Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton [Live]

Eric Clapton, Delaney & Bonnie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Atco
• ASIN: B000002IAS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,357 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists > Guitar Gods
  • #99 in Music > Blues > Modern Blues

Editorial Reviews

In mid-1969, Delaney & Bonnie whose rock/soul/blues group had '& Friends' added to its name because of its ever-evolving personnel were invited by Eric Clapton to open for Blind Faith's U.K. tour. Legend has it that Clapton's pal George Harrison
suggested the pairing (Delaney is credited with having taught Harrison to play slide guitar), and it was a match made in rock 'n' roll heaven. Clapton continued to play and record with Delaney & Bonnie following Blind Faith's dissolution, and ON TOUR WITH ERIC CLAPTON recorded in December '69 and released in mid-1970 captures a peak moment in their star-crossed musical paths.
They never played better, and on Rhino's new 180-gram vinyl edition, this historic concert recording has never sounded more alive. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

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80 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Live Recording Ever. Period., October 13, 2000

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alan j. sandler (san francisco, ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton (Audio CD)

What a tour this must have been! Imagine a pick-up band with Eric Clapton, Dave Mason and Jessie Ed Davis on guitars, the rest of Derek and the Dominoes behind them, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns and Rita Coolidge to sing back up vocals. That's the team that Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett fielded for this 1970 gem. Thank God it was recorded! You won't be able to sit still during the opening Things Get Better, which manages to showcase every musician in one killer tune. Delaney and Bonnie's voices are wonderfully soulful in their Tribute Medley to Robert Johnson, and Dave Mason's Only You Know and I know rises to a new level. Bonnie really belts it out during That's What My Man is For, and a fun Little Richard Medley is icing on the cake. E.C. always loved being part of a band, and it really shows here. Everyone playing on this CD was young, healthy, energetic and still learning how good their music could be. I bought the vinyl 30 years ago, and now with the CD, I'm still loving it.Buy it and BOOGIE!

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The White Man's Ike and Tina, October 7, 2005

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Don Schmittdiel "running_man" (Clinton Twp., MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton (Audio CD)

The stardom of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett rode on the waves of the husband-and-wife musical teams popular in the late 1960's and early 1970's, such as Ike and Tina Turner. Ironically, before marrying Delaney, Bonnie Lynn had performed as an Ikette for Ike and Tina. Possessing loads more combined talent than duos such as The Captain and Tenille, or even Paul McCartney and wife Linda, Delaney and Bonnie were able to attract a stage full of big name performers to tour and record with them. Among the luminaries featured on the 'On Tour' disc are co-headliner Eric Clapton, former Traffic founder Dave Mason, Clapton's future Domino's (Carl Radle on bass, Bobby Whitlock on keyboards, and Jim Gordon on drums), Rita Coolidge on backing vocals, and session horn men extraordinaire Bobby Keys and Jim Price. Percussionist Tex Johnson is also along for the ride, but his conga and bongo drums are completely humbled in the ensuing din. Like Ike and Tina, Delaney and Bonnie possessed a penchant for uping the tempo of their frequent cover songs by several notches, and blowing the competition away in a hail of decibels. The analogy with black artists is also not lost in their song selection, ranging from a medley of Little Richard hits, to a cover of black Gospel singer Bessie Griffin's composition, 'That's What My Man Is For' (as a slow-tempo traditional blues number, it serves as a mid-set respite from the high-energy tracks D & B are best known for), to Delaney Bramlett's tribute to Robert Johnson.

The best tracks on 'On Tour' are neatly distributed amongst the eight total tracks, all of which range between four and six minutes. The opening track, 'Things Get Better', track four, 'I Don't Want To Discuss It', and the Clapton-Bonnie Bramlett composition, 'Coming Home' (the next-to-last track) are all worthy of repeat listens. 'Coming Home', in particular, possesses a distinct Clapton signiture guitar foundation, making it the stand-out track. Despite having Dave Mason in tow, D & B's cover of Mason's 'Only You Know and I Know' can't compete with Mason's own rendition(s), despite reaching #20 on the pop charts in 1970 (D & B's only other charting song, 'Never Ending Song of Love', charted out at number 13). The remaining tracks are rather generic, although the impressive instrumentation is admirable track after track.

This March, 1970 release was recorded in Croydon, England, and the crowd, given the combined on-stage presence of guitar hero's Clapton and Mason (fresh from his epic release 'Alone Together'), are noticably enthused at witnessing what even then had to be considered an historic performance. The packaging of the disc doesn't do justice to its importance, however. The recordings themselves have never been remastered, nor has the disc been expanded with unreleased tracks, which certainly must exist. Nevertheless the sound is exceptional, given the era in which it was recorded. For fans of white-soul music, as well as followers of Eric Clapton, the disc would have to be considered essential. For everyone else, it all depends on how the Delaney and Bonnie 'sound' sounds to you.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome live album, March 2, 2004

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R. C. Schmults "rob0" (Brookline, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton (Audio CD)

The energy of this recording is amazing. Clapton is on fire and the whole band kicks out a strong set of gospel influenced rock and roll. Great stuff. If you like Clapton at his peak (first solo album, Derek and the Dominos) you'll want this. Other sets that this is related too include Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour (many of the same people on both) and early 70's Leon Russell.