Delaney & Bonnie: Delaney Bramlett (vocals, guitar); Bonnie Bramlett (vocals). Additional personnel: Leon Russell (guitar, piano); Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Jerry McGhee, Charlie Freeman (guitar); Duane Allman (slide guitar); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Ed Logan (tenor sax); Floyd Newman (baritone sax); Jack Hale (trombone); Jim Price (trumpet, trombone); Jim Dickinson (piano); Bobby Whitlock (organ, vocals); Carl Radle, Tom McClure, Jerry Scheff (bass); Jim Keltner, Ron Tutt, Sammy Creason, Jim Gordon (drums); Tex Johnson (conga, bongo drums); Sam Clayton (congas); Alan Estes (percussion); Rita Coolidge (background vocals); Gram Parsons, Iva Bramlett, Eddie James, Jay York, Sandy Konikoff, John Hartford, Kenny Gradney, Ben Benay. The Memphis Horns: Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet). Producers: Delaney Bramlett, David Anderle, Jimmy Miller, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd.
Reissue producer: Bill Inglot.
Husband-and-wife duo Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett were among the foremost proponents of blue-eyed soul in the 1960s and '70s. They're famous for luring Eric Clapton into their midst and influencing the direction of his solo work, but their own legacy stands up well beyond that. BEST OF DELANEY & BONNIE culls the best tracks from the pair's key releases, including their effervescent signature song, "Get Ourselves Together"; the New Orleans parade-band number "Free the People"; and the propulsive, Stax-indebted "Soul Shake." Delaney & Bonnie operated in a time when the boundaries of music were bursting open, and their sound is an organic mix of rock, blues, soul, gospel, and country that ultimately becomes its own unique paradigm. The Bramletts were at once musical relatives of the contemporaneous Southern rock of the Allman Brothers and their crowd, and a band apart.
Disc 1: Get Ourselves Together When The Battle Is Over Ghetto Piece Of My Heart Comin' Home Groupie (Superstar) Things Get Better Where There's A Will, There's A Way That's What My Man Is For I Don't Want To Discuss It Soul Shake Free The People Love Of My Man Will The Circle Be Unbroken Never Ending Song Of Love Going Down The Road Feeling Bad Only You Know And I Know Move 'Em Out