Delaney & Bonnie - Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton
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Free Music Review: Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, The Rest Of The Story
Hit: 5 Stars
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends was a group started by Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, which featured the elite session artists of the day, such as Carl Radle, Jim Price, Bobby Keys, Rita Coolidge, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon, Leon Russell, Dave Mason and revolving guest lead guitarists which would include Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Duane Allman and even some appearances with Jimi Hendrix.
Prior to their marriage and collaboration, Delaney had been a well-regarded LA session musician, and Bonnie had the distinction of being the only white Ikette, performing with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. In later years, she turned to acting, appearing most notably on the TV shows "Fame" and "Roseanne", under her new name of Bonnie Sheridan.
In 1970, after Delaney and Bonnie & Friends, Eric Clapton formed Derek and the Dominos, with Delaney and Bonnie members, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, and Jim Gordon as his rhythm section.
I just wanted everyone to know the whole story and the different cast members one might have seen while they were touring. Also notable; is that many of the Derek & The Dominos survivors, ended up becoming Leon Russell's "Shelter People". During this same era, Leon Russell and Bonnie wrote "Super Star" (Originally titled 'Groupie') and went to #1 by Karen Carpenter. Also written during this era, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton's song "Blues Power".
I have had this recording in 8 track, LP, cassette and now compact disc. One reviewer was harsh about the CD quality. IMHO every form I've ever heard, this concert made me WELL PLEASED.
Free Music Review: A Holy Relic of the greatest era of Rock
Hit: 5 Stars
So many people have discovered this album by accident, usually attracted by 'with Eric Clapton' under the title. Some great raunch and R&B on this album, it's a blast to listen to. A little sloppy at times, but that's what live shows were like before everyone copped an attitude and shows became choreographed and epic fireworks displays.
But more than just a recording back when rock was pure, this is a companion to the best albums of '70 and '71. Delany & Bonnie's collection of friends gave Eric Clapton the comfort level and confidence to become their frontman as Derek and the Dominoes (Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, I Looked Away, Badge, etc). The same cast served as George Harrison's band for All Things Must Pass, then toured as Mad Dogs & Englishmen with Joe Cocker.
Clapton would later cover some of JJ Cale's songs (he's not on this album, though) like "I Shot The Sheriff", and "After Midnisght" ... Mark Knopfler would copy Cale's guitar licks to produce Dire Straits' most distinctive music. Harrison called on these friendsa and others to play the songs again in the Concert for Bangladesh, which created the benefit rock concert, launched Billy Preston and Leon Russell and brought Bob Dylan out of seclusion.
And it all started with this party of a tour...
Free Music Review: The Greatest Live Album In Rock and Roll
Hit: 5 Stars
A live document in any genre should be soulful, exciting, studded with a few flubbed notes that serve as inspiration and stand as a piece of art and entertainment that doesn't feel like a cash-in on a current trend. This satisfies all obligations and I couldn't be happier.
The premier white-soul act that ever was (D&B) is aided by one of the all time greatest bands. Eric Clapton does himself justice in having his name on the cover for he is at a peak of using his pop intelligence to keep any possible showboating in check. This works perfectly into the context of the music. Dave Mason also proves himself as a damn fine picker. Of course, Delaney and Bonnie are rightfully the headliners. There's choice material hitherto unheard. Delaney performs a touching tribute to Robert Johnson entitled "Poor Elijah". Bonnie is passionately unadorned on her "red light" moment. The FM single, "Coming Home", affords hope and renewal emphasized by Eric's tear-like sounding slide guitar. The first climax is "I Don't Want To Discuss It" with D&B and the band at their most energetic and combustible best. Then there's the rousing finale of the "Little Richard Medley" that just rips the joint. Hands down, this is the greatest and wildest live album in all of rock and roll. Play it loud!
Free Music Review: Great Memories
Hit: 5 Stars
I would have to agree the CD falls short of the LP, which I had stolen in '89.Can either compare to the concert? Do they do it justice?
Between 1969 and the closing of the Fillmore West I think I saw so many great bands that many I've forgotten. Tower of Power, It's A Beautiful Day, Joy of Cooking, Hot Tuna, were all local bands that could really boogie. Incoming was Fleetwood Mac while Pete Greenwood was still playing, the Allman Bros, (all of them) Doc Watson over at the Buddhi in Berkely, but the concert I remember most was Delaney & Bonnie going until the early morning hours, loving what they were doing and seemingly willing to play until we all got old and gray. "I Don't Want to Discuss It," and "Come Out In My Kitchen" blew me away that night. The only comparable performance I've seen in my life was a very old Texas farmer named Mance Lipscomb (Gotta be the inspiration for John Hammond)at the first Woodie Guthrie Folk Festival at Lincoln Park in Oklahoma City.
If you like Delta Blues, (and I surely do) and your collection includes people like Mississippi John Hurt, and Robert Johnson, you are going to love what Delaney & Bonnie do with it, but then if you own a Robert Johnson you already know that :)
Free Music Review: Clapton relaxes, parties with friends
Hit: 5 Stars
Clapton's earlier adventures with Cream and Blind Faith may have covered the overhead for this album, but for the first time since he'd left the Bluesbreakers he was surrounded by musicians with a similar taste and capacity for precise, very subtle R&B. Again he's playing with heavyweights in popular music, but all the pretense of a Ginger Baker drum solo has been replaced by the sincere effusion of Delanie & Bonnie Bramlett's vocals and the economy of guitarist Dave Mason, who had already orchestrated the mainstream success of Traffic's first two albums. What is on show in the 42 1/2 minutes of this album is an ostensibly modest yet very rich and triumphant live performance, surprisingly so in that it was recorded well after Manson and Altamont had sullied 60's idealism. Perhaps this album reflects the more lyrical and traditional forms into which such idealism would have to be diverted in the new decade, but for all that there is yet in Croydon in 1969 no need to stop dancing and singing along. As the AMG review indicates, Clapton would take the core of Delanie & Bonnie's backing band into the studio to cut not only his first solo album but the equally precise and iconic blues-rock of Derek & the Dominoes.