The album features Delaney and Bonnie's best-known touring band, including Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, and Dave Mason. Many of the players on this album went on to work with George Harrison on his post-Beatles debut album All Things Must Pass and with Clapton on his solo debut. The horn players Bobby Keys and Jim Price played on the albums Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. by the Rolling Stones, and join them for their 1972 STP Tour. Whitlock, Radle, and Gordon formed with Clapton his band Derek and the Dominos for Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.
delaney bonnie on tour with eric clapton rar
His comments were so inflammatory that they served as the kick-starter for 1976's Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement, a campaign of carnivals and tours created in reaction to a rise in racist attacks on the streets of Britain. Up until Clapton's rant, the campaign was "just an idea," but in the wake of his words, several of RAR's founders - Red Saunders, Roger Huddle, Jo Wreford and Pete Bruno - moved forward with their plan, even writing a letter to NME to protest their disgust.
So who were Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett? Delaney was a Mississippi-born singer/songwriter who moved to LA in the Sixties and became a member of a group called the Shindogs, an in-house band for an American music variety show called Shindig. He later became a producer, cutting albums with the likes of Etta James and the Staples Singers.
Eric Clapton, by now tired of long, endless jams, had formed the band Blind Faith with Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker. This band toured in 1969 with Delaney and Bonnie as their supporting act. Eric had arranged this based on hearing an early acetate of the album.
Wouldn't it have been interesting if Eric Clapton took over from David Gilmour when Pink Floyd broke up, and soloed all over classic Pink Floyd songs? It turns out that's pretty much exactly what happened in 1984! Pink Floyd had effectively broken up after the release of "The Final Cut" album in 1983, although the break wouldn't be official until 1985. Pink Floyd's main singer and songwriter Roger Waters released his solo album "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" in 1984 and went on tour to promote it. Surprisingly, Eric Clapton was hired to play lead guitar for the first leg of the tour, even though Clapton was more of a household name than Waters, and he was busy with his own successful solo career. I believe it's the first and only time in Clapton's long solo career that he played a whole tour as a supporting musician for someone else. I'm posting this because I'm working on my own super-sized version of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album, which should be coming soon. While working on that, I gave this bootleg concert another listen, and I was struck at how excellent the sound is. This is a pristine soundboard that sounds as good as any officially released album at the time. Furthermore, the performance is excellent. The first half of the concert, which i two hour and four minutes long, consists entirely of Pink Floyd classics, played in rough chronological order. The second half features the entire "Pros and Cons" album played in the same order as the album. Personally, I think that album is merely good, not great. But I think it comes alive more in concert than on the studio album. But mostly, it's a blast hearing Clapton solo all over those songs, and especially the Pink Floyd classics in the first half of the show (as well as the encore). For most of his long musical career, Waters has been big on putting on an audio-video spectacle for his concerts. For this tour, there was constant video footage playing behind the musicians, and various other special effects happening, so the music had to be choreographed carefully. As a result, there was very little musical variety from night to night. Clapton got bored of that, and left after only one leg of the tour. But luckily we have this one soundboard from that leg to give us a hint of what a Pink Floyd with Clapton in it would have sounded like.01 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)02 Money (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)03 If (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)04 Welcome to the Machine (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)05 Have a Cigar (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)06 Wish You Were Here (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)07 Pigs on the Wing, Part 1 (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)08 In the Flesh (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)09 Nobody Home (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)10 Hey You (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)11 The Gunner's Dream (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)12 talk (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)13 4-30 A.M. [Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)14 4-33 A.M. [Running Shoes] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)15 4-37 A.M. [Arabs with Knives and West German Skies] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)16 4-39 A.M. [For the First Time Today, Part 2] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)17 4-41 A.M. [Sexual Revolution] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)18 4-47 A.M. [The Remains of Our Love] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)19 4-50 A.M. [Go Fishing] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)20 4-56 A.M. [For the First Time Today, Part 1] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)21 4-58 A.M. [Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)22 5-01 A.M. [The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)23 5-06 A.M. [Every Stranger's Eyes] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)24 5-11 A.M. [The Moment of Clarity] (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)25 talk (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)26 Brain Damage (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)27 Eclipse (Roger Waters with Eric Clapton)
This CD / DVD combo package is an audio / video companion to Eric's earlier 2004 CD release, "Me and Mr. Johnson." The DVD was filmed during tour rehearsals in London and Dallas, with other footage being filmed in a Los Angeles Hotel and the Dallas warehouse where Robert Johnson made some of his final recordings. Eric is also interviewed. The CD tracks are sourced from the DVD. Five of the songs on the DVD were not on "Me and Mr. Johnson."
The Aliotta family graveat the Mount Calvary Cemeteryin Cheektowaga, Erie County, NY April 30: Angelo Aliotta, the club owner of Aliotta's Lounge in Buffalo, NY, refused to pay for the previous night's performance and is stabbed to death by Allman Brothers Band road manager Twiggs Lyndon. (NOTE)The Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati, OHApril 25, 1970page 10 April 30: The Allman Brothers Band benefit concert at Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, OH is canceled. (NOTE) Recording sessions for Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' album 'To Bonnie From Delaney' and the single 'Free The People / Soul Shake' with the 'Dixie Flyers' at the Criteria Studios in Miami, FL. (NOTE) Irma Thomas's single 'I'd Do It All Over You / We Won't Be In Your Way Anymore' is released. (DETAILS) APRIL / MAY 1970 Recording sessions for Laura Nyro's album 'Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat' at Columbia Studios in New York, NY. The track 'Beads Of Sweat' is recorded. (NOTE) MAY 1970 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends recording session for the album 'To Bonnie From Delaney' with the Dixie Flyers at the Criteria Studios in Miami, FL. Record WorldJune 13, 1970page 40 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends recording session for the album 'Motel Shot' at producer/engineer Bruce Botnick's house and manager Alan Pariser's house in Los Angeles, CA. (NOTE) Bobby Whitlock leaves the band of Delaney & Bonnie and moves in with Eric Clapton in England. Bobby Whitlock calls Carl Radle and Jim Keltner and invites them to form a band with Eric Clapton for the recordings of George Harrison's solo album 'All Things Must Pass', as soon as Joe Cocker's 'Mad Dogs And Englishmen' tour is over.But after the Joe Cocker tour Jim Keltner has obligations to Gabor Szabo for the recordings of his album 'Magical Connection' and only wants to come to England after these recordings are finished.Akron Beacon JournalAkron, OHApril 26, 1970page D 11Elyria Chronicle TelegramElyria, OHMay 5, 1970page 15 May 1: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland, OH. Delaware CountyDaily TimesSwarthmore, PAApril 30, 1970page 16 May 2: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA. May 3: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the State University Of New York (SUNY) in New Paltz, NY. May 8: An Allman Brothers Band concert in Tampa, FL did not take place. May 8: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the Jacksonville Beach Coliseum in Jacksonville Beach, FL is canceled. May 9: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum, Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA. (NOTE)
The Great Speckled BirdVolume 3, Issue 20May 18, 1970page 7 May 10: Grateful Dead concert at the Atlanta Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA.The Grateful Dear borrowed the Allman Brothers Band's equipment.The Allman Brothers Band played a set on their own or / and jammed with the Grateful Dead. (NOTE) May 14: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the University Of South Carolina, Intermural Filed in Columbia, SC. May 15 & 16: The Allman Brothers Band concerts at The Warehouse in New Orleans, LA. Cash BoxMay 16, 1970page 8 May 16: "Capricorn Label Seen By Summer's End". The San Bernardino County SunSan Bernardino, CAMay 12, 1970page 21 May 16: Final concert of Joe Cocker's 'Mad Dogs And Englishmen' tour at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, CA. May 17: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the University Of Miami in Miami, FL. May 21: The Allman Brothers Band concert at Seabreeze HS Auditorium in Daytona Beach, FL. Former Allman Brothers Band road manager Willie Perkins has confirmed that this concert indeed took place.Record WorldAugust 1, 1970page 53 May 22: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the Grand Opera House in Macon, GA. from the yearbook May 23: The Allman Brothers Band concerts at Columbia HS Gym in Decatur, GA. May 24: The Allman Brothers Band concert at the Shady Grove Music Fair in Gaithersburg, MD. photos by Wayne Knightphoto by Wayne Knight 2ff7e9595c
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