Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - On Tour with Eric Clapton (1970)

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," 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 comprise 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. ~Allmusic

Track listing
1. "Things Get Better" - Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wayne Jackson 4:20
2. "Poor Elijah – Tribute to Robert Johnson Medley" - Delaney Bramlett, Jim Ford, Leon Russell 5:00
3. "Only You Know and I Know" - Dave Mason 4:10
4. "I Don't Want to Discuss It" - Beth Beatty, Dick Cooper, Ernie Shelby 4:55
5. "That's What My Man Is For" - Bessie Griffin 4:30
6. "Where There's A Will There's A Way" - Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Bobby Whitlock 4:57
7. "Comin' Home" - Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton 5:30
8. "Little Richard Medley – Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny" - Richard Penniman, Bobby Troup 5:45

Personnel
- Bonnie Bramlett — vocals
- Delaney Bramlett — guitars, vocals
- Eric Clapton — lead guitars, vocals
- Leon Russell — guitars, keyboards
- Dave Mason — guitars
- George Harrison — guitars
- Bobby Whitlock — organ, keyboards, vocals
- Carl Radle — bass guitar
- Jim Gordon — drums, percussion
- Tex Johnson – percussion
- Doug Bartenfeld – guitar
- Bobby Keys — saxophone
- Jim Price — trombone, trumpet
- Rita Coolidge — backing vocals



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