By special request for ANY King Curtis--of which there isn't anything serious in bootlegs--but the gathering onstage makes for a great time.
(Delaney & Bonnie and Friends with Duane Allman and special guest King Curtis)
A & R Studios
NYC
July 22, 1971
They were the premier R&B/gospel-based duo this country (and England) ever saw, and Bobby Whitlock told me "we moved fixed stages" when they performed. George Harrison and Ringo Starr stood on their chairs at the Royal Albert Hall when Delaney and Bonnie & Friends toured with Eric Clapton.
Bonnie Bramlett was the only white singer to join Ike and Tina Turner's Ikettes as a background vocalist; she's called "the original 'Dixie Chicken' " {referring to the Little Feat classic, and the first 'Allman Sister'} for her support with those two bands. As a contemporary of both Tina and Janis Joplin, Bonnie remains one of the strongest and most dynamically aggressive voices in the heritage of Southern singers. What this set is missing is Bonnie's shut-down comment about the nature of the sponsor (Singer) and their product as DJ Dave Herman tries to endorse their product as a promo before the show starts: "I don't own no sewing machine!" she declared, cutting him short for words.
Here, on July 22, 1971, at the A & R studios in NYC, they brought along special guests and friends: Duane Allman, Kenny Gradney and Sam Clayton of Little Feat on bass and congas, and another deep buddy, King Curtis on sax. ("The Three M'skeeters" is what Delaney told me in an April 1999 interview the friendship of Curtis, Allman, and he were called; they had a powerful bond as musicians.) One song, the old standard "Come On In My Kitchen," has been popularized because of this set: an acoustic set-up featuring Duane on slide dobro, found on his Anthology II CD. There's a lot of banter from Delaney ("I was trying to piss off Bonnie," he told me in 1999) with comments like "My fingers are so fast they don't leave my hands!" and side remarks from Duane being embarrassed about an over-amorous couple he observed in the back seat of a car that preclude the joyous start ("Come on, all you hillbillies!") of "Goin' Down the Road."
Other noted songs here include "Poor Elijah," "My Man," and "Don't Want Me Around (No More,"); the last one featuring Curtis on solo. Sadly, he would be murdered in a few days over a dispute by a tenant regarding an apartment building he owned--and Duane would incorporate Curtis's "Soul Serenade" into a work-up with the ABB at another A & R show later.
1. Come On In My Kitchen
2. Goin' Down the Road
3. Poor Elijah
4. The Ghetto
5. Livin' On the Open Road
6. Better Relations/The Love of My Man
7. Don't Want Me Around
8. Only You Know and I Know
9. DJ MC
mp3; 320kbps
http://rapidshare.com/files/416842124/delbondu.rar.html
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(Delaney & Bonnie and Friends with Duane Allman and special guest King Curtis)
A & R Studios
NYC
July 22, 1971
They were the premier R&B/gospel-based duo this country (and England) ever saw, and Bobby Whitlock told me "we moved fixed stages" when they performed. George Harrison and Ringo Starr stood on their chairs at the Royal Albert Hall when Delaney and Bonnie & Friends toured with Eric Clapton.
Bonnie Bramlett was the only white singer to join Ike and Tina Turner's Ikettes as a background vocalist; she's called "the original 'Dixie Chicken' " {referring to the Little Feat classic, and the first 'Allman Sister'} for her support with those two bands. As a contemporary of both Tina and Janis Joplin, Bonnie remains one of the strongest and most dynamically aggressive voices in the heritage of Southern singers. What this set is missing is Bonnie's shut-down comment about the nature of the sponsor (Singer) and their product as DJ Dave Herman tries to endorse their product as a promo before the show starts: "I don't own no sewing machine!" she declared, cutting him short for words.
Here, on July 22, 1971, at the A & R studios in NYC, they brought along special guests and friends: Duane Allman, Kenny Gradney and Sam Clayton of Little Feat on bass and congas, and another deep buddy, King Curtis on sax. ("The Three M'skeeters" is what Delaney told me in an April 1999 interview the friendship of Curtis, Allman, and he were called; they had a powerful bond as musicians.) One song, the old standard "Come On In My Kitchen," has been popularized because of this set: an acoustic set-up featuring Duane on slide dobro, found on his Anthology II CD. There's a lot of banter from Delaney ("I was trying to piss off Bonnie," he told me in 1999) with comments like "My fingers are so fast they don't leave my hands!" and side remarks from Duane being embarrassed about an over-amorous couple he observed in the back seat of a car that preclude the joyous start ("Come on, all you hillbillies!") of "Goin' Down the Road."
Other noted songs here include "Poor Elijah," "My Man," and "Don't Want Me Around (No More,"); the last one featuring Curtis on solo. Sadly, he would be murdered in a few days over a dispute by a tenant regarding an apartment building he owned--and Duane would incorporate Curtis's "Soul Serenade" into a work-up with the ABB at another A & R show later.
1. Come On In My Kitchen
2. Goin' Down the Road
3. Poor Elijah
4. The Ghetto
5. Livin' On the Open Road
6. Better Relations/The Love of My Man
7. Don't Want Me Around
8. Only You Know and I Know
9. DJ MC
mp3; 320kbps
http://rapidshare.com/files/416842124/delbondu.rar.html
or
