11571 - BONNIE BRAMLETT - LADY'S CHOICE (1976)

BONNIE BRAMLETT
''LADY'S CHOICE''
1976
35:34
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01 - Think (About It) 03:22 (James Brown)
02 - Hold On! I'm Coming (With Mickey Thomas) 02:56 (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)
03 - You Send Me 03:37 (Sam Cooke, Clarence Paul, Ed Townsend)
04 - Never Gonna Give You Up (With Dobie Gray) 03:32 (Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
05 - Let's Go Get Stoned 02:43 (Joseph Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
06 - Two Steps From The Blues (With Gregg Allman) 02:42 (John Riley Brown, Deadric Malone)
07 - If I Were Your Woman 03:29 (Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray, Pam Sawyer)
08 - Ain't That Loving You Baby (With Jimmy Hall) 02:42 (Jimmy Reed)
09 - You Really Got A Hold On Me (With Jimmy Hall & Mickey Thomas) 03:20 (Smokey Robinson)
10 - Thrill On The Hill (Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go) (With Bobby Whitlock) 03:01 (Hank Ballard)
11 - Forever Young 04:04 (Bob Dylan)
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Gregg Allman/Guest Artist, Organ, Vocals
Anita Ball/Vocals (Background)
Barry Beckett/Clavinet, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Dickey Betts/Guitar
Randall Bramblett/Sax (Soprano), Saxophone
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Harrison Calloway/Horn, Horn Arrangements
Dianne Davidson/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Ronnie Eades/Horn
Ed Freeman/Conductor, String Arrangements
Dobie Gray/Guest Artist, Vocals
Jimmy Hall/Guest Artist, Vocals
Roger Hawkins/Drums
Ricky Hirsch/Guitar, Horn
David Hood/Bass Guitar
Paul Hornsby/Keyboards, Organ
Chuck Leavell/Guest Artist, Piano
Muscle Shoals Horns
Charles Rose/Horn
Johnny Sandlin/Guitar
Tommy Talton/Guitar
Mickey Thomas/Guest Artist, Vocals
Harvey Thompson/Horn
Bobby Whitlock/Vocals
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REVIEW/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Although Bonnie Bramlett is a good blue-eyed soul singer, and gets backing by top Muscle Shoals session musicians on this 1976 album, you need more than a good singer and a good band to make a good record. You also need interesting material, and while most of the songs presented here are good, they're mostly well-traveled soul and R&B covers. It seemed to be a holding pattern album of sorts, Bramlett opting to record half of the album with guest vocalists, including Gregg Allman, Dobie Gray, Bobby Whitlock, and Mickey Thomas (the last of whom sang lead on Elvin Bishop's huge hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" around this time). Any one or two of these songs would have been okay as album filler, but they in fact fill up almost the entire album, and they don't match the originals or come at them from noteworthy angles. An exception, perhaps, is Bob Dylan's "Forever Young," given a full mid-'70s rock-with-horns arrangement; at least it wasn't a composition that was overly familiar or often interpreted. Lady's Choice was combined with Bramlett's previous album, 1974's It's Time, on a single-CD reissue by Raven Records.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Bonnie Bramlett is an R&B/rock singer. She moved to Memphis in the early '60s and became a session and backup singer for R&B and blues performers such as Fontella Bass and Albert King. She then became a member of the Ikettes, the backup singers for Ike & Tina Turner. That brought her to Los Angeles in 1967, where she met Delaney Bramlett, who had been a member of the Shindogs, the resident group on the TV show Shindig; they married within five days and formed a musical act, Delaney and Bonnie. Delaney and Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. and the MG's, but it was not released at first. They then formed a group called Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, who featured Leon Russell among others, and cut Accept No Substitute (1969). After Delaney and Bonnie and Friends toured opening for Blind Faith, Eric Clapton left that group and joined them along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the On Tour album, after which members of the Friends band worked with Clapton and Harrison, and on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Delaney and Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing. Bramlett then formed the Bonnie Bramlett Band and released her debut solo album, Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, backed by the Average White Band, in 1973. She then signed to Capricorn Records and made It's Time (1975), Lady's Choice (1976), and Memories (1978). She later became a born-again Christian and began singing gospel music. She turned to acting in 1987, under the name Bonnie Sheridan, and has since appeared in the film The Doors and the TV series Rosanne. In 2002 Bramlett returned to the music world with the release of her first album in over twenty years, I'm Still the Same on Audium. The record features Bramlett singing a variety of styles like jazz, blues, and adult contemporary in a voice that has lost little of its power.
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11570 - BONNIE BRAMLETT - IT'S TIME (1974)

BONNIE BRAMLETT
''IT'S TIME''
1974
38:13
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01 - Your Kind Of Kindness 03:44 (Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett)
02 - Atlanta, Georgia 02:49 (Bonnie Bramlett, Patsy Camp)
03 - It's Time 05:08 (Scott Boyer)
04 - Cover Me 03:54 (Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene)
05 - Higher & Higher 02:16 (Carl Smith, Gary Jackson, Raymond Miner)
06 - Where You Come From 02:45 (Eddie Hinton, Jim Coleman)
07 - Cowboys And Indians 04:15 (Bobby Charles, Ben Keith)
08 - (Your Love Has Brought Me From A) Mighty Long Way 03:01 (Jackie Avery, Earl Simms, Carl McWilliams)
09 - Since I Met You Baby 03:04 (Ivory Joe Hunter)
10 - Oncoming Traffic 07:13 (Gregory Lenoir Allman, Janice B. Allman)
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Lagatha Beck Smallwood/Vocals
Scott Boyer/Guitar
Randall Bramblett/Saxophone
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals
Dave Brown/Saxophone
Earl Ford/Trombone
Eddie Hinton/Guitar
Ricky Hirsch/Horn
Paul Hornsby/Keyboards
Jaimoe/Conductor
Clydie King/Vocals
Leo Labranche/Trumpet
Chuck Leavell/Piano
Sherlie Matthews/Vocals
Tom Ridgeway/Synthesizer
Johnny Sandlin/Guitar, Percussion
Bill Stewart/Drums
Tommy Talton/Guitar
Jerry Thompson/Drums
Kenny Tibbetts/Bass, Percussion
Butch Trucks/Conductor
Harold Williams/Saxophone
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REVIEW/AMG
Joe Viglione
Although Delaney Bramlett co-wrote the first track, "Your Kind Of Kindness" along with Bonnie and Jerry Allison, he is nowhere else to be found on It's Time, a project recorded in Macon, Georgia. This is Bonnie Bramlett with a little help from her friends, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Chuck Leavell, saxophone player Randall Bramblett, Big Bill Stewart, Eddie Hinton, Clydie King, Shirley Matthews and lots of others. This is Bonnie going deep into Cajun soul music with chirping horns and earthy guitars. Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You Baby" oozes authenticity with Tommy Talton's slide guitar and Chuck Leavall's keys. Even a cover of Jackie Wilson's smash "Higher & Higher" moves away from pop and gets immersed in Southern Rock and blues. And a modern instrument like Tom Ridgeway's ARP Synthesizer does nothing to change that. This is probably the artistic album Janis Joplin wanted to make, free from the constraints of a Top 40 mentality. The same year, Stone The Crows' Maggie Bell put out Queen Of The Night produced by Jerry Wexler in New York. The similarities - and differences - in these two albums by women whose voices shake the foundations of everything in their path, are worth studying. While Joplin electrified the Kozmic Blues with a touch of psychedelia five years earlier, Bonnie Bramlett takes the Gregg and Janice Allman title "Oncoming Traffic and creates a subtle explosion utilizing traditional sounds. From sweet to violent, Chuck Leavell on piano, Gregg Allman on organ, the result is mesmerizing. That the Allman Brothers enormous popularity, coupled with the success of Delaney & Bonnie did not propel It's Time to a more solid place in rock history is a mystery. Bonnie Bramlett is so much more than the gal on Roseanne's TV show - and these ten titles speak with an authority that Etta James' legion of fans have come to embrace. It's Time is a treasure ripe to be discovered by a new generation of blues enthusiasts, the title track just a magnificent and powerful work of art.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Bonnie Bramlett is an R&B/rock singer. She moved to Memphis in the early '60s and became a session and backup singer for R&B and blues performers such as Fontella Bass and Albert King. She then became a member of the Ikettes, the backup singers for Ike & Tina Turner. That brought her to Los Angeles in 1967, where she met Delaney Bramlett, who had been a member of the Shindogs, the resident group on the TV show Shindig; they married within five days and formed a musical act, Delaney and Bonnie. Delaney and Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. and the MG's, but it was not released at first. They then formed a group called Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, who featured Leon Russell among others, and cut Accept No Substitute (1969). After Delaney and Bonnie and Friends toured opening for Blind Faith, Eric Clapton left that group and joined them along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the On Tour album, after which members of the Friends band worked with Clapton and Harrison, and on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Delaney and Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing. Bramlett then formed the Bonnie Bramlett Band and released her debut solo album, Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, backed by the Average White Band, in 1973. She then signed to Capricorn Records and made It's Time (1975), Lady's Choice (1976), and Memories (1978). She later became a born-again Christian and began singing gospel music. She turned to acting in 1987, under the name Bonnie Sheridan, and has since appeared in the film The Doors and the TV series Rosanne. In 2002 Bramlett returned to the music world with the release of her first album in over twenty years, I'm Still the Same on Audium. The record features Bramlett singing a variety of styles like jazz, blues, and adult contemporary in a voice that has lost little of its power.
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11569 - BONNIE BRAMLETT - SWEET BONNIE BRAMLETT (1973) (VINYL RIP)

BONNIE BRAMLETT
''SWEET BONNIE BRAMLETT''
1973
34:16
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01 - Able, Qualified, And Ready 03:34 (Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Ware)
02 - Singer Man 03:25 (Durrie Parks)
03 - Crazy 'Bout My Baby 03:46 (Robert Mosley)
04 - Got To Get Down 03:57 (Gordon De Witty)
05 - Good Vibrations 03:07 (Gordon De Witty)
06 - Rollin' 03:54 (Dan Penn, Marc Benno, Rita Coolidge, Tommy McClure)
07 - Celebrate Life 02:37 (Gordon De Witty)
08 - The Sorrow Of Love 04:05 (Daniel Moore)
09 - (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am 03:56 (Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison)
10 - Don’t Wanna Go Down There 01:51 (Traditional)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Bonnie Bramlett is an R&B/rock singer. She moved to Memphis in the early '60s and became a session and backup singer for R&B and blues performers such as Fontella Bass and Albert King. She then became a member of the Ikettes, the backup singers for Ike & Tina Turner. That brought her to Los Angeles in 1967, where she met Delaney Bramlett, who had been a member of the Shindogs, the resident group on the TV show Shindig; they married within five days and formed a musical act, Delaney and Bonnie. Delaney and Bonnie cut an album for Stax Records in Memphis, backed by Booker T. and the MG's, but it was not released at first. They then formed a group called Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, who featured Leon Russell among others, and cut Accept No Substitute (1969). After Delaney and Bonnie and Friends toured opening for Blind Faith, Eric Clapton left that group and joined them along with such notables as George Harrison and Dave Mason. This resulted in the On Tour album, after which members of the Friends band worked with Clapton and Harrison, and on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Delaney and Bonnie made several more albums before divorcing. Bramlett then formed the Bonnie Bramlett Band and released her debut solo album, Sweet Bonnie Bramlett, backed by the Average White Band, in 1973. She then signed to Capricorn Records and made It's Time (1975), Lady's Choice (1976), and Memories (1978). She later became a born-again Christian and began singing gospel music. She turned to acting in 1987, under the name Bonnie Sheridan, and has since appeared in the film The Doors and the TV series Rosanne. In 2002 Bramlett returned to the music world with the release of her first album in over twenty years, I'm Still the Same on Audium. The record features Bramlett singing a variety of styles like jazz, blues, and adult contemporary in a voice that has lost little of its power.
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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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0658 - BONNIE BRAMLETT - Beautiful (2008)

BONNIE BRAMLETT
''BEAUTIFUL''
2008
ROCKIN' CAMEL
41:37
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1/Sure Got a Way with My Heart/3:10
2/Witness for Love/3:55
3/Strongest Weakness/4:02
4/Beautiful/3:45
5/For What It's Worth/4:08
6/Some of My Best Friends/3:57
7/I Do Believe/3:22
8/Shake Somethin' Loose/3:49
9/Bless 'Em All/3:57
10/It's Gonna Rain/4:23
11/He'll Take Care of You/3:09

Jimmy Bowland/Sax (Baritone)
Scott Boyer/Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
Randall Bramblett/Piano, Piano (Electric), Sax (Soprano), Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Wurlitzer
Bekka Bramlett/Tambourine, Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Mickey Buckins/Conga, Cowbell, Percussion, Tambourine, Triangle
Kelvin Holly/Guitar, Guitar (Baritone), Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar
David Hood/Bass
Clayton Ivey/Organ (Hammond), Piano (Electric)
Kevin McKendree/Organ (Hammond), Piano, Piano (Electric), Wurlitzer
Spooner Oldham/Organ (Hammond)
James Pennebaker/Dobro, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel
Charles Rose/Horn Arrangements, Trombone
Carla Russell/Vocals (Background)
Tommy Talton/Guitar (Electric)
Harvey Thompson/Sax (Tenor), Saxophone
Ken Watters/Trumpet
Brad White/Intern
Lynn Williams/Drums

22:17 6/4/2012

0605 - BONNIE BRAMLETT AND MR. GROOVE BAND - Roots, Blues & Jazz (2006)

BONNIE BRAMLETT AND MR. GROOVE BAND
''ROOTS, BLUES & JAZZ''
MAR 2006
JAN-SEP 2005
ZOHO ROOTS
51:14
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1/Love the One You're With/Stills/4:58
2/I Can Laugh About It Now/Bramlett, Bramlett, Nicholson, Parnell/2:54
3/No Particular Place to Go/Berry/3:22
4/I'm Confessin'/Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds/3:29
5/Gotcha/Anderson, Bramlett/2:46
6/That Lucky Old Sun/Gillespie, Smith/5:31
7/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy/Zawinul/3:44
8/A Change Is Gonna Come/Cooke/5:24
9/Carefree/Bourke, Bramlett, Cotton/4:36
10/Work Song/Adderley, Brown/3:51
11/Love Hurts/Bryant/4:51
12/Harlem Nocturne/Hagen, Rodgers/5:46

Bekka Bramlett/Backing Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett/Vocals, Backing Vocals
Margie Cates/Backing Vocals
Chip Davis/Backing Vocals
Tim Gordon/Flute, Saxophone
Jessie Lucas/Backing Vocals
Donnie Marshall/Drums, Percussion
Robbie Montgomery/Backing Vocals
Bobby Ogdin/Keyboards
Dann Sherrill/Percussion
Roddy Smith/Guitar
Tim Smith/Bass
Mark Stallings/Hammond B3, Organ (Hammond)
Steve Willets/Piano, Backing Vocals

04:53 1/4/2012

0249 - BONNIE BRAMLETT - I'm Still The Same (2002)

BONNIE BRAMLETT
''I'M STILL THE SAME''
JUL 2002
AUDIUM ENTERTAINMENT
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1/Hurt/Crane, Jacobs/3:39
2/What If/Bramlett, Cotton/3:26
3/No Man's Land/Bramlett, Nix/5:00
4/Made a Believer Out of Me/Bramlett, Howard, Lombar/3:56
5/Superstar/Bramlett, Bramlett, Marx, Russell/5:55
6/Give It Time/Bramlett, Gay/4:22
7/Closer to You/Bramlett, Nix, Payne/4:40
8/You Belong to Me/Herbert, King, Price, Stewart/4:30
9/Sure Sign of Something/Bramlett, Reed/2:58
10/Cry Me a River/Hamilton/4:16
11/I'm Still the Same/Bramlett, Nicholson/4:07

Vince Barranco/Drums
Don Barrett/Bass, Bass (Electric)
Eddie Bayers/Drums
Bonnie Bramlett/Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Tom Bukovac/Guitar
Carolyn Corlew/Vocals (Background)
Eric Darken/Percussion
Shannon Forrest/Drums
Kevin Grantt/Bass (Electric)
Randy Hardison/Drums
Elijah Holt/Drums
Clayton Ivey/Keyboards
John Jarvis/Keyboards
Jon Jarvis/Keyboards
John Jonethis/Piano, Producer
Bobby Keys/Saxophone
Sam Lavine/Sax (Soprano)
Steve Mauldin/Arranger, Conductor, String Arrangements, String Conductor
Nashville Horns/Horn
The Nashville String Machine/Strings
Stephen Nix/Producer
Mickey Raphael/Harmonica
Denis Solee/Saxophone
Robby Turner/Pedal Steel, Producer
Billy Joe Walker, Jr./Producer
Jason Webb/Keyboards
Glenn Worf/Bass, Bass (Electric)
Reggie Young/Guitar

13:37 2/3/2012