sometimes called Clapton’s “right hand man” as he helped him during dark periods of his life battling drug addiction.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.