Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A little Delaney & Bonnie for your Wednesday wakeup?...

Can you beat this lineup?
Delaney Bramlett - guitar, vocals
Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Bobby Whitlock - organ, vocals
Leon Russell - piano
Carl Radle - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Jim Price - trumpet, trombone
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Horn - saxophone
Tex Johnson - conga, bongos
Rita Coolidge - vocals








This Fillmore West performance, recorded shortly before Clapton would recruit the core band (Bobby Whitlock on keyboards, Carl Radle on bass and Jim Gordon on drums) to form his next band, Derek & The Dominoes, captures Delaney & Bonnie and Friends in incendiary form and at the peak of this particular lineup's powers. Recorded on the final night of a legendary four-night run in San Francisco, this performance is arguably superior to the official live album. Featuring several of the same songs, as well as material only released on studio albums, this group is literally a musical locomotive driven along by Delaney's charging guitar and vocals and Bonnie's peerless voice, which balances blistering and sweet at the same time. Also for this performance, Delaney's old buddy, Leon Russell, joins the already impressive lineup on grand piano throughout the set. - complete concert summary

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