Delaney & Bonnie - The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
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Artist: Delaney & BonnieEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-11-27
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Get Ourselves Together
- When The Battle Is Over
- Ghetto
- Piece Of My Heart
- Comin' Home
- Groupie (Superstar)
- Things Get Better
- Where There's A Will, There's A Way
- That's What My Man Is For
- I Don't Want To Discuss It
- Soul Shake
- Free The People
- The Love Of My Man
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Never Ending Song Of Love
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
- Only You Know And I Know
- Move 'Em Out
Free Music Notes for The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
Free Music Review: Soul Shake!
Hit: 4 Stars
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (1967 - 72) is one of those groups that, notwithstanding respectable sales (including two top 20 hit singles) and a loyal following that included high-profile fans such as George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, the Stones, and numerous others, have largely been forgotton since their breakup despite a body of work that was undeniably influential in terms of moving rock 'n' roll away from the excesses of late-period psychedelia and towards a more emotionally direct approach, rooted in soul, r&b, early rock 'n' roll, and gospel music. This change in direction is best illustrated by Eric Clapton, who was so impressed by D&B's second album that he invited the band to open Blind Faith's 1969 tour. The guitarist was deeply affected by the spirit of their music, to the extent that along with The Band's epochal "Big Pink" Delaney & Bonnie are the clearest catalysts in Clapton's radical change in direction, away from what he saw as the formless excesses of Cream. Not only did Clapton tour and record with D&B during 1969 - 70, he hired the couple's band (Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon) to form Derek & The Dominos.
Some bands (the Velvets, Stooges, Love, mid-70s Miles Davis) with only middling commercial success gain a posthumous aura of hipness (often thanks to one or more member's subsequent solo success) and attract a steady stream of new fans from subsequent generations, whereas others fall through the cracks, due to lack of airplay, name-dropping by hip 'zines and younger musicians, or albums that place in critics' all-time-best lists, not to mention an available body of work, all of which might attract curious music fans. D&B, sadly, fall into the latter category. I don't remember the last time I heard anything by them on the radio.
A glance some of the superstars who played with Delaney (b. 1939, a session musician and member of TV's mid-60s "Shindig" house band) and Bonnie (b. 1944, and the first white Ikette) reads like a who's who of the era's greats: Clapton, obviously; Duane Allman, Dave Mason (Traffic), George Harrison, Bobby Keys (longtime Stones sax player), King Curtis, Little Richard, Gram Parsons, Sneaky Pete, Leon Russell, Billy Preston and Jim Dickinson are just a few of the superb musicians that played with the couple during their too-short career, which began at Stax in 1968 and ended with the couple's breakup in 1972. During those four years D&B issued "Home" (Stax, 1968), "Accept No Substitute" (Elektra, 1969), "On Tour With Eric Clapton" (Atco, 1970), "To Bonnie From Delaney" (Atco, 1970), "Motel Shot" (Atco, 1971), and "D&B Together" (Columbia, 1972). In recent years the Stax debut and the final Columbia album have been reissued in expanded, remastered editions, and Collector's Choice reissued an unadorned CD of the Elektra album, but none of the Atco material has been upgraded for CD, and only the live album has remained in print (in a so-so 1980s transfer). Remarkably, many of Clapton's projects of the era (Cream's "Disreali Gears", "Eric Clapton", the solo debut produced by Delaney, both Dominos sets) have been reissued in 2-CD 'deluxe editions' yet the high-energy "On Tour" set has yet to even be remastered.
Atco issued their best-of in late 1972, and Rhino's CD version has been out for at least 15 years. It remains the only compilation representing the range of Delaney & Bonnie's work for three different labels. As such it is an excellent introduction, sonic limitations notwithstanding. The band's hit singles are all included: 'Soul Shake'/'Free The People', which reached #43 in 8/70; 'Never Ending Song Of Love', #13, 5/71; 'Only You Know and I Know, #20, 9/71; 'Move 'Em Out', #59, 1/72, as well as lower charting singles and key album tracks. These are all soulful, rocking gems, performed with heart and passion. Like all the group's work there is nary a whiff of pretentiousness or excess. Delaney & Bonnie performed with a palpable love of music and the implicit notion that music is an integral part of life. The soul and spirit that infused their work remains infectious. Bonnie rates with the finer rock/soul singers of her day, and Delaney functions as second vocalist and - more importantly - bandleader/producer. And they sure knew how to put together great bands.
Take a chance on this compilation if you care about great rock 'n' roll. It is a fine representation. Should you want the original albums check out "Home" (Stax/ reissued 2006, with 6 bonus cuts), "Accept No Substitute" (reissued 2002, perhaps their most consistent studio album), or "D&B Together" (Legacy/reissued 2003, w/ 6 bonus cuts from the couple's post-D&B solo albums), all still in print. The Atco material, including the powerful live set, is still around on vinyl at reasonable prices in used record stores, if you have a turntable, and they were all made during the era of heavy, well-pressed vinyl, with thick-cardboard, textured covers, and gatefolds.
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