Accept No Substitute - Delaney & Bonnie

Advantages: Powerful, upbeat, superb recordings
Disadvantages: Not long enough

...To be honest, I am not at all a fan of Eric Clapton! And to be quite honest, being only 18 myself I don't even know who Delaney and Bonnie are. I am told by my dad that they were part of a group called Delaney and Bonnie and friends which once featured many different people, like, the genius that is Eric Clapton. I accidentally started listening to this as it was on random in my dad's CD changer in his car. Immediately, I liked the first song 'Things get better' I found it a very upbeat song which was the song that made me listen on. I think it was a really happy, feel good song, and I didn't expect it to be so fast and energetic. I hadn't really heard much of Eric Clapton before and what I had heard was different to this song. I normally wouldn't listen to this type of music, but even as a non-musical person I could appreciate... Read review

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Advantages: Some decent Southern blues
Disadvantages: Too technical and not enough feeling

...Perhaps a little ironically, there is a gap in Clapton's recent "Complete Clapton" album; a gap which Delaney and Bonnie's "On Tour With Eric Clapton". Clapton had toured with Delaney and Bonnie with his band Blind Faith, but finding himself at a loose end after they split up, he opted to join them again to keep his hand in. He must have enjoyed the experience, as he later took some of the band he played with here and recorded with them as Derek and the Dominos; a band to whom the original version of the Clapton classic "Layla" was credited. The title of the album was an obvious attempt by Delaney and Bonnie to cash in on the fame of their new found friend, as even by as early as 1970 Eric Clapton was becoming an internationally known guitarist. By comparison, Delaney and Bonnie had already been dropped by two record labels... Read review

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Advantages: Great Guitars, Great Vocals...
Disadvantages: Other Albums Don't Compare

...Its screams Clapton...but who are Delaney and Bonnie? Well they would be Delaney Bramlett and Bonnie Bramlett, once a husband and wife singing duo. Delaney Bramlett was previously in a band called The Shindogs and Bonnie was an 'Ikette' with the legends Tina and Ike Turner. The duo were amongst the first few white artists in the R'n'B Genre. Their most popular Charted Hits today are ' Never ending Song of Love' and 'Only you and I know'. They often had an extra to sing with them, so they became popularly known as 'Delaney, Bonnie and Friends'. Friends which regularly sung with them include, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and King Kurtis. The Couple went on tour with Eric Clapton in the late 60s. They supported Claptons band 'Blind Faith', though it is said Clapton became more of a fan of them then his own group. So he later... Read review

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