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Delaine Alvin "Delaney" Bramlett (July 1, 1939 – December 27, 2008) was an
singer, , musician, and . Bramlett's five-decade career reached peaks in creativity, performance, and notoriety in partnership with his then-wife
in a revolving troupe of professional musicians and rock superstars dubbed .
Born in , Bramlett moved to
in the early 1960s after a stint in the , where he established himself as a , writing with fellow musicians Joey Cooper, , and .
By 1965, Bramlett was a regular member of the Shindogs, the
of the , . During this time, he worked with
and released some unsuccessful
.[]One of these, "Guess I Must Be Dreamin'" entered the Cashbox "Looking Ahead" survey on May 14, 1967.
In the late 1960s,
joined Delaney & Bonnie & Friends on tour after which Delaney produced and co-wrote songs for Clapton's debut solo album, . Clapton has credited Bramlett for pushing him to sing and teaching him the art of rock vocals. Bramlett produced ' last LP, which had two hit singles: "Teasin'" and "Lonesome Long Way from Home".
Bramlett taught then
to play , which led into a
that resulted in Harrison's
"". Bramlett wrote, recorded, or appeared on stage with many notable performers, including , , , , , , ,
and . Members of the Friends appearing in concert or recording with Bramlett on Friends albums include Clapton, , , , , , , , , , , , , and .[]
In 2006, Bramlett was one of the
artists on the
album , singing and playing guitar on "Lost Highway". In 2008, the year of his death, Bramlett released his first CD in six years, A New Kind of Blues.
The Bramlett's "Never Ending Song of Love" has been covered by others, and appears on the soundtrack of
and . Bramlett co-wrote the Eric Clapton hit, "Let It Rain".
On January 18, 2011, Bramlett was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame.
Described in an obituary as a "Southern Legend", Bramlett died from complications of
surgery on December 27, 2008, in , . Delaney was survived by his widow, -Bramlett, a brother, John Wayne Bramlett, three daughters, Michele Bramlett, Suzanne Bramlett, , a stepson, Dylan Thomas, and two grandchildren.
1971: Motel Shot (Atco)
1971: Genesis (GNP/Crescendo)
1972: Somethings Coming ()
1972: Country Life (Atco)
1972: D&B Together ()
1973: Best of Delaney Bramlett (Atlantic)
1973: Mobius Strip (CBS)
1975: Giving Birth to a Song ()
1977: Class Reunion (Prodigal)
1978: Delaney Bramlett with Steve Cropper ()
1990: Best of Delaney & Bonnie ()
1998: Sounds From Home (DK/Zane)
2002: Sweet Inspiration (Dreamsville Records)
2008: A New Kind of Blues (Magnolia Gold)
1969: , Best of Elvin Bishop: "Tulsa Shuffle" - Rhythm guitar, background vocals, producer
1970: , Rockin' 50's Rock 'n' Roll - Producer
1970: Elvin Bishop, Best of Elvin Bishop: "Crabshaw" - Producer
- Arranger, rhythm guitar, background vocals, producer
1970: , Leon Russell - Guitar
- Guitar, vocals
1971: , John Simon's Album - Tambourine
1972: Elvin Bishop, Rock My Soul - Guitar, vocals, producer
1972: , I'm Satisfied - Producer, vocals, guitar
1972: Eric Clapton,
- Guitar, vocals
1972: Eric Clapton,
- Producer
- Rhythm guitar, vocals, producer
1972: , Stories We Could Tell - Guitar, vocals
1973: , Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough - Guitar, vocals
1973: , Best - Producer
1973: John Ussery, Ussery - Percussion, producer, slide guitar
1974: Duane Allman, An Anthology Vol. II - Guitar, vocals
1976: , Summit Meeting - Guitar
1978: , Flying Dreams - Vocals
1978: Dann Rogers, Hearts Under Fire - Background vocals
1982: Eric Clapton,
- Rhythm guitar, producer
1988: Eric Clapton,
- Guitar, vocals, producer, horn arrangements
1991: Zoo, Shakin' the Cage - Background vocals
1992: , Picture Changes - Background vocals
1992: Classic Rock Classic Rock [Cema] - Producer
1996: Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 5 - Vocals, producer
1997: , Hank, Real Thing - Background vocals,
1998: , You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb - Bass guitar
1998: , Wine into Water - Guitar, vocals
1999: Dave Mason, Ultimate Collection - Background vocals
2006: Jerry Lee Lewis, , "Lost Highway" - Vocals
at , September 3, 1970.
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Delaney & Bonnie were an American musical duo composed of husband-and-wife singer/songwriters
and . They also fronted a /
called Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, whose members at different times included , , , , , , , , and .
Delaney Bramlett (July 1, 1939, , ,
– December 27, 2008, , , United States) learned the guitar in his youth, and moved to Los Angeles in 1959. He becam his most notable early work was as a member of the Shindogs, the house band for the ABC-TV series
(1964–66), which also featured guitarist/keyboardist .
Bonnie Bramlett (née Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, born November 8, 1944, , , United States) was an accomplished singer at an early age, performing with blues guitarist
at age 14 and in the
Revue at 15 - the first-ever white Ikette "for three days in a black wig and Man Tan skin darkener." She moved to Los Angeles in 1967, and met and married Delaney later that year.
Delaney Bramlett and Leon Russell had many connections in the music business through their work in the Shindogs, and were able to quickly form a band of solid, if transient, musicians around Delaney and Bonnie. The band became known as "Delaney & Bonnie and Friends" due to its regular changes of personnel. They secured a recording contract with , and completed work on their first album, , in early 1969. In his 2007 autobiography, Eric Clapton claimed that Delaney & Bonnie and Friends were the first white group to sign a contract with Stax. Despite production and session assistance from , , and other Stax mainstays of the era, the album was not successful - perhaps due to poor promotion, as it was one of 27 albums simultaneously released by Stax in that label's initial attempt to establish itself in the album market.
Delaney and Bonnie moved to
for their second album,
(1969). While not a big seller either, it created a buzz in music industry circles when, upon hearing pre-release mixes of the album,
offered Delaney and Bonnie a contract with '
label - which Delaney and Bonnie signed despite their prior contractual commitment to Elektra. Although the Apple contract was subsequently voided, this incident began a falling-out between Delaney and Elektra, culminating in the band's release from their Elektra contract in late 1969.
On the strength of Accept No Substitute, and at his friend Harrison's suggestion,
took Delaney & Bonnie and Friends on the road in mid-1969 as the opening act for his band . Clapton became fast friends with Delaney, Bonnie and their band, preferring their music to Blind Faith's - impressed by their live performances, he would often appear on stage with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends during this period, and continued to record and tour with them following Blind Faith's August 1969 breakup. Clapton helped broker a new record deal for Delaney and Bonnie with his then-US label,
() Records, and appears (with Harrison, , and others) on Delaney and Bonnie's third album, the live
(A recorded in the UK 7 December 1969, released in North America March 1970). This album would be their most successful, reaching #29 on the
album charts and achieving
status. Clapton also recruited Delaney and Bonnie and their band to back him on his , recorded in late 1969/early 1970 and produced by Delaney.
Delaney and Bonnie continued to make well-regarded, if modestly selling, albums over the rest of their career. "Soul Shake" from
(1970) peaked at #43 on the Hot 100 on 19 September 1970, and "Never Ending Song of Love" from the largely acoustic
(1971) reached #13 on the Hot 100 on 24 July - 14 August 1971 and was Billboard's #67 single of 1971. The band's other notable activities during this period include participation (with ,
and ) on the 1970
tour of , with a an appearance in 's 1971 film , contributing the song "You Got to Believe" and a July 1971 live show broadcast by New York's WABC-FM (now ), backed by ,
and . (A song from the latter set, "," is included on the 1974 Duane Allman compilation album An Anthology, Vol. II.)
By late 1971 Delaney and Bonnie's often-tempestuous relationship began to show signs of strain. Their next album Country Life was rejected by Atco on grounds of poor quality, with Atco/Atlantic electing to sell Delaney and Bonnie's recording contract - including this album's master tapes - to CBS as a result. Columbia/CBS released this album, in a different track sequence from that submitted to Atco, as
in March 1972. It would be Delaney and Bonnie's last album of new material, as the couple divorced in 1973.
Delaney and Bonnie continued to work in the music business - and, in Bonnie's case, in Hollywood as an actress - after their breakup. Delaney's final solo album, A New Kind of Blues, was released in early 2008, only months before his death (see below).
Bonnie enjoyed success during the 1970s and early 1980s as a backing singer with , she subsequently turned to acting, appearing (using her later married name, Bonnie Sheridan) in a recurring role on the TV series
(1991–95). Her most recent album is 2008's Beautiful.
- live in concert in 2008
Delaney and Bonnie are generally best remembered for their albums On Tour with Eric Clapton and Motel Shot. On Tour was their best-selling album by far, and is (except for their version of "Come On in My Kitchen" with Duane Allman, released after Delaney and Bonnie's breakup and Allman's death) the only official document of their live work. Delaney and Bonnie were considered by many to be at their best on stage. In his autobiography, Atlantic Records executive
stated that the studio album he produced for the band, To Bonnie from Delaney, "didn't quite catch the fire of their live performances." Clapton makes an even stronger statement in his autobiography: "For me, going on [with Blind Faith] after Delaney and Bonnie was really, really tough, because I thought they were miles better than us." Motel Shot, although technically a studio album, was largely recorded "live in the studio" with acoustic instruments - a rarity for rock bands at the time.
Besides their recorded legacy, Delaney and Bonnie influenced many fellow musicians of their era. Most notably, Clapton has said: "Delaney taught me everything I know about singing," and Delaney has been cited as the person who taught
how to play slide guitar, a technique Harrison used to great effect throughout his solo recording career. Bonnie, for her part, is credited (with Delaney, Clapton and/or Leon Russell) as co-author of various popular songs, including "" (a Top 10 hit for
in 1971; also covered by ex-Delaney and Bonnie backing vocalist , , , and many others) and Clapton's "Let It Rain." (Bonnie's song authorship became a matter of dispute in the last years of Delaney's life, with Delaney claiming he wrote many of these songs but assigned ownership to Bonnie to dodge an onerous publishing contract - an assertion supported, indirectly, through statements made by Clapton. Many songs that Bonnie Bramlett contributed to during the band's tenure, but for which Delaney Bramlett was not originally credited, now list both Bramletts as co-authors in 's Repertoire database.)
Delaney and Bonnie's "Friends" of the band's 1969-70 heyday also had considerable impact. After the early 1970 breakup of this version of the band, Leon Russell recruited many of its ex-members, excepting Delaney, Bonnie and singer/keyboardist , to join 's band, participating on Cocker's
recording sessions and North American tour (March–May 1970; Rita Coolidge's version of "Groupie (Superstar)" was recorded with this band while on tour). Whitlock meanwhile joined Clapton at his home in Surrey, UK, where they wrote songs and decided to form a band, which two former "Friends"/Cocker band members, bassist
and drummer , would later join. As , they recorded the landmark album
(1970) with assistance on many tracks from another former "Friend," lead/slide guitarist Duane Allman. Derek and the Dominos also constituted the core backing band on George Harrison's vocal debut album
(1970) with assistance from still more former "Friends": Dave Mason, Bobby Keys and Jim Price.
Delaney and Bonnie's daughter
has also enjoyed a long history in the music business, most notably as a lead singer with
in the early 1990s, and subsequently as a backing vocalist with
Described in an obituary as a "Southern Legend", Bramlett died from complications of
surgery at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles on December 27, 2008. Delaney is survived by his widow, Susan Lanier-Bramlett, a brother, John Wayne Bramlett, three daughters, Michele Bramlett, Suzanne Bramlett, , and two grandchildren.
- , 1970 (original album)/, 2010 (4 CD boxed set limited edition)
- Atco, 1970
- Atco, 1971
- Atco, 1972
- Columbia/CBS, 1972 (reissue of Country Life in a different running sequence and with new cover art)
- Atco, 1972/Rhino, 1990 (compilation)
In addition,
Records (US) and
(UK) released an album of 1967-68 recordings by Delaney Bramlett in 1971 as Delaney & Bonnie: Genesis. While not a Delaney & Bonnie album per se, Bonnie Bramlett does appear with Delaney on three of this album's twelve selections.
Martin, Greg (2002). Liner notes to the 2003 reissue of Delaney & Bonnie's album D&B Together, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music, catalog no. CK 85743.
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Martin, Greg (2002). Liner notes to the 2003 reissue of Delaney & Bonnie's album D&B Together.
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Clapton, Eric (2007) Eric Clapton - The Autobiography, Broadway, , p. 111. Clapton's statement is faulty, as the racially integrated instrumental group
recorded for Stax as early as 1961. Delaney and Bonnie were among the few white singers to record for the label, however.
Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville, U.S.A. - The Story of Stax Records, Schirmer, , p. 175.
Holzman, Jac and Gavan Daws. Follow the Music - The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture, p. 275.
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Holzman, Jac and Gavan Daws. Follow the Music - The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture, p. 274.
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