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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 features Clapton 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 It," 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 serve as 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.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals - Wayne Jackson, Writer - JIM GORDON, Drums - Steve Cropper, Writer - Eddie Floyd, Writer - Jim Price, Trumpet - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals, Writer - JIM GORDON, Drums - Leon Russell, Writer - Jim Price, Trumpet - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist - JimFord, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Dave Mason, Guitar, Writer - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals - JIM GORDON, Drums - Jim Price, Trumpet - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie, MainArtist
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atco Records
Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals - Dick Cooper, Writer - Beth Beatty, Writer - Ernie Shelby, Writer - JIM GORDON, Drums - Jim Price, Trumpet - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals - JIM GORDON, Drums - Jim Price, Trumpet - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist - Bessie Griffin, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals, Writer - JIM GORDON, Drums - Jim Price, Trumpet - Bobby Whitlock, Writer - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar, Writer - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals, Writer - JIM GORDON, Drums - Jim Price, Trumpet - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atco Records
Dave Mason, Guitar - Eric Clapton, Electric Guitar - E. Johnson, Composer, Lyricist - R. Penniman, Composer, Lyricist - B. Whitlock, Organ - Bonnie Bramlett, Vocals - JIM GORDON, Drums - Jim Price, Trumpet - Richard Penniman, Composer, Lyricist - Bobby Troup, Composer - Joe Lubin, Composer, Lyricist - Delaney Bramlett, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Dorothy LaBostrie, Composer, Lyricist - Bobby Keys, Saxophone - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Carl Radle, Bass Guitar - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, MainArtist - R.penniman, Composer, Lyricist - E.johnson, Composer, Lyricist - Johnson, Penniman, Blackwell, Composer, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Album review
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 features Clapton 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 It," 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 serve as 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.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:16
- Main artists: Delaney & Bonnie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EastWest
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
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