11575 - DELANEY BRAMLETT - A NEW KIND OF BLUES (2007)

DELANEY BRAMLETT
''A NEW KIND OF BLUES''
2008
53:39
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01 - What Do You Do About The Blues 03:53 (Delaney Bramlett, David Allen Morgan)
02 - Cold And Hard Times 04:33 (Delaney Bramlett)
03 - Mighty Mighty Mississippi 05:57 (Delaney Bramlett)
04 - Ol’ Moanin' Blues 06:15 (Delaney Bramlett)
05 - A New Kind Of Blues 04:53 (Delaney Bramlett, Randy Sharp)
06 - Pontotoc 04:09 (Delaney Bramlett, Dennis Morgan)
07 - Ain't Got Nothin' To Lose 04:08 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore, Randy Sharp)
08 - P. O. Box 32789 04:42 (Delaney Bramlett, Randy Sharp)
09 - Change Gonna Come 04:10 (Sam Cooke)
10 - I Got The Time 04:41 (Delaney Bramlett)
11 - I'm Gonna Be Ready 06:13 (Delaney Bramlett)
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Hank Barrio/Guitars
Bekka Bramlett/Vocals (Background)
Delaney Bramlett/Guitars, Sitar, Vocals (Background)
Iva Lazone "Mamo" Bramlett/Vocals (Background)
Kim Carmel/Horn, Vocals (Background)
Claude/Horn
David Scott Cohen/Keyboards
Al Di Marco/Keyboards
Mike Faul/Percussion
Dawn Feusi/Vocals (Background)
John Fumo/Horn
Bob Gross/Bass
Mark Karan/Guitars
Darrell Leonard/Horn
Al Lichtenstein/Drums
Jerry McGee/Guitars
John Molo/Drums
Janny Murphy/Vocals (Background)
Felix Ramos/Horn
Don Randi/Keyboards
David Raven/Drums
Stan "the Man" Ruffeo/Harmonica
Joe Sublett/Horn
Chad Watson/Bass, Guitars, Horn
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Although his popularity was often eclipsed by the artists he mentored, Delaney Bramlett was an accomplished guitarist and singer/songwriter whose style influenced the likes of Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, and Duane Allman. A native of Pontotoc, MS, he served time in the U.S. Navy before moving to Los Angeles in 1959. He soon became a member of the Shindogs, the resident band on the TV show Shindig. Such a job allowed Bramlett to rub shoulders with other notable musicians, and in 1967 he met Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, a member of Ike & Tina Turner's backup group the Ikettes. The two were married within five days; they also formed a duo named Delaney & Bonnie.

Accept No Substitute
Delaney & Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. & the MG's, but the record was not released at first. They then expanded the group (welcoming such musicians as Leon Russell into the fold) and adopted the modified name Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. This new lineup recorded Accept No Substitute in 1969, and although its sales were lukewarm, the album still endeared Delaney Bramlett's music to a number of rock icons. Eric Clapton took particular interest and invited Delaney & Bonnie & Friends to tour alongside Blind Faith in mid-1969; he then left his band and joined Bramlett's loose collective, along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the release of On Tour with Eric Clapton, a live album recorded during a performance at London's Fairfield Halls.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Afterwards, members of the Friends proceeded to work on solo albums by Clapton and Harrison, as well as Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Delaney & Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing, although none of them fared as well as On Tour. Delaney Bramlett then released his debut solo effort, Something's Coming, in 1972, followed by Mobius Strip (1973), Giving Birth to a Song (1975), and Delaney Bramlett and Friends -- Class Reunion (1977). His studio work tapered off after the late '70s, although he returned to his craft two decades later with a handful of releases, the last of which -- A New Kind of Blues -- was issued in 2008. That year proved to be a fateful one, however, as Bramlett suffered from complications of gall bladder surgery and died on December 27th.
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11574 - DELANEY BRAMLETT - SWEET INSPIRATION (2003)

DELANEY BRAMLETT
''SWEET INSPIRATION (BONUS TRACKS)''
DECEMBER 30 2003
53:55
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01 - Sweet Inspiration 04:02 (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn)
02 - Gone 03:18 (Bonnie Bramlett)
03 - Get In 03:31 (Bonnie Bramlett)
04 - Things I Didn't See 05:20 (Bonnie Bramlett)
05 - Let It Rain 03:27 (Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
06 - Funky 03:28 (Bonnie Bramlett)
07 - Stay 04:25 (Bonnie Bramlett)
08 - I Have the Feel of It 03:27 (Bonnie Bramlett)
09 - Stay With Me 03:51 (Bonnie Bramlett)
10 - Tight Rack 04:31 (Bonnie Bramlett)
11 - Sweet Inspiration (Alternate Mix) 04:01 (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn)
12 - Gone (Alternate Mix) 03:13 (Bonnie Bramlett)
13 - Get in (Alternate Mix) 03:35 (Bonnie Bramlett)
14 - Let It Rain (Alternate Mix) 03:45 (Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton)
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Hank Barrio/Guitar
Bekka Bramlett/Vocals (Background)
Delaney Bramlett/Guitar, Vocals
Sgt. Bob Cross/Bass
Mike Faue/Percussion
Chuck Findley/Trumpet
Clydie King/Vocals (Background)
Peter Klimes/Guitar
Alfred Lichtenstein/Drums
Spooner Oldham/Keyboards
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Although his popularity was often eclipsed by the artists he mentored, Delaney Bramlett was an accomplished guitarist and singer/songwriter whose style influenced the likes of Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, and Duane Allman. A native of Pontotoc, MS, he served time in the U.S. Navy before moving to Los Angeles in 1959. He soon became a member of the Shindogs, the resident band on the TV show Shindig. Such a job allowed Bramlett to rub shoulders with other notable musicians, and in 1967 he met Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, a member of Ike & Tina Turner's backup group the Ikettes. The two were married within five days; they also formed a duo named Delaney & Bonnie.

Accept No Substitute
Delaney & Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. & the MG's, but the record was not released at first. They then expanded the group (welcoming such musicians as Leon Russell into the fold) and adopted the modified name Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. This new lineup recorded Accept No Substitute in 1969, and although its sales were lukewarm, the album still endeared Delaney Bramlett's music to a number of rock icons. Eric Clapton took particular interest and invited Delaney & Bonnie & Friends to tour alongside Blind Faith in mid-1969; he then left his band and joined Bramlett's loose collective, along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the release of On Tour with Eric Clapton, a live album recorded during a performance at London's Fairfield Halls.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Afterwards, members of the Friends proceeded to work on solo albums by Clapton and Harrison, as well as Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Delaney & Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing, although none of them fared as well as On Tour. Delaney Bramlett then released his debut solo effort, Something's Coming, in 1972, followed by Mobius Strip (1973), Giving Birth to a Song (1975), and Delaney Bramlett and Friends -- Class Reunion (1977). His studio work tapered off after the late '70s, although he returned to his craft two decades later with a handful of releases, the last of which -- A New Kind of Blues -- was issued in 2008. That year proved to be a fateful one, however, as Bramlett suffered from complications of gall bladder surgery and died on December 27th.
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11573 - DELANEY BRAMLETT - MOBIUS STRIP (1973)

DELANEY BRAMLETT
''MOBIUS STRIP''
1973
36:04
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01 - Are You A Beatle Or A Rolling Stone 03:22 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
02 - What Am I Doin' (In A Place Like This) 02:59 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
03 - A Young Girl (In Her Garden) 03:44 (Randy Sharp)
04 - Big Ol' Piece Of Blues 02:59 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Glmore)
05 - Circles 05:05 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Glmore)
06 - When A Man Is In Need Of A Woamn 03:25 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
07 - I'm A M-A-N 04:37 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
08 - B.B.'s Blues 03:42 (Billy Burnett, Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
09 - A Little Bit Of You In Me 02:18 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
10 - California Rain 03:51 (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore)
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Horn Arrangements, Trumpet - Daryl Leonard
Baritone Saxophone - Jim Gordon (2)
Bass - Robert Wilson
Drums - Ron Grayson
Guitar, Vocals, Percussion - Delaney Bramlett
Horns Section - Daryl Leonard, Jerry Jumonville, Jim Gordon (2)
Organ - Tim Hedding
Piano - Jim Hobson
Tenor Saxophone - Jerry Jumonville
Trombone - Larry Savoie
Guitar (Wa Wa) On 01, Guitar On 04, Guitar Solo On 08 – John Ussery
Congas On 02, 05, 07 - King Ericson
Backing Vocals On 05 - Clydie King, The Hired Choir, Vanetta Fields
Backing Vocals On 06 - Clydie King, Vanetta Fields
Backing Vocals On 09 - Clydie King
Bram-letts Mini Choir On 10 - Becca Bramlett, Chris King, Feda King, Michele Bramlett, Suki King, Susan Bramlett
Bagpipes On 05 - Jim Gordon (2)
Guitar On 05 - Art Munson
Synthesizer On 07, 10 - Craig Portman
Steel Guitar On 09 - Red Rhodes
String Arrangements On 10 - Michael Omartian
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REVIEW/AMG
Thom Jurek
Mobius Strip was recorded and released in 1973, during Delaney Bramlett's separation from Bonnie in the wake of their imminent divorce. Amazingly, this doesn't immediately show in the music. In fact, it's more joyous in places than its predecessor, Some Things Coming. That said, one has to wonder if Bramlett was losing it here, given that its opener is titled "Are You a Beatle or a Rolling Stone." By rights it should be dreadful; but it's not. Bramlett's cornball humor aside, the song's tale of life on the road depicts the '70s in all of its decadent glory. It's also a savagely funky R&B-drenched rocker. The band on this set is a bit larger but it's also leaner. Bramlett handles a lot of the backing vocals and percussion himself, offering his true worth as a singer. He plays guitar a lot more, too, each track is shot through his nasty Telecaster and Stratocaster fills and solos. He's got Jim Gordon and Jerry Jumonville on saxes (the latter plays bagpipes à la Rufus Harley on one cut), and George Bohannon handles the charts for the horns on a few tracks: Bramlett does the rest, and uses the same core organ session from Some Things Coming, essentially his road band of bassist Robert G. Wilson, organist Timothy Hedding, and drummer Ron Grayson. The tunes where there are other backing vocals feature Venetta Fields and Chris Thomas King and some group called "the Hired Choir," as well as a "mini-choir" comprising the children of Bramlett, and King (for Fleetwood Mac fanatics, this marks the very first recorded performance of Bekka Bramlett).

The opener and "What Am I Doin' (In a Place Like This)," could have come off Some Things Coming; they're raucous, rowdy, and drenched in the Muscle Shoals horn and rhythm section soul-meets-blues formula that crackles with power and sexual energy. But the change-up happens on the set's third track, a stripped down ballad by Randy Sharp called "A Young Girl (In Her Garden)," that could have been composed by Jimmy Webb. The desperation in Bramlett's vocal reveals his precarious situation, caught between regret and the desire for love in his life. "Big Ol' Piece of Blues," is just what it says it is, and then comes the charging road band soul of "Circles" that offers more naked confessionalism with the amazing call and response backing vocals and choir, in a completely hypnotic vocal pattern that matches the (no pun intended) circular rhythms employed by the drum kit and percussion section. The organ and horns here are transcendent; they offer the singer courage as he bares his ripped up heart and lost sense of purpose for the listener. But the funky, gritty sound that typifies Bramlett's best work is everywhere, and his arrangement for the chorus is astonishing.

"When a Man Is in Need of a Woman" is not a rewrite of the Percy Sledge hit, it's a strictly honest "Let's-look-at-this-without-pretense," delivery that may be sung right out to Bonnie, or it may be sung to the heavens. Damn! The slide work and special synth effects on "I'm a M-A-N" are a change-up for the first few seconds before Bramlett roars like a lion and lets his slide do the talking, challenging Bohannon's horns to go the distance with him. Jim Hobson's piano is poignant here and is the only thing that keeps the piece on the ground. The set closes with "California Rain," a ballad with Bramlett on his 12-string guitars, a B-3, piano, and a skeletal bassline that is every bit as poignant as any singer/songwriter tune that's ever been laid down, but Bramlett's singing is as expressive as ________ (name any great Atlantic or Stax male vocalist after Otis Redding). It's as sad a tune as you're likely to hear, but it's music that moves past grief and loneliness toward the willingness to live another day. As the children's choir kicks in, all off-key and sincere, one can feel the sun coming through the clouds. This album, like all of the Delaney & Bonnie predecessors, and his solo offerings, endures into the 21st century, even if it is forgotten and can only be had either second-hand or ordered at import prices. It doesn't matter; this is essential American roots music, every bit as powerful now as when it was released.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Although his popularity was often eclipsed by the artists he mentored, Delaney Bramlett was an accomplished guitarist and singer/songwriter whose style influenced the likes of Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, and Duane Allman. A native of Pontotoc, MS, he served time in the U.S. Navy before moving to Los Angeles in 1959. He soon became a member of the Shindogs, the resident band on the TV show Shindig. Such a job allowed Bramlett to rub shoulders with other notable musicians, and in 1967 he met Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, a member of Ike & Tina Turner's backup group the Ikettes. The two were married within five days; they also formed a duo named Delaney & Bonnie.

Accept No Substitute
Delaney & Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. & the MG's, but the record was not released at first. They then expanded the group (welcoming such musicians as Leon Russell into the fold) and adopted the modified name Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. This new lineup recorded Accept No Substitute in 1969, and although its sales were lukewarm, the album still endeared Delaney Bramlett's music to a number of rock icons. Eric Clapton took particular interest and invited Delaney & Bonnie & Friends to tour alongside Blind Faith in mid-1969; he then left his band and joined Bramlett's loose collective, along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the release of On Tour with Eric Clapton, a live album recorded during a performance at London's Fairfield Halls.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Afterwards, members of the Friends proceeded to work on solo albums by Clapton and Harrison, as well as Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Delaney & Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing, although none of them fared as well as On Tour. Delaney Bramlett then released his debut solo effort, Something's Coming, in 1972, followed by Mobius Strip (1973), Giving Birth to a Song (1975), and Delaney Bramlett and Friends -- Class Reunion (1977). His studio work tapered off after the late '70s, although he returned to his craft two decades later with a handful of releases, the last of which -- A New Kind of Blues -- was issued in 2008. That year proved to be a fateful one, however, as Bramlett suffered from complications of gall bladder surgery and died on December 27th.
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11572 - DELANEY BRAMLETT - DELANEY (SOME THINGS COMING) (1972)

DELANEY BRAMLETT
''DELANEY (SOME THINGS COMING)''
1972
32:48
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01 - Over and Over 02:54
02 - Thank God 03:15
03 - Please Accept My Love 03:14
04 - Keep It Going 04:22
05 - Some Things Coming (Heartbeat) 03:01
06 - Down by the Riverside 02:25
07 - Sit Right Down 03:00
08 - I'm Not Your Lover, I'm Your Lovee 04:24
09 - Try a Little Harder 06:09
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Ben Benay/Guitar
Delaney Bramlett/Guitar, Vocals
Joe Lane Davis/Saxophone
Venetta Fields/Choir/Chorus, Vocals (Background)
Jim Gordon (2)/Saxophone
Ron Grayson/Drums, Percussion
Tim Heding/Keyboards, Organ
Milt Holland/Percussion
Gloria Jones/Choir/Chorus
Jerry Jumonville/Saxophone
Clydie King/Vocals (Background)
Darrell Leonard/Percussion
Sherlie Matthews/Vocals
Jerry McGee/Guitar
Billy Preston/Keyboards
Larry Savoie/Horn
Robert G. Wilson/Bass
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REVIEW/AMG
Thom Jurek
Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett recorded a handful of albums including the greatest live-to-tape recorded album in the history of rock & roll: Motel Shot. It was done in a single night in a motel room with all manner of guests from Clapton to Gram Parsons crowding the mikes. In addition, there is the joyous and powerful To Bonnie from Delaney. Some Things Coming may not rank quite as high in the pantheon as those, but it does smoke. Some Things Coming issued in 1972, features Bramlett on lead vocals and guitars with a full-on horn section (including Jim Gordon and Jerry Jumonville), Venetta Fields and Clydie King on backing vocals throughout, string arrangements by George Bohannon, percussionist Milt Holland, Ron Grayson on drums, bassist Robert Wilson, and B-3 boss Tim Hedding -- the backing chorus is added to on several cuts, with future disco diva Gloria Jones and Shirley Matthews. The material is wide-ranging but always greasy. The opener, the driving, funky Southern soul and gospel of "Over and Over" is revved to rockist hedonism with a splintering, overdriven guitar and a popping bassline dueling to the death with double-time drums and an ambitious horn chart. There's the in-the-pocket ballad "Thank God," which manages to evoke both Ray Charles and '60s Nashville without blowing it. There's gospel-blues of "Please Accept My Love" done in the utterly believable, wanton, pleading singing voice that Leon Russell and Bramlett shared (although Bramlett's range is wider). It gets downright hard and funky on "Keep It Going," a tune that Bramlett co-wrote with Elvin Bishop. This is snaky, voodoo funk at its best. One can hear the Meters and gospel choir meeting on the street corner where Saturday night reluctantly gives way to Sunday morning and the spirits are everywhere duking it out. Add to this the title track, and the album is worth its weight in gold. Bramlett utilizes percussionist Holland with his kalimba, congas, and boatload of hand percussion, and a gospel choir singing in Zulu, taking the innovation of Hugh Masekela and Chisa into the rock and Southern soul idiom. He answers them, line for line, in English. It all flows together until it erupts in razor sharp lead guitar lines; funked out bass and drums, all underscored by the B-3 in the middle eight before it gives way again to the chant. It's stunning, especially considering it's followed here with the traditional "Down by the Riverside," done with so much class you'd swear you were in church, except for that guitar solo. Speaking of which, "Sit Right Down" offers one of the nastiest sounding National Steel bottleneck guitars ever put in front of a mic in a studio. When it's over, the silence is deafening. This is one of those records most people would kill to make, and Bramlett made over half a dozen of them and produced Clapton, taught him to sing, and wrote one of his biggest hits ("Let It Rain"), yet remains an all-but-forgotten artist. This one is strictly all-kill, no-filler.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Although his popularity was often eclipsed by the artists he mentored, Delaney Bramlett was an accomplished guitarist and singer/songwriter whose style influenced the likes of Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, and Duane Allman. A native of Pontotoc, MS, he served time in the U.S. Navy before moving to Los Angeles in 1959. He soon became a member of the Shindogs, the resident band on the TV show Shindig. Such a job allowed Bramlett to rub shoulders with other notable musicians, and in 1967 he met Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, a member of Ike & Tina Turner's backup group the Ikettes. The two were married within five days; they also formed a duo named Delaney & Bonnie.

Accept No Substitute
Delaney & Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. & the MG's, but the record was not released at first. They then expanded the group (welcoming such musicians as Leon Russell into the fold) and adopted the modified name Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. This new lineup recorded Accept No Substitute in 1969, and although its sales were lukewarm, the album still endeared Delaney Bramlett's music to a number of rock icons. Eric Clapton took particular interest and invited Delaney & Bonnie & Friends to tour alongside Blind Faith in mid-1969; he then left his band and joined Bramlett's loose collective, along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the release of On Tour with Eric Clapton, a live album recorded during a performance at London's Fairfield Halls.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Afterwards, members of the Friends proceeded to work on solo albums by Clapton and Harrison, as well as Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Delaney & Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing, although none of them fared as well as On Tour. Delaney Bramlett then released his debut solo effort, Something's Coming, in 1972, followed by Mobius Strip (1973), Giving Birth to a Song (1975), and Delaney Bramlett and Friends -- Class Reunion (1977). His studio work tapered off after the late '70s, although he returned to his craft two decades later with a handful of releases, the last of which -- A New Kind of Blues -- was issued in 2008. That year proved to be a fateful one, however, as Bramlett suffered from complications of gall bladder surgery and died on December 27th.
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11053 - DELANEY & BONNIE AND FRIENDS - MOTEL SHOT (1971) (REPOST)

DELANEY & BONNIE AND FRIENDS
''MOTEL SHOT''
1971
46:29
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1/Where the Soul Never Dies/3:24
2/Will the Circle Be Unbroken/2:42
3/Rock of Ages/2:17
4/Long Road Ahead/3:25
5/Faded Love/4:03
6/Talkin' About Jesus/6:51
7/Come on in My Kitchen/2:41
8/Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)/3:54
9/Never Ending Song of Love/3:20
10/Sing My Way Home/4:02
11/Going Down the Road Feeling Bad/5:12
12/Lonesome and a Long Way from Home/3:55
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Duane Allman /Guitar
Ben Benay /Guitar
Bonnie Bramlett /Vocals
Delaney Bramlett /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Joe Cocker /Vocals
Kenny Gradney /Bass
John Hartford /Banjo
Jim Keltner /Drums
Bobby Keys /Saxophone
Dave Mason /Guitar
Carl Radle /Bass
Leon Russell /Guitar, Keyboards
Clarence White /Guitar, Vocals
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REVIEW/AMG
James Chrispell
Decades before the MTV Unplugged phenomenon took off, Delaney and Bonnie recorded an album's worth of tunes in just that acoustic fashion. Rounding up a cast of "friends" for the event (including Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and Duane Allman, to name a few "friends"), Motel Shot tries to show how musicians on the road unwind after concerts and get back to the basics. Delaney and Bonnie even had a hit single here, with "Never Ending Song of Love." This is a refreshing record, and one that should not be missed. It includes strains of gospel, country, blues, folk, and R&B, while never straying from the acoustic trail.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
The husband-and-wife duo of Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett created some of the most distinctive and unique music of the early '70s, but their alchemical sound -- equal parts blue-eyed soul, blues, country, and gospel -- was often marginalized by the attention instead paid to the contributions of their famous "friends," including rock icons like Eric Clapton, Duane Allman and George Harrison.
Delaney Bramlett was born July 1, 1939 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, later befriending fellow aspiring musicians Leon Russell and J.J. Cale. On their recommendation he relocated to Los Angeles, briefly landing with the Champs before he was hired to play guitar with the Shindogs, the house band on the popular ABC television variety series Shindig. Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, meanwhile, was born November 8, 1944 in Acton, Illinois and raised in nearby East St. Louis; as a teen she backed blues acts including Albert King and Little Milton, before signing on as the first-ever white Ikette behind Ike & Tina Turner. She eventually migrated to Los Angeles as well, and met Delaney while the Shindogs were moonlighting at a local bowling alley. Within a week, the couple were married.
Home
After signing to the famed Memphis soul label, Stax, Delaney & Bonnie recorded their debut LP, 1969's Home. Though cut with the aid of Stax linchpins like Booker T. & the MG's, William Bell, and Isaac Hayes, the record went virtually unnoticed and the duo were released from their contract. They landed with Elektra to release the follow-up, Accept No Substitute -- recorded with a superb backing band including keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle, and drummer Jim Keltner, the album was another commercial failure, but the couple's gritty, soulful vocals and earthy sound earned the appreciation of fellow musicians at home and abroad, not to mention an invitation to serve as the opening act on British supergroup Blind Faith's 1969 U.S. tour. Blind Faith's superstar guitarist Clapton was soon a fixture aboard Delaney & Bonnie's tour bus, regularly jamming with the Bramletts and their band. When Blind Faith disbanded after the tour ended, Clapton joined Delaney & Bonnie full-time, assuming a sideman role and actively avoiding the spotlight on-stage and off. The group eventually toured the U.K., where Clapton friends like Harrison and Dave Mason occasionally popped up on-stage -- a late 1969 show in Croydon was released the following year as On Tour with Eric Clapton, becoming the duo's best-selling LP when it cracked the American Top 30.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Now dubbed Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, the group briefly joined up with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band and toured Europe before returning stateside in 1970. When Clapton dropped out to begin working on his debut solo album -- a record that introduced a bluesy, raw vocal style clearly indebted to Delaney -- audience interest began to dissipate. Worse, Leon Russell lured away Radle and Keltner to join Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, forcing the couple to cancel a planned tour of their own. Nevertheless, the backing band assembled for 1970's Tom Dowd-produced To Bonnie from Delaney was first-rate, including guitarist Duane Allman, bassist Jerry Scheff, pianist Jim Dickinson, and saxophonist King Curtis. 1971's Motel Shot was another all-star affair, highlighted by Delaney & Bonnie's biggest U.S. pop hit, "Never Ending Song of Love." The following year's D & B Together yielded another Top 20 hit, a reading of Dave Mason's "Only You Know and I Know." However, the LP was Delaney & Bonnie's last -- when their marriage fell apart, so did their musical collaboration.
Sounds from Home
After the couple's divorce, Delaney recorded a pair of solo albums, 1972's Something's Coming, and 1973's Mobius Strip, to fulfill their contract with Columbia Records; after 1978's Delaney Bramlett with Steve Cropper, a collaboration with the legendary Stax house guitarist recorded for Motown's Prodigal subsidiary, he largely disappeared from sight, overcoming a battle with alcoholism to become a born-again Christian and making a living by writing commercial jingles. In 2000, he returned with a new solo album, Sounds from Home, with Sweet Inspiration following in late 2003. Bonnie, meanwhile, made her solo debut with 1973's Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, recorded with the Average White Band. She then cut three little-noticed albums for Capricorn, and while touring with Stephen Stills in 1979, made headlines when she punched out Elvis Costello in a Columbus, Ohio bar after the British upstart reputedly called Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant nigger." She later changed her professional surname to Sheridan, found Jesus, and was, for a short time, a supporting cast member on the hit 1990s sitcom Roseanne. Bonnie returned to recording with I'm Still the Same. In 1993, Bekka Bramlett, Delaney and Bonnie's daughter, joined Fleetwood Mac, replacing Stevie Nicks.
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5228 - DELANEY & BONNIE AND FRIENDS - Motel Shot (1971)

DELANEY & BONNIE AND FRIENDS
''MOTEL SHOT''
1971
46:29

1/Where the Soul Never Dies/3:24
2/Will the Circle Be Unbroken/2:42
3/Rock of Ages/2:17
4/Long Road Ahead/3:25
5/Faded Love/4:03
6/Talkin' About Jesus/6:51
7/Come on in My Kitchen/2:41
8/Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)/3:54
9/Never Ending Song of Love/3:20
10/Sing My Way Home/4:02
11/Going Down the Road Feeling Bad/5:12
12/Lonesome and a Long Way from Home/3:55

Duane Allman /Guitar
Ben Benay /Guitar
Bonnie Bramlett /Vocals
Delaney Bramlett /Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
Joe Cocker /Vocals
Kenny Gradney /Bass
John Hartford /Banjo
Jim Keltner /Drums
Bobby Keys /Saxophone
Dave Mason /Guitar
Carl Radle /Bass
Leon Russell /Guitar, Keyboards
Clarence White /Guitar, Vocals

REVIEW
by James Chrispell
Decades before the MTV Unplugged phenomenon took off, Delaney and Bonnie recorded an album's worth of tunes in just that acoustic fashion. Rounding up a cast of "friends" for the event (including Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and Duane Allman, to name a few "friends"), Motel Shot tries to show how musicians on the road unwind after concerts and get back to the basics. Delaney and Bonnie even had a hit single here, with "Never Ending Song of Love." This is a refreshing record, and one that should not be missed. It includes strains of gospel, country, blues, folk, and R&B, while never straying from the acoustic trail.

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
The husband-and-wife duo of Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett created some of the most distinctive and unique music of the early '70s, but their alchemical sound -- equal parts blue-eyed soul, blues, country, and gospel -- was often marginalized by the attention instead paid to the contributions of their famous "friends," including rock icons like Eric Clapton, Duane Allman and George Harrison.
Delaney Bramlett was born July 1, 1939 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, later befriending fellow aspiring musicians Leon Russell and J.J. Cale. On their recommendation he relocated to Los Angeles, briefly landing with the Champs before he was hired to play guitar with the Shindogs, the house band on the popular ABC television variety series Shindig. Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, meanwhile, was born November 8, 1944 in Acton, Illinois and raised in nearby East St. Louis; as a teen she backed blues acts including Albert King and Little Milton, before signing on as the first-ever white Ikette behind Ike & Tina Turner. She eventually migrated to Los Angeles as well, and met Delaney while the Shindogs were moonlighting at a local bowling alley. Within a week, the couple were married.
Home
After signing to the famed Memphis soul label, Stax, Delaney & Bonnie recorded their debut LP, 1969's Home. Though cut with the aid of Stax linchpins like Booker T. & the MG's, William Bell, and Isaac Hayes, the record went virtually unnoticed and the duo were released from their contract. They landed with Elektra to release the follow-up, Accept No Substitute -- recorded with a superb backing band including keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle, and drummer Jim Keltner, the album was another commercial failure, but the couple's gritty, soulful vocals and earthy sound earned the appreciation of fellow musicians at home and abroad, not to mention an invitation to serve as the opening act on British supergroup Blind Faith's 1969 U.S. tour. Blind Faith's superstar guitarist Clapton was soon a fixture aboard Delaney & Bonnie's tour bus, regularly jamming with the Bramletts and their band. When Blind Faith disbanded after the tour ended, Clapton joined Delaney & Bonnie full-time, assuming a sideman role and actively avoiding the spotlight on-stage and off. The group eventually toured the U.K., where Clapton friends like Harrison and Dave Mason occasionally popped up on-stage -- a late 1969 show in Croydon was released the following year as On Tour with Eric Clapton, becoming the duo's best-selling LP when it cracked the American Top 30.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Now dubbed Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, the group briefly joined up with John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band and toured Europe before returning stateside in 1970. When Clapton dropped out to begin working on his debut solo album -- a record that introduced a bluesy, raw vocal style clearly indebted to Delaney -- audience interest began to dissipate. Worse, Leon Russell lured away Radle and Keltner to join Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, forcing the couple to cancel a planned tour of their own. Nevertheless, the backing band assembled for 1970's Tom Dowd-produced To Bonnie from Delaney was first-rate, including guitarist Duane Allman, bassist Jerry Scheff, pianist Jim Dickinson, and saxophonist King Curtis. 1971's Motel Shot was another all-star affair, highlighted by Delaney & Bonnie's biggest U.S. pop hit, "Never Ending Song of Love." The following year's D & B Together yielded another Top 20 hit, a reading of Dave Mason's "Only You Know and I Know." However, the LP was Delaney & Bonnie's last -- when their marriage fell apart, so did their musical collaboration.
Sounds from Home
After the couple's divorce, Delaney recorded a pair of solo albums, 1972's Something's Coming, and 1973's Mobius Strip, to fulfill their contract with Columbia Records; after 1978's Delaney Bramlett with Steve Cropper, a collaboration with the legendary Stax house guitarist recorded for Motown's Prodigal subsidiary, he largely disappeared from sight, overcoming a battle with alcoholism to become a born-again Christian and making a living by writing commercial jingles. In 2000, he returned with a new solo album, Sounds from Home, with Sweet Inspiration following in late 2003. Bonnie, meanwhile, made her solo debut with 1973's Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, recorded with the Average White Band. She then cut three little-noticed albums for Capricorn, and while touring with Stephen Stills in 1979, made headlines when she punched out Elvis Costello in a Columbus, Ohio bar after the British upstart reputedly called Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant nigger." She later changed her professional surname to Sheridan, found Jesus, and was, for a short time, a supporting cast member on the hit 1990s sitcom Roseanne. Bonnie returned to recording with I'm Still the Same. In 1993, Bekka Bramlett, Delaney and Bonnie's daughter, joined Fleetwood Mac, replacing Stevie Nicks.
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2006 - DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON, Disc Four: Fairfield Halls December 7th 1969 2nd Show (2010)

DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON
''DISC FOUR: FAIRFIELD HALLS, DECEMBER 7TH 1969, 2ND SHOW''
AUG 2010
RHINO HANDMADE

DISC ONE: Royal Albert Hall. December 1st 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Band Introductions
05. Only You Know And I Know
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Get Ourselves Together
08. I Don't Know Why
09. Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10. That's What My Man Is For
11. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12. Everybody Loves A Winner
13. Things Get Better
14. Coming Home
15. I Don't Want To Discuss It
16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes

DISC TWO: Colston Hall, Bristol, December 2nd 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09. Coming Home
10. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11. I Don't Want To Discuss It
12. Crowd/Announcement

DISC THREE: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 1st Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Introduction
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08. That's What My Man Is For
09. I Don't Want To Discuss It
10. Coming Home

DISC FOUR: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 2nd Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Pigmy (Instrumental)
04. Introductions
05. Things Get Better
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Only You Know And I Know
08. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10. I Don't Know Why
11. That's What My Man Is For
12. Coming Home
13. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny

Delaney Bramlett/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Eric Clapton/Lead Guitar (Occasional Vocals)
Dave Mason/Guitar
Carl Radle/Bass
Jim Gordon/Drums
Bobby Whitlock/Organ, Vocals
Jim Price/Trumpet, Trombone,
Bobby Keys/Saxophones
Tex Johnson/Percussion,
Rita Coolidge/Vocals
And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his own early solo ventures in 1970. He rises to the occasion with dazzling displays of virtuosity throughout, highlighted by a dizzying solo on "I Don't Want to Discuss," a long, languid part on "Only You Know and I Know," and searing, soulful lead on the beautifully harmonized "Coming Home." Vocally, Delaney & Bonnie were never better than they come off on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds tighter musically than a lot of quartets that were working at the time, whether they're playing extended blues or ripping through a medley of Little Richard songs. It's no accident that the band featured here would become Clapton's own studio outfit for his debut solo LP, or that the core of this group -- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon -- would transform itself into Derek & the Dominoes as well; or that most of the full band here would also comprise the group that played with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass and at the Concert for Bangladesh, except that the playing here (not to mention the recording) is better. Half the musicians on this record achieved near-superstar status less than a year later, and although the reasons behind their fame didn't last, listening to their work decades later, it all seems justified. One only wishes that Atlantic Records might check their vaults for any unreleased numbers from these shows that could fit on an extended CD.

REVIEW
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. The Wait Is Over - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including "I Don't Know Why" a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; "My Baby Specializes" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" from the Bramlett's debut Home; "Get Ourselves Together" from the couple's 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"; a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'"; and the instrumental "Pigmy."

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2005 - DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON, Disc Three: Fairfield Halls December 7th 1969 1st Show (2010)

DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON
''DISC THREE: FAIRFIELD HALLS, DECEMBER 7TH 1969, 1ST SHOW''
AUG 2010
RHINO HANDMADE

DISC ONE: Royal Albert Hall. December 1st 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Band Introductions
05. Only You Know And I Know
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Get Ourselves Together
08. I Don't Know Why
09. Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10. That's What My Man Is For
11. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12. Everybody Loves A Winner
13. Things Get Better
14. Coming Home
15. I Don't Want To Discuss It
16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes

DISC TWO: Colston Hall, Bristol, December 2nd 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09. Coming Home
10. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11. I Don't Want To Discuss It
12. Crowd/Announcement

DISC THREE: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 1st Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Introduction
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08. That's What My Man Is For
09. I Don't Want To Discuss It
10. Coming Home

DISC FOUR: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 2nd Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Pigmy (Instrumental)
04. Introductions
05. Things Get Better
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Only You Know And I Know
08. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10. I Don't Know Why
11. That's What My Man Is For
12. Coming Home
13. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny

Delaney Bramlett/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Eric Clapton/Lead Guitar (Occasional Vocals)
Dave Mason/Guitar
Carl Radle/Bass
Jim Gordon/Drums
Bobby Whitlock/Organ, Vocals
Jim Price/Trumpet, Trombone,
Bobby Keys/Saxophones
Tex Johnson/Percussion,
Rita Coolidge/Vocals
And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his own early solo ventures in 1970. He rises to the occasion with dazzling displays of virtuosity throughout, highlighted by a dizzying solo on "I Don't Want to Discuss," a long, languid part on "Only You Know and I Know," and searing, soulful lead on the beautifully harmonized "Coming Home." Vocally, Delaney & Bonnie were never better than they come off on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds tighter musically than a lot of quartets that were working at the time, whether they're playing extended blues or ripping through a medley of Little Richard songs. It's no accident that the band featured here would become Clapton's own studio outfit for his debut solo LP, or that the core of this group -- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon -- would transform itself into Derek & the Dominoes as well; or that most of the full band here would also comprise the group that played with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass and at the Concert for Bangladesh, except that the playing here (not to mention the recording) is better. Half the musicians on this record achieved near-superstar status less than a year later, and although the reasons behind their fame didn't last, listening to their work decades later, it all seems justified. One only wishes that Atlantic Records might check their vaults for any unreleased numbers from these shows that could fit on an extended CD.

REVIEW
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. The Wait Is Over - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including "I Don't Know Why" a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; "My Baby Specializes" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" from the Bramlett's debut Home; "Get Ourselves Together" from the couple's 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"; a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'"; and the instrumental "Pigmy."

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2004 - DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON, Disc Two: Colston Hall Bristol December 2nd 1969 (2010)

DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON
''DISC TWO: COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, DECEMBER 2ND 1969''
AUG 2010
RHINO HANDMADE

DISC ONE: Royal Albert Hall. December 1st 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Band Introductions
05. Only You Know And I Know
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Get Ourselves Together
08. I Don't Know Why
09. Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10. That's What My Man Is For
11. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12. Everybody Loves A Winner
13. Things Get Better
14. Coming Home
15. I Don't Want To Discuss It
16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes

DISC TWO: Colston Hall, Bristol, December 2nd 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09. Coming Home
10. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11. I Don't Want To Discuss It
12. Crowd/Announcement

DISC THREE: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 1st Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Introduction
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08. That's What My Man Is For
09. I Don't Want To Discuss It
10. Coming Home

DISC FOUR: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 2nd Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Pigmy (Instrumental)
04. Introductions
05. Things Get Better
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Only You Know And I Know
08. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10. I Don't Know Why
11. That's What My Man Is For
12. Coming Home
13. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny

Delaney Bramlett/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Eric Clapton/Lead Guitar (Occasional Vocals)
Dave Mason/Guitar
Carl Radle/Bass
Jim Gordon/Drums
Bobby Whitlock/Organ, Vocals
Jim Price/Trumpet, Trombone,
Bobby Keys/Saxophones
Tex Johnson/Percussion,
Rita Coolidge/Vocals
And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his own early solo ventures in 1970. He rises to the occasion with dazzling displays of virtuosity throughout, highlighted by a dizzying solo on "I Don't Want to Discuss," a long, languid part on "Only You Know and I Know," and searing, soulful lead on the beautifully harmonized "Coming Home." Vocally, Delaney & Bonnie were never better than they come off on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds tighter musically than a lot of quartets that were working at the time, whether they're playing extended blues or ripping through a medley of Little Richard songs. It's no accident that the band featured here would become Clapton's own studio outfit for his debut solo LP, or that the core of this group -- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon -- would transform itself into Derek & the Dominoes as well; or that most of the full band here would also comprise the group that played with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass and at the Concert for Bangladesh, except that the playing here (not to mention the recording) is better. Half the musicians on this record achieved near-superstar status less than a year later, and although the reasons behind their fame didn't last, listening to their work decades later, it all seems justified. One only wishes that Atlantic Records might check their vaults for any unreleased numbers from these shows that could fit on an extended CD.

REVIEW
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. The Wait Is Over - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including "I Don't Know Why" a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; "My Baby Specializes" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" from the Bramlett's debut Home; "Get Ourselves Together" from the couple's 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"; a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'"; and the instrumental "Pigmy."

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2003 - DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON, Disc One: Royal Albert Hall December 1st 1969 (2010)

DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON
''DISC ONE: ROYAL ALBERT HALL, DECEMBER 1ST 1969''
AUG 2010
RHINO HANDMADE

DISC ONE: Royal Albert Hall. December 1st 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Band Introductions
05. Only You Know And I Know
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Get Ourselves Together
08. I Don't Know Why
09. Where's There's A Will, There's A Way
10. That's What My Man Is For
11. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
12. Everybody Loves A Winner
13. Things Get Better
14. Coming Home
15. I Don't Want To Discuss It
16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
17. My Baby Specializes

DISC TWO: Colston Hall, Bristol, December 2nd 1969
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Opening Jam
03. Gimme Some Lovin'
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Medley: Pour Your Love On Me/Just Plain Beautiful
08. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
09. Coming Home
10. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
11. I Don't Want To Discuss It
12. Crowd/Announcement

DISC THREE: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 1st Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Introduction
04. Things Get Better
05. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
06. I Don't Know Why
07. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
08. That's What My Man Is For
09. I Don't Want To Discuss It
10. Coming Home

DISC FOUR: Fairfield Halls, December 7th 1969, 2nd Show
01. Intro/Tuning
02. Gimme Some Lovin'
03. Pigmy (Instrumental)
04. Introductions
05. Things Get Better
06. Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson
07. Only You Know And I Know
08. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
09. Where There's A Will, There's A Way
10. I Don't Know Why
11. That's What My Man Is For
12. Coming Home
13. Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny

Delaney Bramlett/Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Eric Clapton/Lead Guitar (Occasional Vocals)
Dave Mason/Guitar
Carl Radle/Bass
Jim Gordon/Drums
Bobby Whitlock/Organ, Vocals
Jim Price/Trumpet, Trombone,
Bobby Keys/Saxophones
Tex Johnson/Percussion,
Rita Coolidge/Vocals
And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his own early solo ventures in 1970. He rises to the occasion with dazzling displays of virtuosity throughout, highlighted by a dizzying solo on "I Don't Want to Discuss," a long, languid part on "Only You Know and I Know," and searing, soulful lead on the beautifully harmonized "Coming Home." Vocally, Delaney & Bonnie were never better than they come off on this live set, and the 11-piece band sounds tighter musically than a lot of quartets that were working at the time, whether they're playing extended blues or ripping through a medley of Little Richard songs. It's no accident that the band featured here would become Clapton's own studio outfit for his debut solo LP, or that the core of this group -- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, and Jim Gordon -- would transform itself into Derek & the Dominoes as well; or that most of the full band here would also comprise the group that played with George Harrison on All Things Must Pass and at the Concert for Bangladesh, except that the playing here (not to mention the recording) is better. Half the musicians on this record achieved near-superstar status less than a year later, and although the reasons behind their fame didn't last, listening to their work decades later, it all seems justified. One only wishes that Atlantic Records might check their vaults for any unreleased numbers from these shows that could fit on an extended CD.

REVIEW
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. The Wait Is Over - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul.
The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.And while George Harrison's name isn't listed (he's mentioned in the accompanying booklet as playing guitar), it's well known that he did play guitar, along with his friend Eric Clapton on this tour.
Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including "I Don't Know Why" a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; "My Baby Specializes" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" from the Bramlett's debut Home; "Get Ourselves Together" from the couple's 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"; a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'"; and the instrumental "Pigmy."

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2002 - DELANEY & BONNIE - Accept No Substitute (1969)

DELANEY & BONNIE
''ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE''
1969/CD 2005
34:22
ELEKTRA/RHINO

1/Get Ourselves Together
Bonnie Bramlett / Carl Radle/2:25
2/Someday
Bonnie Bramlett/3:29
3/Ghetto
Homer Banks / Bonnie Bramlett / Bettye Crutcher/4:55
4/When the Battle Is Over
Jessie Hill / Dr. John/3:32
5/Dirty Old Man
Delaney Bramlett / Mac Davis/2:31
6/Love Me a Little Bit Longer
Bonnie Bramlett/2:57
7/I Can't Take It Much Longer
Delaney Bramlett/3:07
8/Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Chips Moman / Dan Penn/5:23
9/Soldiers of the Cross
Traditional/3:10
10/Gift of Love
Delaney Bramlett/2:53

REVIEW
by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
While Delaney & Bonnie will be forever associated with Eric Clapton and Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, the couple, along with a loose association of friends, recorded a number of classics in their own right. Released in 1969, Accept No Substitute contained the same blend of soul and rock & roll that would show up on Layla the following year. While the production, as Matthew Greenwald points out in the liner notes, has a "pop sheen," Delaney & Bonnie's earthy vocals, along with the band's rhythm & blues assault, nonetheless dictate the proceedings. The horn section and expressive guitar create a lovely mix on "Get Ourselves Together" and "Someday," giving the listener a taste of what gospel might sound like if performed by a good '60s rock band. This religious connection is even more predominate on "Soldiers of the Cross," a piece of lyrical fundamentalism that would fit quite comfortably into a Baptist choir's repertoire. This isn't to infer that Accept No Substitute is pious in any way; only that Delaney & Bonnie and their friends add a spiritual quality to the music they perform. One also shouldn't miss the imaginative "Ghetto," a song that cleverly combines soulful piano with strings. For those unfamiliar with Delaney & Bonnie's other work, Accept No Substitute is a good place to start.

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