Artist: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
Title: On Tour With Eric Clapton (Deluxe Box)
Original Label: Atco
Re-issue Label: Rhino Handmade
Original Release Date: 1970
Re-issued : 2010
Format: MP3 @ 320 K
Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett were a husband and wife duo from California. They actually crossed a number of different genres: Blues, Rock, Soul, Gospel and a little country. The duo recorded eight albums together before divorcing in the early 1970s causing the end of the pairing. Despite having a number of hits in the late 1960s they were never really superstars with the public. They are more well known for all their superstar "Friends" that performed with them such as, Clapton, George Harrison, Duane Allman and Dave Mason. They gained fame as Blind Faith's opening act for Blind Faith's only tour. A number of famous musicians joined their back up band and thus the group was called Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. The Brammlett's are also responsible for the formation of Derek & the Dominos all of whom played in their back up group. The same musicians were also used as backup on George Harrison's epic "All Things Must Pass" album. Delaney Bramlett also cowrote and produced Clapton's first solo album and persuaded Clapton to start a solo career.
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. The set 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 on guitar George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
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."
Track List:
Disc 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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
Personnel:
Delaney Bramlett - rhythm guitar/vocals,
Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
Eric Clapton - lead guitar
George Harrison - guitar
Dave Mason - guitar
Leon Russell - Guitars, keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Bobby Whitlock - organ/vocals
Jim Price - trumpet/trombone
Bobby Keys - saxophones
Tex Johnson - percussion
Rita Coolidge - vocals
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